Creating great backgrounds is one of the most fun parts of papercrafting. Whether you are creating cards or scrapbook layouts, you can use all kinds of mixed media materials to create a fabulous background! Creating the background on this card was as easy as using those 2 tiny stamps in the Birthday Faeries stamp set from 7 Kids… Read More »
Have you ever spent a few days just creating backgrounds and images from your own doodles and then painting or coloring them just for fun? I’ve been creating mixed media backgrounds for a few days now and today I just felt like pulling out my watercolors and creating something all my own. I’ve been working on my doodles,… Read More »
When you are learning new skills and techniques, you need to just keep practicing them. I’ve been looking for opportunities to create mixed media backgrounds pages and use them in meaningful ways. Today, I have a video to share with you to show you how I made the background for this mixed media scrapbook layout using the Scrap… Read More »
It is just too much fun to play with stamp sets that allow you to create scenes! You can easily get lost in a day of masking, ink blending and coloring. It’s so relaxing! Today, I want to share a video to share an easy way to color with alcohol markers and give you a trick to make… Read More »
I had a blast creating that sunset scene patio scene card last week using the August release stamps from 7 Kids Craft Store. I played with the Pizzeria Parlor and the Pizzeria Kids stamp sets and created that Pizzeria patio scene. Those sets are also perfect for creating birthday cards. They have a lot of birthday themed stamps… Read More »
The Simon Says Stamp August card kit was another fun kit. It is all about summer! There were 2 stamp sets this month and the usual patterned paper, cardstock, envelopes, sticker sheets, and enamel ant embellishments! I always feel like this is a great value for my money. It is one of the few monthly craft kits that… Read More »
I love single layer cards and I’ve been challenging myself to create more single layer cards. They use less resources and don’t require extra postage! I belong to several design teams and they often have sketch challenges that require a card to have several layers. The many layered cards tend to be the ones that I don’t like… Read More »
Do you usually buy full sized stamp sets? I’ve started focusing on smaller stamp sets. There is a whole world of 3 x 4″ stamp sets out there that are perfect for creating sets of cards. It’s amazing how many different layouts you can make with just one image and one sentiment. I’ve created one quick card today… Read More »
Hello friends! What are you creating on this quiet summer Sunday? I’ve been busy creating layer 1 of some soon to be fabulous mixed media backgrounds that I will be binding together to create my very own album for memory keeping! I’ve created 16 backgrounds so far! I created along with Vicki Boutin on Friday night during… Read More »
I’m so excited to share the 7 Kids Craft Store August stamp release with you! It’s exciting to be a part of the very first YouTube Design Team which we are launching with a YouTube Video Hop! I will link all the design team videos below!! You have a chance to win a $20 gift card as well… Read More »
My husband is more than just an avid fisherman. He writes books about it, gives talks about it and makes videos about it. I felt that required that I select at least one digital stamp that involved fish in some way! I selected the Fish Set from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez. I used my Copics to color… Read More »
How do you create a vacation layout when every single day feels like a vacation? I decided to take some pictures of what I was doing one day this week…I have a routine and I’m loving it. I’m using a little Cannon Ivy printer to print the pictures that I’m taking from my phone. It’s so easy to… Read More »
We finally got our power back about an hour ago! We got walloped by that tropical storm that came through Long Island. On the East End, we actually had a tornado warning! The storm had severe thunderstorms on the south shore of the island and we live on the north shore directly across the bay from that. The… Read More »
I think you can only create quirkly cards with Stamping Bella Stamps! I recently discovered this stamp company and I’m loving the humor in their stamps and sentiments. The stamp set that I used is from the Oddball Collection! Gotta love it! For my layout, I’m using this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge which you will find… Read More »
Today’s card is a quick and easy card with a Picnic Theme and I used this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to create my layout. I’ve also used Catherine Pooler’s brand new A Tisket, A Tasket 6 x 6″ patterned paper along with a stamp set from Woodware Craft Collection called Beetle Flower. This is my very first… Read More »