Today the Scrappy Tails team is sharing their love for our best selling and beloved “Assorted Christmas Leaves” die set! We are happy to be showing you multiple ideas that feature this die set along with other Scrappy Tails products! Giveaway details: Hop along with us for some wonderful inspiration and chances to win some awesome prizes!… Read More »
I can’t believe it is the sixth Make The Cards Challenge already! It seems like we just started last week! I’m loving this challenge because is something new every week. Last week we did a color challenge and the week before it was a theme challenge. This week, we have a sketch challenge! I was excited about… Read More »
That’s right! I cleaned my craft room today to pack up a few things that I want to take home with me and I found some watercolor pieces that I had made a couple of months ago. I added some marker touches and created a very quick card out of the leftovers. I hated not using them! I… Read More »
I have had a crazy busy spring. I bet you can relate. It has been one thing after another and my craft kits have been sitting for two months. That’s right! Two months!! I finally got to open and play with Simon Says Stamp May Kit called Delicate Flowers. What a fantastic kit this is month after month. … Read More »
Okay. Super corny title. What can I say? It’s late and I’m getting a little punchy! I participated in the Kat Scrappiness Blog Hop a few weeks ago and there were a ton of companies sponsoring prizes. I won a gift certificate to Joy Clair stamp company and had the opportunity to shop while there were holiday sales… Read More »
I decided to participate in this week’s Less Is More challenge. It’s a clean and simple challenge and this week the theme said Recipe Dimension. I interpreted that to mean that I was to use a recipe card sized layout. I created a beautiful card that did just that. But make sure you compare it to the bottom… Read More »
I discovered a new challenge that I just had to participate in. The Flower Challenge. Florals must be the main image on the card. This week’s challenge is to make a one layer card. Here are the instructions from the website challenge blog: This month we are looking for ‘One Layer’ cards. So a card made with one… Read More »
I love it when I go to the door and there is a craft kit sitting on my porch just waiting for me. Today was that day! The new Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit arrived today and it is another fabulous kit. These kits never disappoint. This kit has a beautiful background stamp called Modern Flowers, a… Read More »
I thought that I would share a watercolor technique this week for my Technique of the Week. I have a video below to show you how easy this technique is! This is a simple watercolor drop in technique that makes very quick cards. I picked one of my favorite stamp sets for this technique. It is a Catherine… Read More »
I’m giving myself and E for Effort with my watercoloring today. I need a P for more Practice as well! I played around with some more florals after watching a lesson taught by Debbie Hughes who is a master watercolorist. Wow! All of the class instructors make it look so easy and each one will tell you that… Read More »
I have another one of my homework assignments to share with you from my latest watercoloring class. This is the class where I expected to be stamping images and watercoloring them in, but instead we are sketching or just watercoloring freehand. Today I was playing with floral images and I’ve only attempted one of the 4 types that… Read More »
I’m taking a watercoloring class this week. I’ve taken several classes that teach various watercoloring techniques to use with my stamps and stash. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that we would not be using stamps…NOPE! We are sketching stuff out. YEP! I am bravely sharing my homework. Be kind. Remember that this is my first time trying… Read More »
My watercoloring class homework for day 2 will be posting before the day 1 homework…what can I say?! I couldn’t resist doing the day 2 assignments first! I was expecting that we would be stamping things and learning to watercolor them. Instead I discovered that we are sketching things and watercoloring them. Huh! Not what I was expecting,… Read More »
I’ve had a technique and a stamp set that I’ve been meaning to get to for a couple of weeks. I finally got to sit down and try it. I even made a video…which is my longest video ever. I used a watercolor lifting technique with Concord & 9th’s Dotty Turnabout Stamp. Actually, I end up using several… Read More »
How cute is this sentiment? Unleash your inner beast! I purchased this stamp set from My Favorite Things (MFT) a while ago and I’ve been looking for an excuse to make a little card with it. This is called Fierce Friends and it is really adorable. My daughter just got a kitten from a shelter, so this seemed… Read More »