I’m taking a Color Blending class through Altenew Academy and I’m loving it. It’s taught by Kelly Latevola who is one of my favorite colorists to watch. For the first lesson, she had us create a color wheel and color swatches. We did a lesson on color theory. I will share all of that tomorrow along with… Read More »
I have a set of vintage jars that came from my grandmother’s house. They are these fantastic blue glass jars and they are giant. I absolutely love them. My card today was inspired by those jars and by this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. As soon as I saw the card sketch, I knew that I wanted to… Read More »
I wanted to try an experiment today using premade die cuts from My Mind’s Eye. I have some die cuts that I really like and I have been using for several projects recently. It’s really a case of me not having a lot of time to create and just grabbing what is already on my desk! I needed… Read More »
It’s hard to resist a stamp set as cute as the MFT Stamps Squirrel! set. The little squirrels and acorns were too adorable not to add to my shopping cart! This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was the perfect sketch to pull out some of my favorite Sunny Studio Stamps 6×6″ patterned paper to use as the background… Read More »
I was in the mood for a clean and simple single layer card for today, so I took some liberties with the card sketches for my design teams. I’ve used Catherine Pooler’s Fluttering Friends stamp set and her mandarin spice, tiara, eucalyptus and icing on the cake inks. I added some detailed coloring with my Altenew Artist markers… Read More »
I love making fall cards! The colors and images always make my heart sing. I came home exhausted from work today and fell asleep. I was awakened by the phone after only a 15 minute snooze. It left me groggy and out of sorts. Needless to say, I wasn’t feeling creative. Yet, once I got started I realized… Read More »
The July Simon Says Stamp Kit is called Bee Yourself and it is a really fun kit. The kit comes jam packed with a large stamp set, 3 foilable cards, a hexagon die, Honey Bee 6 x 6″ patterned paper pack, black and yellow sequins, 5 Therm O Web Deco Foil sheets, a glue sponge, 4 sheets… Read More »
Lately I just seem to have so little time to make my cards. You know what that’s like. Some months it seems like you just don’t have time for yourself. I had wonderful reasons for not having time for myself. My daughter was able to spend the last month with us, which was fabulous. She just finished her… Read More »
The entire Paper Craft Crew Design Team has been having a busy summer. Someone suggested that we CASE a fellow team members card for this week’s challenge. This sounded like fun and it gave me an excuse to sit for a while and browse my teamies blogs. What a talented group of people! I decided to CASE (Copy… Read More »
I was excited to see this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge because I have the perfect cover die from Altenew for this sketch. I also found a box of happiness from Catherine Pooler’s latest release on my doorstep when I drove into my driveway. WIN-WIN! The background paper is a fun 6 x 6″ paper stack that I… Read More »
CAS means clean and simple. Technically, a clean and simple card should be just one layer. Since I was playing with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch, which I loved, it’s not technically clean and simple because I have a layer and I popped my sentiment up on a foam strip. I did keep my focal image as… Read More »
Concord & 9th had a wonderful release last month. I had a hard time selecting just a couple of items. I could not resist this gorgeous Vintage Floral stamp and sentiment set. How pretty is that image? That is one giant image and I think it is fabulous. Next time I use it, I will watercolor it! This… Read More »
It’s nice to have a few minutes to sit down and create. I have had so little time lately to spend in my studio. It feels good when you finally have some time! I pulled out a Waffle Flower Bouquet Builder 2 stamp set that I have had for a bit and have not had the chance to… Read More »
One of my favorite stamp sets is Altenew Flower Vine. I love how soft and sweet the image and sentiments are. I was tempted to do this in just black and white and keep it as simple as possible. Instead, I’m using elements from two sketch challenges to create my card. The first is this week’s Atlantic Hearts… Read More »
I was very excited when I saw Catherine Pooler’s Welcome Home release. I was also proud of myself for only ordering one small bundle from that release! I selected the Cottage Garden Bundle because I loved the graphic geometric feel of the main floral image in the two stamp sets that were included in the bundle. Plus, I… Read More »