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 have absolutely fallen in love with Concord & 9th’s Turnabout stamps. Yesterday, I shared a watercolor lifting technique and used a turnabout stamp to make the card. Today I wanted to show you how to use a turnabout stamp (see my video below) and how versatile these stamps sets are. You could create 20 cards from one… 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 »
**Update: CTS #279 Challenge Winner** I’ve been looking for an excuse to use Altenew’s Mega Greetings stamp set. I decided to create a card to enter into a couple of challenges. I couldn’t resist the CAS on Friday challenge #136 Splash-Watercolor! It is definitely Clean and Simple with a splash of watercolor! I’m also entering it in the… Read More »
This month’s Hedgehog Hollow card kit is my favorite so far. HH worked with Sunny Studio which is one of my favorite little stamp companies. The kit included an exclusive stamp set created by Sunny Studio for the HH card kits. I started subscribing 4 months ago and I decided to go with a 1 year subscription to… Read More »
This week at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge blog is a card maker’s choice challenge. Make a card using your favorite stamp set, ink colors and paper. I couldn’t resist creating a card for this challenge using a Hero Arts stamp set called Come Fly With Me. I’ve been doing a lot of ink blending and watercoloring techniques… Read More »
I decided to participate in the Altenew Scrapbook Sketch Challenge #10 for this month. The sketch looked like fun to try and the designer samples were stunning! I just finished taking two more classes. One was on background stamps and one was on single layer cards. The single layer card class was packed full of tips and things… Read More »
Happy 4th of July! It is sweltering here so I have taken refuge in my crafty space. I had so much fun the last two days tidying up my space and actually doing some card making that I had to do more today. I have not had the chance to play with my latest My Monthly Hero card… Read More »
I love that this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge is By The Sea! I had colored in some cute sea creatures from Sunny Studios earlier this week, so it only made sense to create a card with a couple of those. I made a little shaker card. How cute is the little dolphin and that octopus? I have… Read More »
I got a great questions from my stamping friend, Anita. I started to reply and realized that this might make a good quick post for everyone reading my blog. Anita’s question: I am having a bit of trouble deciding what brand of markers to start practicing with. I have one pack of Stampin up markers but I feel… Read More »
Hello! My school year is finally over for the summer and I actually had time to sit and play with my Altenew Artist Markers and some stamps I recently purchased from Sunny Studio. I love the stamp and die bundles from Sunny Studio. They are adorable and they always send me a little die as a thank you… Read More »
I have absolutely fallen in love with Concord & 9th’s turnabout stamps. LOVE these stamps. Today I pulled out the Many Thanks turnabout stamp set because I need a bunch of thank you cards. With the use of a MISTI or any stamp positioner and a template that I created, you can make a stack of wonderfully colorful… Read More »
May dragged by for me with one stressful day after the other. I am so happy to finally have time to sit down and make some cards! It’s the beginning of June and I’m just playing with my May craft kits! How crazy is that?! I love the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set. The kit that… Read More »
I recently received a personalized stamp set from Altenew. They sent their customers a stamp set as a gift to celebrate their 4th Anniversary. I couldn’t resist playing with it and using it for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge! I love that they made a stamp just for me with my name on it!!! I feel… Read More »