I hope you had a wonderful holiday! I took a mini staycation and binge watched some TV and actually read a novel! It was nice to take a couple do nothing days to myself. I did no cleaning or home improvement projects and I did no cooking or laundry. Heaven! I deserved some down time!! I hope you… Read More »
I love combining my stamping and scrapbooking. I always feel like it is a great way to stretch my craft supplies and make a really unique scrapbook page that is all my own. I’ve played around with creating my own backgrounds for my scrapbook pages over the last couple of months. I’ve taken a couple of classes at… Read More »
Join this week’s challenge at the Paper Craft Crew. It’s a two week challenge this time since it is spring break for a lot of schools and families. It’s a pretty WOW! sketch created by Pam Staples this week. It’s a fun one that you can get really creative with. Do you think that this card gives away… Read More »
I have a quick share of the second card that I created while taking my current Altenew class in Creative Coloring with the alcohol artist markers that Altenew sells. I’m embracing the imperfections on this one! It was my first time coloring a flower using alcohol markers in this way. We added the stem, grass and sky dots… Read More »
I don’t know why it always feels appropriate to create a scrapbook page on Sunday! I have a quick page to share. I was just playing around with some of the design elements that I learned about in the recent classes and couldn’t resist creating a page using a picture of my husband and I from last spring. … Read More »
I’ve been keeping my sequins in the packages that they come in when I purchase them. Most of them come in zip type bags and that has been pretty convenient. Well, mostly. Now that my collection is growing I find that I need a new system. I remember some storage pieces that I had purchased for my daughters… Read More »
Last week I shared a 3D Tea Light Lantern Project that used Altenew’s Cityscape Cover Dies A and B. By adding velum behind the pieces and attaching 4 panels together, I created a cover for a battery operated tea light or a battery operated candle. If you missed that post and how to video, you can see that… Read More »
This card is most definitely inspired by two classes that I took at Altenew Academy. The layout and card design is inspired by the Last Minute Holiday Card class. The instructor created a Christmas card using a Merry die and I loved it so much that I had to create my own version with that technique. The other… Read More »
Happily, I completed the Altenew Educator Certification Program Level 2 and I am now officially on to level 3. I started with a class on Clean, Simple and Colorful Techniques that was just full of ideas and stunning examples of how to use them. Laura Bassen taught a lesson on Ink Blending and Copic Flicking that takes me… Read More »
If you have been following my blog the last few months, you know that I am taking a ton of classes at Altenew Academy. You also know that I am enjoying them immensely and I believe they are transforming my crafting! I recently completed a couple of scrapbook classes. I completed a class called “Stamps Meet Scrapbooks” and… Read More »
Every time I take a class at the Altenew Academy, I think that it’s my favorite class so far. Then I take the next one! My latest class as I work toward completing the Altenew Educator Certification Program, was called “Muse”. I really loved this class. The instructor taught lessons on finding inspiration in various ways. She used… Read More »
My task for the final project for the Altenew Educator Certification Program for Level 2 is to create a home décor project and a coordinating card. I was also encouraged to include a video. I had so many ideas of home décor projects that it was really hard to decide which one to choose. I made a list… Read More »
I’ve been playing with my Simon Says Stamps March 2018 Card Kit this week. It is such a great spring inspired card kit. It has beautiful pastel and natural colors along with two fun stamp sets and pastel ink cubes that just make me long for spring. Here in the north east corner of the US, it feels… Read More »
With all of the classes I’ve taken over the last several months, one tip that I’ve gotten from the experts teaching the classes is that they all have little systems in place to keep them organized and to inspire their crafting. I noticed that many of them had ink swatches that they had created for each color and… Read More »
I’ve been making it a point to do some kind of coloring or inking practice every day. Today I could not resist playing with the other Simon Says Stamp set from the March Kit called Showers and Flowers. I just dabbled with my watercoloring and did not actually get cards made. It was quite a relaxing evening to… Read More »