I’ve been working on my inlaid die cutting technique-a-week video for this week and just realized that it is Tuesday! Tuesday means that I have cards due for my design teams! You know that means that I need to make a quick card so I pulled out some of my fabulous Altenew Washi Tapes and the Peony 3D… Read More »
This week’s Technique-a-Week video will be focused on some die cutting techniques. Die cutting is one way to take your cards to the next level. I did no stamping on this card. It is created with two dies, artist markers, and some heat embossing. I’ve noticed over the last year or so that the price of dies has… Read More »
I have 2 cards to share with you today that go along with a couple of the latest stamping trends that I used in my Technique-a-Week video: Rainbows and black outline stamps with no color. The first card I created quickly using some rainbow patterned paper from MFT Stamps. I love shopping at MFT Stamps. They always have… Read More »
Altenew has a new artist watercolor pan set that I have really been enjoying playing with. I shared two of the other cards that I made from the Altenew Academy class called Artist Watercoloring 101. The two pieces I’m sharing today are from two other lessons. I’m using a new stamp set that I got from Concord &… Read More »
Have you had a chance to try watercoloring yet? There are so many different ways to watercolor and so many techniques to try. I’m taking a class at Altenew Academy called Artist Watercolor 101 and I am loving it. The instructor is fantastic and she is sharing so many tips and tricks. She keeps reinforcing little techniques as… Read More »
My son and I used to browse the card isles of a couple local stores while we were waiting for my daughter during her afterschool sports practice. We really enjoyed finding cards to make each other laugh. I learned that we had very similar quirky humor as we laughed on those afternoons. I also noticed that the… Read More »
This card is almost monochromatic! This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch felt like a great chance to do something very clean and simple with a couple of new things that I allowed myself to purchase on my little crafting budget. I’m still setting up my new little crafting space so it feels less relaxing than it usually… Read More »
Theme challenges pose more of a challenge for me than a sketch challenge. I decided to combine this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge, which is a theme challenge, with this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. The theme is “Romance”. What stamps do you have that you might use for a romance theme? I was thinking champagne glasses, hearts,… Read More »
Altenew released 12 new ink colors in December and of course I had to add them to my collection! It was such a crazy month first with finishing up at work and retiring, then having a house full of wonderful company for two weeks for the holidays that I never had time to play with them until today!… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a clean and simple sketch and for a change, I decided to stick with that plan! I confess that I got a bit overly zealous with my splatters on this card, but alas…they are always unpredictable! I used Altenew’s Sunlit Butterflies die with two of their new ink colors swooshed onto… Read More »
I’m all about making quick cards these days. Thankfully, these days are soon going to be those days when I had no time. Retirement is only 3 more work days away! How sweet it is! For my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team card this week, I chose to keep my color palette to just white. The sketch… Read More »
Is it really December already? Where has time gone this year? It’s been a year of big changes for us with more to come in the next few weeks. We are embracing them all! I finally sat down and made a Christmas card! It’s time!! This image is a small portion of the actual stamp I used for… Read More »
Here is a quick card share for you today using Catherine Pooler Happy Buddies stamp set and the Feeling Chilly 6 x 6″ patterned paper set. I also added some Peppermint Scrub embossing glitter on the snowflakes from the Baby It’s Cold Outside die set and the WISH die that I got for free from Taylored Expressions. Just… Read More »
I have a quick card to share with you. This week’s Atlantic Heart’s Sketch Challenge inspired by card layout while the Paper Craft Crew Theme Challenge inspired the colors. The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was a nice and quick one that would actually be perfect for the Christmas Holiday. It’s so cute! The wreath die cut that I… Read More »
Have you ever looked at a card sketch and felt no inspiration at all? That happened to me today when I sat down to look at this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. In all honesty, it is the PERFECT card sketch for using up your pretty paper scraps or Washi tapes. I just wasn’t feeling it until I… Read More »