I took a clean and simple card sketch and gave it a lot of color! I used my Altenew Alcohol ink refills and created a rainbow on Yupo Paper with the Ocean Waves, Mango Smoothie and Ruby Red inks. While that was drying, I pulled out the same colors of ink pads and created a blended rainbow on… Read More »
The challenge this week for the Paper Craft Crew is to create a simple single layer card that a beginner could make with minimal supplies. This card used a precut and pre-scored notecard in white card stock, a bone folder (although not necessary), a black ink pad, a stamp set and a clear block. That is it! The… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge inspired me to use a couple of new tools that I recently treated myself to. Check out this card: I used Catherine Pooler’s aquatini and lime rickey inks to create the flower and leaves using the Bloomin’ Bouquet and Die set from a Stamp of Approval from long ago. I still love… Read More »
Falling in love with mixed media is so easy to do. It starts small. You try some glitter glaze here, a distress crayon there, embossing paste comes next and suddenly you are stenciling and watercoloring everything! It is ridiculously addictive. Suddenly you will own every possible color of embossing mousse and then the company comes out with the… Read More »
I’m sharing a quick and easy birthday card. I’m working on creating all the birthday cards that I’m going to need for 2019 and getting my stash done early! I might have gone a little overboard with the sequins! But, hey… it’s a birthday card and they should sparkle! This was for a sketch challenge over on The… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is a color challenge. I think that color challenges are my least favorite. The choices always tend to be colors I wouldn’t put together on an ordinary basis. Here is my card: Here is the color challenge from the Paper Craft Crew: For some reason, this color combo reminds me… Read More »
Every 3 months, Catherine Pooler releases a new Stamp of Approval set. These are stamps and dies designed to coordinate so that you can mix and match them with each other, taking the guesswork out of what goes with what. This quarter’s SOA is called the Adoring You Collection. I’ve pulled out some other stamp sets to pair… Read More »
Last winter was long, cold, and dreary. It was the first time I ever thought I might be suffering from seasonal affective disorder. I just found the entire season to be dark and bleak. Needless to say, when I found Altenew Academy and started taking online crafting classes it perked me right up! It’s amazing how learning something… Read More »
This time of year between Christmas and New Year’s Day always feels like a very reflective period of time for me. I always take the time to reflect on what went well over the last year and what did I achieve. Did I reach any goals that I set at the end of last year? Did I become… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew is a Holiday Challenge! I gleefully pulled out a few of my favorite things…my favorite poinsettia stamp from Catherine Pooler’s Tis The Season Winterhaven Collection and the Merry Christmas Layered Word Die from her Home For The Holidays Collection. I stamped everything in Versa Mark ink and added Brustus Monroe’s Christmas Eve embossing… Read More »
Stamp Ink Paper is having a Favorite Punch challenge this week and luckily it is acceptable to use dies also. I did a podcast several years ago about how I prefer punches over dies. I just found them so convenient because I had them in a storage unit right on my desk and they were within reach and… Read More »
The last couple of days, I have just been playing in my Canvo Journal from Catherine Pooler creating pages and trying out different mixed media to see what I can get away with in the journal. The pages are nice and thick so you can actually use the Nuvo Embellishment mousse and a friend used gesso and then… Read More »
I spent my entire day cleaning. All I really wanted to do was get to my crafty space and play with my new Canvo journal from Catherine Pooler Designs. I really enjoy adding touches to the pages that I’ve created. I like that I have the chance to doodle and experiment without worrying about it being perfect. I’m… Read More »
Seriously! Is there anything more fun than a new journal? I arrived home from work today to find a bunch of crafty goodness on my doorstep. I had a box from Catherine Pooler Designs and one from Kindred Stamps. The one from CP had the new Canvo Journal Bundle and the new mini ink pads from Catherine Pooler.… Read More »
Some layering stamps are easy to use and others take practice. I just got a new Rose Garden layering stamp and die set from Catherine Pooler Designs and this one will take some practice. The results will be worth it! It’s a beautiful stamp set with some statement sentiments. I won’t show you the pile of discarded attempts… Read More »