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 »
I can’t believe that it is September. I had such big plans to craft, blog and make videos more often over the summer. A couple of big home improvement projects really ate up the summer. Alas, they were worth the time I spent doing them and they are almost done. I will definitely share pictures of those projects… Read More »
I got involved in my garden project today and left my card until the last minute. I needed it to be a quickie, so I pulled out some Altenew stickers and acetate die cuts from my stash. I created a quick background with the new Wavy Roses stamp set from Altenew in a monochromatic color scheme using the… Read More »
TI got two cards out of one alcohol ink background. I created a card yesterday that you can see HERE, using alcohol ink backgrounds and Catherine Pooler’s new Unsinkable stamp and die sets. This card uses the second sentiment in the Under the Sea stamp set and other shell images. I used a combination of blues, blue-greens, and… Read More »
I decided to go for a nice quick alcohol ink background to create a sea-like feel for the fun stamp and die sets from Catherine Pooler’s Unsinkable Collection. I live in a coastal port town and I love the sea themed stamp sets. They always get a lot of use in my crafting projects. For the background, I… Read More »
Altenew recently had a new class on 3D Florals that was all about using their layered floral dies. I’m halfway through the class and I’m enjoying it very much. I decided to use a slight twist on the 3D Florals by using the Rose Filament Die set. This is not a layered die, but I decided to do… Read More »
If ever I needed a card to be quick, this is it! What a day! I needed to create a card for my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and I had 15 minutes to make the card, take the picture and write this blog post. Here is what I came up with: I pulled out my binder of premade… Read More »
The July My Favorite Things Card Kit is called Flowers in Bloom and it has some fun Color Burst powders and watercolor papers from Ken Oliver. It also had a stamp and die set with some card stock as well. The Color Burst Powders were a lot of fun to play with. I experimented with several ways to… Read More »
This card today is super quick and it uses a stencil to create an ink blending background for a fabulous sentiment from Pink Fresh Studios Word Series Believe Stamp Set. I used an old favorite Catherine Pooler stencil called Perfect Vines and the Real Red, Sauna, and Blue Suede Shoes CP inks with my Picket Fence blender brushes… Read More »
I’ve had Altenew’s Rose Flurries 3D Die set on my wish list for almost two years! I finally splurged when I saw they created a creativity kit and it was part of the bundle. Altenew bundles products into Creativity Kits that they release weekly with a set of instructional videos that you can purchase to get your creative… Read More »
Just a quick post today to share my design team card for the Paper Craft Crew challenge. This is a 2 week challenge and it is a tic-tac-toe challenge. I worked an extra 5 hours today grading state exams for my students, so I need a quick and easy clean and simple card. I chose to select my… 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 »
Another fabulous card kit with some new products that I had not planned to try showed up on my doorstep. What’s a person to do? I had to play with the kit and the new Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearl Inks. I had not planned on purchasing them because I already have a hearty collection of alcohol inks and… Read More »
How does a craft room devolve into chaos so quickly? My work desk I understand. I’m creating and it’s a messy process. I experiment a lot and use a lot of products every single time I sit down to create. As long as I put it all away when I’m done or clean it up before I start… Read More »
I have had a crazy busy spring. I bet you can relate. It has been one thing after another and my craft kits have been sitting for two months. That’s right! Two months!! I finally got to open and play with Simon Says Stamp May Kit called Delicate Flowers. What a fantastic kit this is month after month. … Read More »