This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a nice clean and simple layout. I peeked at the cards the other design team members made and realized that they all used patterned backgrounds. I’ve been skimping on the backgrounds lately, favoring some simple and quick splatters. (I’m practicing my technique.) I also felt that this sketch would allow… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was just too good not to create a card for. I love this sketch. You can make it clean and simple or use some fun background texture techniques. If I had more time this evening, I would have used some texture paste with my stencil. But, alas, time is limited so some… Read More »
I have been loving all the new goodies that Catherine Pooler has been coming out with. I honestly thought that I was showing a tremendous amount of self control when I placed my order last week with her new release. I really wanted to purchase that whole bundle, but I selected just a couple of things including her… Read More »
It’s been a crazy two weeks for me. I won’t go into the details, but suffice it to say that I’ve traveled to multiple states to take care of business and help both of my “kids”. I’m exhausted. There is nothing like treating yourself to an hour or two of being creative to help you relax and revive!… Read More »
It’s nice to have a few minutes to sit down and create. I have had so little time lately to spend in my studio. It feels good when you finally have some time! I pulled out a Waffle Flower Bouquet Builder 2 stamp set that I have had for a bit and have not had the chance to… Read More »
One of my favorite stamp sets is Altenew Flower Vine. I love how soft and sweet the image and sentiments are. I was tempted to do this in just black and white and keep it as simple as possible. Instead, I’m using elements from two sketch challenges to create my card. The first is this week’s Atlantic Hearts… Read More »
I was very excited when I saw Catherine Pooler’s Welcome Home release. I was also proud of myself for only ordering one small bundle from that release! I selected the Cottage Garden Bundle because I loved the graphic geometric feel of the main floral image in the two stamp sets that were included in the bundle. Plus, I… Read More »
A couple years ago, I took a class at Brit & Co on custom hand drawn houses. The point of the class was to make them imperfect and get just enough detail in there so people could get the idea of what it was they were looking at. I loved that class. It was an hour long and… Read More »
It’s time for this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! This one is a frame of sorts and I always find these challenging. I decided to do a different twist on it than what I usually do with these types of card sketches. This time, I randomly stamped images using Altenew’s Painted Butterflies stamp set in a variety of… Read More »
I missed my Paper Craft Crew card this week thanks to my 5th go round with this winter’s virus collection, so I thought I would share it with you now! This week’s sketch was a nice clean and simple sketch, so I thought I’d have some fun with it and use some new goodies and practice some alcohol… Read More »
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 »
Have you seen Catherine Pooler’s last Stamp of Approval release? The Sweet Home Wreath stamp and die set is one of my very favorite stamp sets. It’s so versatile that I’ve used it a number of times since I’ve gotten it and every card is completely different than the ones I made before it. I has a layered… Read More »
I’m combining this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge with the Double Trouble Challenge. The card is a clean and simple card with lots of color and lots of white space. It also has a lot of dimension thanks to foam tape and foam dots! This is an older Catherine Pooler Designs Stamp of Approval stamp and die set… Read More »
I have been a physics teacher for 30 years. Before that, I worked in a hospital lab for 5 years. I spent 4 years of college and 2 years of grad school working in labs. The Cute Chemists stamp and die set from My Favorite Things makes me happy! It’s adorable and it embraces the nerdy lab girl… Read More »
This is my first design team card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I’m really excited to be a part of this design team. I used some pre-made die cuts for a card a couple of days ago and it was the first time I had done that in years. I loved the way that card turned out… Read More »