Over the past year there have been several self discoveries I’ve made about myself as a card maker. I like clean and simple cards. I really like that white space. I’m not always good at leaving it, but I really like it. I also like single layer cards. In that, I personally include the cards that I just… 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 »
I’m really excited to be participating in this week’s CAS(E) this Sketch challenge as a guest designer. I won one of the challenges last fall and they invited me to participate is the sketch for this week. I decided to create a watercolor piece for this card using Altenew’s watercolor brush markers. They just came out with their… 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 »
I created this flower on Friday to participate in the Flower Challenge. Their challenge was to create a floral card with an older stamp and/or die. I pulled out the Artistic Dahlia stamp that I had purchased from Hero Arts some time ago and never got around to using. I bought it to practice coloring techniques with it… 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 »
Welcome to the Kat Scappiness Blog Hop and Sale to benefit The Coffee Oasis and their Center for Homeless Youth. I’m delighted to be a part of the Kat Scrappiness Charity Blog Hop today. I love that the blog hop benefits The Coffee Oasis and their very worthy cause. Learn more about Coffee Oasis: Coffee Oasis is a… Read More »
I have a video for you today to show you how I created 3 clean and simple (CAS) one layer Christmas cards using the same basic layout for all 3, but each uses a different coloring medium. I am participating in this week’s Less Is More Challenge which is Old Holiday. They are also having a design team… 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 »
I decided to participate in this week’s Less Is More challenge. It’s a clean and simple challenge and this week the theme said Recipe Dimension. I interpreted that to mean that I was to use a recipe card sized layout. I created a beautiful card that did just that. But make sure you compare it to the bottom… Read More »
Thank you for joining me today on World Card Making Day! I’m celebrating by crafting all day and sharing my creations on YouTube and my blog! I’m delighted that you are joining me. I’m also celebrating by participating in some challenges today at The Flower Challenge. They are celebrating their second birthday and the challenge is to use… Read More »
Wait! What?! I create an alcohol ink background and then I use a special ink to lift some of it off my background? That’s what I said! If you follow me, you know that my latest class is all about re-inkers and I just fell in love with the re-inking techniques that I’ve been doing using the Altenew… Read More »
My card is a bold combination of colors! I will admit that it has a lot going on. I created the alcohol ink background a couple of days ago. This was the first time that I had played with the Altenew Alcohol marker refills on Yupo paper so it was fun to drop a few of my favorite… Read More »
I discovered a new challenge that I just had to participate in. The Flower Challenge. Florals must be the main image on the card. This week’s challenge is to make a one layer card. Here are the instructions from the website challenge blog: This month we are looking for ‘One Layer’ cards. So a card made with one… Read More »
Honestly! I was in a hurry to make my Paper Craft Crew card and get it linked so that I could join my family for a chimnea fire on the deck. Then I just couldn’t decide which new Concord & 9th new release product to use! I settled on the Thankful Leaves Dies because I wanted to try… Read More »