It’s never too early to build your holiday card stash! Creating just a couple of holiday cards a week for the next 12 weeks can help to make your festivities more relaxing when November and December get here! This is holiday card #1 for me! I kept it simple and used Catherine Pooler’s new Peeking Pets stamp… Read More »
We are having a fun team challenge on the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge blog for the next couple of days! All of the designers have created a project for a color challenge given to us by Rachelle, the team coordinator. There was a twist on the challenge to use a line from a song or a poem that… Read More »
Merry Christmas my friends! I truly hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. Peaceful, restful and relaxed. (Are those things possible during the holiday season?!) A clean and simple holiday card to wish you all the best! This was inspired by this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: I tried to keep this quick, clean and simple by… 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 »
Are you at a point that you feel like you know every possible paper crafting technique? Sometimes it feels that way, but I still love taking classes. I always feel like if I get just one tip or idea, I’ve gotten value from the class and it was money well spent. I’m taking a class at Altenew Academy… Read More »
Yesterday at lunch I needed a brain break so I watched a video Debby Hughes made about no line coloring. Honestly, it was the most gorgeous card that I have ever seen. She is my very favorite watercolorist. She makes it look so easy. When I got home from work, I pulled out my Peony Scrolls stamp set… Read More »
Over the summer, I purchased 3 or 4 little stamp sets from Altenew for less than $5. They were all Christmas or winter stamp sets that I thought I could make little Christmas scenes or gift tags with. It turns out that they are super versatile little sets that work perfectly for all kinds of projects. Altenew released… 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 »
The news is that we are potentially getting some more snow here soon. It seemed appropriate to create a night sky scene with these fabulous bears from Lawn Fawn. This stamp set is called Winter Skies and I elected to use a variety of ink mediums on this card. I’ve used distress oxide inks for the sky, Copics… Read More »
I’m making a project for the new Altenew Academy class that I’m taking called Easy as ABC. The class is about using alphabet stamps and letter die cuts in fun ways. I’m creating a simple Christmas card using Altenew’s Bells and Bows stamp and die set. I LOVE the dimension on this layered bow stamp. I used Altenew’s… 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 »
Sunny Studio Stamp Company is one of my favorites. I’ve been happy with everything that I’ve purchased and I’m just loving the cute stamp and die designs that they carry. I love their 6 x 6″ patterned paper stacks as well. They also carry my favorite Studio Katia embellishment mixes. Plus, they carry Versa Fine and Color Box… Read More »
I’m going to brag for a minute. My craft room is so clean and organized that it is ridiculous! I’m not kidding! I spent my entire weekend fine tuning the systems that I’ve been using for the last year. A year ago, over Thanksgiving, I put down my peel and stick floor tiles, moved all my furniture in… Read More »
I know, I know! More plaid, you say?! What’s up with that? I’m just loving the plaids all of the sudden. The new fall and holiday 6 x 6″ paper stacks are coming out with these fabulous plaids. Plus I created one with markers that you can see here, and I created one with alcohol inks which I… Read More »