There is a new sketch challenge for theAtlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week. For this challenge, I wanted to do a little watercoloring with my watercolor pencils. I used the new Amber Autumn stamp set from Stampin’ Up!. I stamped my image in StazOn ink and the added color with my watercolor pencils. I used my blender… Read More »
Welcome to the Something Old, Something New YouTube Hop. This month’s theme is Gardens and Bugs. The challenge is to use some new products and to shop your stash for something you haven’t used yet or maybe haven’t used enough. Use your stash and get creative! This hop has a different theme each month and it takes place… Read More »
Welcome to the October Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop! There are 20 stops for this blog hop. You will find a list of participants below with a link to the next person in the hop! Just click the photo that says “NEXT” when you are ready to move on. Please leave a comment and let me know where you… Read More »
The new Splendid Autumn designer series paper pack has 48 pieces of beautiful 6 x 6″ designs. I can’t stop playing with this paper! This is my 3rd video creating cards using this paper. I might actually use up the entire paper pack before the end of October! This is an unusual layout for me! I’m trying some… Read More »
This month it is all about Circles on the Scrapbook Challenge YOUrself blog for October 2024. Remember that with this challenge, YOU have to be in at least one photo on the layout! I made a double page layout using the new Autumn to Remember Scrapbook Workshop kit from Stampin’ Up! The kit came with a wonderful… Read More »
The last two Stampin’ Up! catalogs have featured some card templates that everyone is enjoying. I might refer to them as card sketches or card recipes. If you don’t have a digital file full of card sketches you’ve been collecting or at least a Pinterest board full of them, I don’t know how you create cards on days… Read More »
Time for another new weekly sketch challenge at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! This week’s sketch has so many possibilities! My goal was to keep it as clean and simple as possible! I couldn’t resist using this To the Orchard patterned paper from Catherine Pooler’s latest release. I love the torn edge detail. The sentiment is… Read More »
The Star Stampz Challenge for October is all about Autumn! I created a circular piece using the Autumn Gift digital stamp from the Star Stampz Etsy shop. I’ve grown weary of making cards and I’m terrible about sending them. I used my pretty little piece for a traveler’s notebook layout. I’m working on clean and simple layouts… Read More »
I used the fabulous Cozy Up scrapbooking workshop kit from Close To My Heart to create several double page layouts. In today’s share, I used a sketch from the Stuck?! Sketchbook on Pinterest to force myself to keep lots of white space on my layout. The sketch also forced me to edit down my embellishments. My new goal… Read More »
I’m hoppin’ along on YouTube with some crafty friends today. We all belong to the Handmade Happiness and Card Hoppin’ Facebook groups. Today’s hop has a fall theme and the technique focus for the hop is either retiform or geometric. I chose to use the geometric technique: You can check out the details and… Read More »
Today I created a two page layout in my traveler’s notebook to document the books I have read during October. I took the opportunity to use some of my September card kit leftover patterned papers. I used papers from my September Hedgehog Hollow card kit. You can see that I also used the stamp sets in the… Read More »
I feel like my cards are more interesting if they have some kind of texture on them. There are lots of techniques for adding that texture, but the easiest way to do it is to do some tone-on-tone heat embossing! I used this month’s Hedgehog Hollow kit with the Halloween stamps to create a fun card. I… Read More »
I think the Grateful for You sentiment is such a lovely sentiment to add to a card. Who wouldn’t love to receive that sentiment on a card? I pulled out one of my favorite digital stamps from Kinda Cute by Patricia and colored it in with my Copics. I cut it out on my Brother Scan n’… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a technique challenge and it’s all about background stamps. I used the fabulous Wild Thing background stamp from Catherine Pooler. I heat embossed it in gold and ink blended on some Spiced Marmalade distress oxide. I love the way this card turned out! I also created a gold frame embossed… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge! I pulled out the Wild Things background stamp from my Catherine Pooler collection and heat embossed it in gold on white paper. I ink blended on some Spiced Marmalade distress oxide ink and added some scraps of dark brown cardstock strips. I used my… Read More »