I love monster stamp sets. I had a great set when I first joined Stampin’ Up! and I made a ton of projects with it including kids games. It broke my heart when they retired it and I couldn’t keep using it. I’m so happy that I found an even cuter replacement stamp set with a coordinating die… Read More »
Nuvo makes glow in the dark drops! I actually got a full size sample in one of my card kit subscriptions this month. I finally mastered the trick of how to use them to get a nice round drop and not a hot mess. Yes, there is a trick to it! I started subscribing to Brutus Monroe’s Stamp-of-the-Month… Read More »
I’m excited to be a guest designer for The Hedgehog Hollow blog again today. I have the pleasure of sharing a quick and easy heat embossed foil background for a fall card using the Hedgehog Hollow October card kit. One of the fantastic things you can do with stamp sets that are packed with a lot of great… Read More »
I’ve been experimenting, experimenting, and more experimenting with new techniques. I’ve been sharing the successes and the “failures” with you here on my blog and on my YouTube channel. Today, I decided that it is time to start an art journal. I find myself making a lot of cards that I never get around to sending. I’m thinking… Read More »
Who doesn’t love a free stamp set? I’ve gotten so I wait until I have an order that I know qualifies for a freebie before placing an order. So many of the stamp companies give you little perks for being their customer. Gina K Designs is one of those as is Sunny Studio. I got this fantastic stamp… Read More »
I’ve been practicing and mentioning my single layer card faux dimension technique called drop shadow. Several people have asked me how to do it so I created a video and a pair of cards to show you how to do this technique and to compare what a difference it makes. I held up the two cards and asked… Read More »
I had so much fun with my Sunny Studio stamps yesterday, that I didn’t bother cleaning up my craft table. I just moved on to the next card I had in my head to create with this fabulous new fall release. I love the Sunny Studio Autumn Splendor and the Autumn Greetings stamp sets. I decided that I… Read More »
Sunny Studio has really fun stamp and die sets that have the cutest critters and the most darling kids to color in. They also have some spectacular 6 x 6″ printed paper stacks to craft with. I wanted to practice my Copic coloring, so I pulled out one of the Sunny Studio fall release sets called Fall Kiddos. … Read More »
Okay…I know that I used the same stamp set and materials to create my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge as I did for the What Will You Stamp challenge and the SUO Challenge, but I LOVE the colors and the stamp set! Once again, we have a great sketch to work with from Pam Staples… Read More »
You read that right! I’m this week’s What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog’s Guest Stamper. My card was randomly selected as the winner for the Ghoulish Grunge challenge and I have the privilege of being their guest stamper for the week!! The challenge this week is to use the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. You know that I love… Read More »
This week over at The Paper Craft Crew, we are having a fall card challenge. Any fall themed card works for the challenge!!! My goal with this card was to make a fall card using the scraps of papers sitting on my desk! I have little squares and rectangles of left over papers all over! I really love… Read More »
I have not played with the Halloween stamp sets enough so far this season. The Halloween Cookie Cutter set and the Jar of Haunts has really kept me occupied! Today I played with the Spooky Fun images. I’ve been using the sentiments from this stamp set because I didn’t think the other sets had enough fun sentiments for… Read More »
I have a confession. After participating in the Mojo Monday sketch challenge last week, I browsed the Verve online store to see what kinds of goodies that sell. I found a fantastic stamp set called Autumn Blessings that had a coordinating die set called Autumn Thanks. Of course I purchased the bundle! It came within two days with… Read More »
I enjoyed revisiting using the Faux Border technique a few days ago, so I decided to use it in a couple of cards today. I’m participating in two challenges with my card today. One is a color challenge and one is a Clean and Simple embossing challenge. For the CAS on Sunday Challenge, the challenge was to create… Read More »
It’s a good idea to refresh your browser at least once a day! I missed the closing of the Just Add Ink Add Wings challenge yesterday, but discovered that they had a new challenge up today! This week’s challenge is a color challenge and I had fun with it! My hands and desk are a complete mess, so… Read More »