I have several relaxing hobbies that I pursue daily. Card making and scrapbooking are two of those, as is crochet. All three of my crafty passions are easy hobbies for any person to pick up and excel at. Card making should be an easy and relaxing hobby. We are adding stamped images, sentiments, and pretty papers that actual… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! sells two kinds of stamps: cling stamps and clear stamps. They are both wonderful! CLING STAMPS Cling stamps are made of red rubber and they are the classic stamps from childhood for many of us. I often call them rubber stamps, but you will see them listed as cling stamps in the catalog and on… Read More »
I started a new project today! I’m creating a video series for cardmaking techniques and I’m creating a free printable for each technique. You will find 3 printables below for techniques using the Stampin’ Write Markers. I purchased a set of 12 of these little photo albums from Amazon a couple of years ago. I pulled one… Read More »
One of the questions that I’m getting asked a lot lately is what do I look for when I’m choosing stamp sets. With so many different types and different materials, how do you decide which ones to buy? Plus, there are now so many stamp companies that have similar things, how do you choose? My answer: It depends… Read More »
Another fabulous card kit with some new products that I had not planned to try showed up on my doorstep. What’s a person to do? I had to play with the kit and the new Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearl Inks. I had not planned on purchasing them because I already have a hearty collection of alcohol inks and… Read More »
Today I have 8 quick card ideas with one small stamp set. I recently purchased the Altenew Lavender Bud stamp and die set. It is 3 stamps in total and one die. The set was less that ten bucks. I made 8 quick cards in less than 45 minutes to refresh my thank you card stash using Altenew’s… Read More »
About a year ago, I picked up a book about Zentangle Pencil Drawing Techniques. I really wanted to learn to add these fun drawings to my bullet journal pages. You know how it is…life happens. You get busy, the kids need you to do this, you have to go visit family, the house needs a good cleaning, work… 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 »
Oh no! I’ve fallen in love with yet another technique. That’s right. Alcohol inks. Once again, this is a result of Altenew. They keep coming out with new products and classes to go along with the products. This starts my experimenting with the new products and techniques and before I know it…I’m HOOKED! Altenew came out with the… Read More »
Sometimes it is a nice thing to give your envelopes some love and coordinate them with your card. I just finished taking a holiday envelope class at Altenew Academy and I really enjoyed it. I thought the ideas were fun and there was at least one project that is a perfect holiday idea that I plan to implement… Read More »
My cards today sort of came by accidentally! I wanted to try out the new Marvy Watercolor Pencils that I got with my Hedgehog Hollow August Kit and I ended up making a video and 2 quick cards. While I would never hold these cards up as my best card designs, I had a lot of fun playing… Read More »
I’m giving myself and E for Effort with my watercoloring today. I need a P for more Practice as well! I played around with some more florals after watching a lesson taught by Debbie Hughes who is a master watercolorist. Wow! All of the class instructors make it look so easy and each one will tell you that… Read More »
I have another one of my homework assignments to share with you from my latest watercoloring class. This is the class where I expected to be stamping images and watercoloring them in, but instead we are sketching or just watercoloring freehand. Today I was playing with floral images and I’ve only attempted one of the 4 types that… Read More »
I have absolutely fallen in love with Concord & 9th’s Turnabout stamps. Yesterday, I shared a watercolor lifting technique and used a turnabout stamp to make the card. Today I wanted to show you how to use a turnabout stamp (see my video below) and how versatile these stamps sets are. You could create 20 cards from one… Read More »
I’ve had a technique and a stamp set that I’ve been meaning to get to for a couple of weeks. I finally got to sit down and try it. I even made a video…which is my longest video ever. I used a watercolor lifting technique with Concord & 9th’s Dotty Turnabout Stamp. Actually, I end up using several… Read More »