I’m am on the Maker Forte blog today sharing 4 cards using two stenciling techniques that are new techniques for me! I created one card using texture paste, but I added glitter to it to create my own glitter paste! I LOVE this card! It was so easy! The other 3 cards all use Deco Foil Transfer Gel… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge is a Masculine Theme challenge. I’m making a non-traditional color masculine card for this challenge! I decided to use purple for my card today. When I was helping my son set up his first apartment, I was surprised when he chose a purple, gray, and black color scheme. It was… Read More »
I’m over on the STAMPlorations blog today with the Throwback Thursday feature. I’ve picked an inspiration card and my job was to create 3 variations of that inspiration card. I selected a card created by Maria Fischer which has a black and white stamped image with a small amount of color added to the card with a geometric… Read More »
The Imperfectionists Rules of Cardmaking Rule 1: All cards should have sparkle, sheen, shine, or a metallic detail. That’s right. I’m making up my own rules for cardmaking now! Rule 2: Always use a score board to score your folds and a bone folder to crease them for a tidy fold. Today I’m on The Hedgehog Hollow blog… Read More »
I have 4 cards to share with you today using cards you can create with just cardstock and your dies! I’m using some of my favorite die sets from Scrappy Tails Crafts to create the cards that I’m sharing with you today. I had a pile of scraps on my work table and I’ve been wanting to use… Read More »
The new Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a theme challenge this month! You need to make a layout about YOU! I decided that any layout that I create about myself needs to include a mixed media background. I consider myself a mixed media artist even though I don’t share all those projects here or on YouTube. I’ve… Read More »
Hey Y’all!!! It’s a Baby Card Crazy Hop. Hope you’ll join in the fun. And a little added benefit – If you comment on every blog post & video along the hop you will be entered into the chance to win a $25 gift certificate. The more you comment the more opportunities to win. Also consider subscribing to… Read More »
Did you ever have a stamp set that you enjoyed creating with so much that you actually had to force yourself to stop playing with it? That’s how I felt about today’s Cute Shaped Animals digital stamp set from Kinda Cute by Patricia! I ended up making 4 cards just to fit all the critters that I colored.… Read More »
Hi friends! I am guest designing on the STAMPlorations blog for the Throwback Thursday feature today. I have 3 cards to share with you today featuring quick and easy backgrounds. My job is to select an inspiration card from another designer and re-create their card in 3 new ways. My inspiration card was created by the queen of… Read More »
This week’s Make the Cards Challenge is a Circle Theme Challenge! I had a lot of fun playing with this one and doing a little experimenting with a new background technique! The theme made me think of the STAMPlorations Bubbles stencil that I love so much and I have a drawer full of circle punches. I’ve been… Read More »
I created a very quick card using TLC Designs newest release! Meet one of the Posh Puppies! This is a set of digital papers and a digital stamp set with two super cute puppies, lots of sentiments, and some puppy paraphernalia! I added the pup, dog bowl, word bubble and the sentiment all on top of the digital… Read More »
I had several projects I wanted to create today and all I felt like doing was scrapbooking in my little traveler’s notebook, so I combined all the projects into a fun little documented story in my traveler’s notebook! If you have been one of my long time blog readers, you know that I’m all about stretching my… Read More »
The Make the Cards Challenge for this week is a fabulous Ombre challenge using shades of purple! Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I could not resist this challenge!! (Well…I did some resist for the challenge for card #4!) I don’t have a ton of colored cardstock in my craft room, so I opted to use… Read More »
I used the TLC Designs Daisy Frame set intending to make an interactive card. I got distracted by the daisy. Once I die cut one of those out, that was the only part I wanted to play with for the day! I ended up making a very quick card and a couple of mixed media bookmarks because I… Read More »
One of my goals for 2021 is to do more mixed media. Doing more mixed media means that I need to play with the mediums that I have and experiment with them. This is not a hardship! I did decide that I would start creating a technique file that would allow me to practice techniques, keep a file… Read More »