I hope you had a wonderful holiday! I took a mini staycation and binge watched some TV and actually read a novel! It was nice to take a couple do nothing days to myself. I did no cleaning or home improvement projects and I did no cooking or laundry. Heaven! I deserved some down time!! I hope you… Read More »
Join this week’s challenge at the Paper Craft Crew. It’s a two week challenge this time since it is spring break for a lot of schools and families. It’s a pretty WOW! sketch created by Pam Staples this week. It’s a fun one that you can get really creative with. Do you think that this card gives away… Read More »
I have a quick share of the second card that I created while taking my current Altenew class in Creative Coloring with the alcohol artist markers that Altenew sells. I’m embracing the imperfections on this one! It was my first time coloring a flower using alcohol markers in this way. We added the stem, grass and sky dots… Read More »
Last week I shared a 3D Tea Light Lantern Project that used Altenew’s Cityscape Cover Dies A and B. By adding velum behind the pieces and attaching 4 panels together, I created a cover for a battery operated tea light or a battery operated candle. If you missed that post and how to video, you can see that… Read More »
I believe I’ve taken every class Altenew Academy offers! Luckily, a new class is starting today in Creative Coloring with Artist Markers and I am looking forward to that one. I’ve gotten so much out of all of the other classes that I just can’t wait to take more! The cards that I’m sharing today are for the… Read More »
This card is most definitely inspired by two classes that I took at Altenew Academy. The layout and card design is inspired by the Last Minute Holiday Card class. The instructor created a Christmas card using a Merry die and I loved it so much that I had to create my own version with that technique. The other… Read More »
Happily, I completed the Altenew Educator Certification Program Level 2 and I am now officially on to level 3. I started with a class on Clean, Simple and Colorful Techniques that was just full of ideas and stunning examples of how to use them. Laura Bassen taught a lesson on Ink Blending and Copic Flicking that takes me… Read More »
If you have been following my blog the last few months, you know that I am taking a ton of classes at Altenew Academy. You also know that I am enjoying them immensely and I believe they are transforming my crafting! I recently completed a couple of scrapbook classes. I completed a class called “Stamps Meet Scrapbooks” and… Read More »
My task for the final project for the Altenew Educator Certification Program for Level 2 is to create a home décor project and a coordinating card. I was also encouraged to include a video. I had so many ideas of home décor projects that it was really hard to decide which one to choose. I made a list… Read More »
I’ve been playing with my Simon Says Stamps March 2018 Card Kit this week. It is such a great spring inspired card kit. It has beautiful pastel and natural colors along with two fun stamp sets and pastel ink cubes that just make me long for spring. Here in the north east corner of the US, it feels… Read More »
I’ve been making it a point to do some kind of coloring or inking practice every day. Today I could not resist playing with the other Simon Says Stamp set from the March Kit called Showers and Flowers. I just dabbled with my watercoloring and did not actually get cards made. It was quite a relaxing evening to… Read More »
I’m trying to sneak this card and blog post in before we lose electricity! We are in the middle of yet another Nor’easter here on eastern Long Island. We are getting a crazy amount of snow and wind. The lights have been flashing on and off all day so I thought that I better get this card made… Read More »
I finally had time to sit down and play with the Simon Says Stamps March Kit called Choose Joy. You know that I love craft kits of all kinds. The Simon Says Stamps kits are always a great value, but the last two months Simon Says Stamps has been knocking it out of the park! These kits are… Read More »
The final Altenew Academy class that I have taken for the Level 2 Certification Program is called Magical Marker Techniques. Alcohol markers are pretty amazing tools. You can use them on so many different surfaces. I’ve experimented with these markers on metals, velum, enamel dots, rhinestones and pearls, window sheets…the list goes on. You can use them for… Read More »
The project that I meant to create today is for the Impressive Heat Embossing class at the Altenew Academy. I say the project I meant to create because I fell in love with the technique the instructor used in lesson 2 and meant to create a similar card. The two cards that I have to show you today… Read More »