Who doesn’t love getting new crafting goodies on their doorstep? Late last week, I received the Hands Free Totally Tiffany Embossing Station. I was so busy with our little museum’s grand opening that I had no time to try this goodie out until yesterday and I’m very excited to share this with you! This takes up a space… Read More »
I have a free printable for you today. I decided that I wanted all my Altenew Watercolor brush colors on one sheet so I could see them all at one time. I created a sheet that you can print on watercolor paper and then swatch out your watercolor brush colors. I highly recommend that you always swatch out… Read More »
I have a clever idea to share with you today from my friend and fellow crafter, Candace Cubito. We’ve been hearing about the new Sizzix Sticky Grid Sheets that are the latest, greatest product on the market. I would have tried them by now if they weren’t sold out every single time I’ve gone to order them. Well,… Read More »
This month’s My Monthly Hero kit was simply amazing! The kit always comes with a full size stamp set and coordinating die set wrapped in a piece of pretty ribbon. It usually has some extras like the shimmer cardstock, package of sequins and the Sakura Jelly Roll Sparkle Pen. I was seriously excited to find out that the… Read More »
There are some craft tools that I’ve had for years and they are still serving me well. Then there are some new tools that I’ve discovered in the last year that I don’t know how I crafted without for so long! I always love seeing the crafting tools other people love and use. I decided that I should… Read More »
The news is that we are potentially getting some more snow here soon. It seemed appropriate to create a night sky scene with these fabulous bears from Lawn Fawn. This stamp set is called Winter Skies and I elected to use a variety of ink mediums on this card. I’ve used distress oxide inks for the sky, Copics… Read More »
I’m making a project for the new Altenew Academy class that I’m taking called Easy as ABC. The class is about using alphabet stamps and letter die cuts in fun ways. I’m creating a simple Christmas card using Altenew’s Bells and Bows stamp and die set. I LOVE the dimension on this layered bow stamp. I used Altenew’s… 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 »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is a challenge to use your favorite new product. I’ve tried so many new products this year that it really is impossible to pick just one. I decided to share my favorite new products of the week! How adorable is this little penguin on the snowy hills under the night sky? What… Read More »
I found this stamp company that I just love. Have you tried Kat Scrappiness? I found it when I was trying to get the Gina K Wreath Builder kit and she was all sold out. I poked around the internet and found that a stamp store by the name of Kat Scrappiness still had it in stock and… Read More »
It’s no secret that if you want to get better at something, you need to practice. There are no shortcuts. I was browsing the list of design team calls for the new year and picked a few that I would apply to. I’ve been enjoying being on the design team at the Paper Craft Crew since 2013 and… Read More »
Create a pretty pearlized sheen on your cards using the Nuvo Embellishment Mousse in Powder Blue and Mother of Pearl. I’m having a blast experimenting with this embellishment mousse just to see what I can do with it. Today’s card and technique was created using this week’s Paper Craft Crew card sketch. This fabulous sketch is very clean… Read More »
3 Techniques To Add Splatter and Watercolor Effects without using ink or watercolor paints. I’m still playing with my Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. It is truly addictive. Now I just want to see how much I can do with this medium. It’s a challenge and I’ve accepted it! For today, I had heard that you could watercolor with these… Read More »
How often do you use your dark colors of cardstock for something other than a script die cut, a background mat or a card base? We don’t use our dark colors of cardstock for a lot of techniques because it is often hard to add color to it. Enter Nuvo Embellishment Mousse! Embellishment Mousse comes in 24 colors… 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 »