I’m creating cards that shine today using the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and some fabulous Hot Foil Dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts. I wanted something with slightly less traditional Christmas colors, so I started with a navy cardstock for my background. I’ve added some bright green foil, iridescent silver foil, and pink foil to create my color… Read More »
Three Room Studio’s Saturday Challenge this week is a Fall Color Theme. Of course I pulled out my favorite stencil and my new favorite color scheme for my card today! I pulled out the Moving Sentiments stamp set, the Rounded Checkerboard Stencil, the Hello Friend stamp and die, and the Simple Sentiments stamp set to complete my card… Read More »
I really admire Debby Hughes and her amazing watercoloring skills. I’ve been following her for years and I’ve take a couple classes with her as well. I know that she has really put the time in to practicing and developing her skills as an artist and a colorist. She is a really amazing designer! The new Scrapping4Fun Challenge… Read More »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes something a simple card versus a stepped up card. I spent some time on Instagram looking at cards for other designers to see what little things they do to make their cards spectacular. I thought I’d share some of those tips with you today. I’ve made two cards to… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a theme challenge, plus 1. I used the Catherine Pooler Boho Fall collection for this card and I just love the way it came out. I also added the Rounded Checkerboard stencil from Three Room Studio and I adore the background. Every single time I use this stencil, I love… Read More »
Today the Scrappy Tails team is sharing their love for our best selling and beloved “Assorted Christmas Leaves” die set! We are happy to be showing you multiple ideas that feature this die set along with other Scrappy Tails products! Giveaway details: Hop along with us for some wonderful inspiration and chances to win some awesome prizes!… Read More »
I have a very cute mini slimline Christmas card to share with you today. I’ve used a fun die, some gorgeous patterned paper, and one sweet digital stamp. I loved this sweet Christmas Train digital stamp from Kinda Cute by Patricia. It was quick and easy to color. I fussy cut it out with my Brother Scan-n-Cut… Read More »
There are some little tips that I want to share today to show you how to get realistic looking frosting on your cake and cupcake images. I also want to share how I got such shiny images today and how I created some dimension in my stenciled images. I create dimension on my stenciled images by either adding… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a color challenge called Peach Keen! I actually wasn’t sure weather this challenge had a very dark brown or black. I chose to make it very dark brown because it looked better on the card!! I used some colors I don’t use often from my Catherine Pooler inks. I used… Read More »
I have a quick and easy card using the sweet Papa Bear and Baby digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia. Isn’t this image just irresistible? It is also a nice quick one to color! Copic Combinations: Bears: E79, 77, 74, 71, 70, 44, 43, 42, RV21 I added a few sequins from my stash along with… Read More »
This week’s Saturday Challenge at Three Room Studio has a circle theme. One lucky participant in the September Saturday Challenges will win a $15 gift card to Three Room Studio Shop. I’ve been participating in more challenges and social media contests and I’ve won some prizes!! Yesterday I found out I won a gift card to Connie Fong’s… Read More »
I’ve been looking for an excuse to use the Therm-o-Web Deco Foil toner sheets to do some foiling with my laminator. I decided to try them out today to create a Christmas card with my Poinsettia Dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts. A couple of months ago I won a gift card to Therm-o-Web’s store. One of the items… Read More »
The new Scrapping4Fun Challenge is up and it’s all about Autumn! It is an anything goes project with an Autumn theme. I decided to make a journal cover using the sweet My New Shoes digital image from Ike’s Art. It is just so sweet!! I used a brown paper bag to create a cover for a… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a sketch challenge. I took some creative liberty with this challenged and changed the pennant to a pumpkin shape. I used my Copics to color in the pumpkin before die cutting it out. This is from the Catherine Pooler Front Porch Bundle. I just LOVE this pumpkin set. I… Read More »
The Saturday Challenge at Three Room Studio is all about vellum! There are lots of ways to use vellum on a card, but today I will be using just a hint of it for my sentiment and embellishments. For this card, I’ve used the Let’s Hygge stamp set for the mug full of goodness and the… Read More »