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 »
Every now and then, do you find that you need a quick card? Every now and then I like to challenge myself to create a single layer card with lots of white space. The Paper Craft Crew sketch for this week gave me a perfect opportunity to create a card with just a couple of stamps, some ink… Read More »
The video for today started out to be a quick card video to share a cute layout with this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. It ended up being a video about how I fixed a card that I wasn’t crazy about when I was finished! I have a cute card to share that I ended up really liking!… Read More »
You know that I’m really enjoying being on the Kinda Cute Design Team because I get to play with the fabulous images created by Patricia Alvarez who I think is amazing and very funny. I selected her Seagull Fishing image because it embodies my husbands days now that he is retired and it reminded me of a lot… Read More »
Have you tried any interesting challenges lately? I just spent the last 5 days participating in the 5 Day Art Journal Challenge with Marjie Kemper. Marjie actually has a membership site for mixed media which sounds really interesting and no doubt, a lot of fun. Based on my experience this week, I guarantee the members try a lot… Read More »
I have a two-for one for you today! I have this sweet little digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez. This is the girl with flowers and balloons digi and she was just to sweet to only color once!! I just love the digital images that Patricia Alvarez creates. They are so sweet and often quirky… Read More »
Creating great backgrounds is one of the most fun parts of papercrafting. Whether you are creating cards or scrapbook layouts, you can use all kinds of mixed media materials to create a fabulous background! Creating the background on this card was as easy as using those 2 tiny stamps in the Birthday Faeries stamp set from 7 Kids… Read More »
Have you ever spent a few days just creating backgrounds and images from your own doodles and then painting or coloring them just for fun? I’ve been creating mixed media backgrounds for a few days now and today I just felt like pulling out my watercolors and creating something all my own. I’ve been working on my doodles,… Read More »
When you are learning new skills and techniques, you need to just keep practicing them. I’ve been looking for opportunities to create mixed media backgrounds pages and use them in meaningful ways. Today, I have a video to share with you to show you how I made the background for this mixed media scrapbook layout using the Scrap… Read More »
It is just too much fun to play with stamp sets that allow you to create scenes! You can easily get lost in a day of masking, ink blending and coloring. It’s so relaxing! Today, I want to share a video to share an easy way to color with alcohol markers and give you a trick to make… Read More »
I had a blast creating that sunset scene patio scene card last week using the August release stamps from 7 Kids Craft Store. I played with the Pizzeria Parlor and the Pizzeria Kids stamp sets and created that Pizzeria patio scene. Those sets are also perfect for creating birthday cards. They have a lot of birthday themed stamps… Read More »
The Simon Says Stamp August card kit was another fun kit. It is all about summer! There were 2 stamp sets this month and the usual patterned paper, cardstock, envelopes, sticker sheets, and enamel ant embellishments! I always feel like this is a great value for my money. It is one of the few monthly craft kits that… Read More »
I love single layer cards and I’ve been challenging myself to create more single layer cards. They use less resources and don’t require extra postage! I belong to several design teams and they often have sketch challenges that require a card to have several layers. The many layered cards tend to be the ones that I don’t like… Read More »
Do you usually buy full sized stamp sets? I’ve started focusing on smaller stamp sets. There is a whole world of 3 x 4″ stamp sets out there that are perfect for creating sets of cards. It’s amazing how many different layouts you can make with just one image and one sentiment. I’ve created one quick card today… Read More »
Hello friends! What are you creating on this quiet summer Sunday? I’ve been busy creating layer 1 of some soon to be fabulous mixed media backgrounds that I will be binding together to create my very own album for memory keeping! I’ve created 16 backgrounds so far! I created along with Vicki Boutin on Friday night during… Read More »