I had two cards to make tonight and they both needed to be quick and easy or they weren’t getting done. This card is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. Once again, I watercolored one of the butterflies from this month’s Simon Says Stamp Card Kit using Altenew Watercolor Brushes and Canson XL watercolor paper. I did… Read More »
It’s been a crazy two weeks for me. I won’t go into the details, but suffice it to say that I’ve traveled to multiple states to take care of business and help both of my “kids”. I’m exhausted. There is nothing like treating yourself to an hour or two of being creative to help you relax and revive!… Read More »
It’s nice to have a few minutes to sit down and create. I have had so little time lately to spend in my studio. It feels good when you finally have some time! I pulled out a Waffle Flower Bouquet Builder 2 stamp set that I have had for a bit and have not had the chance to… 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 »
Today was a perfect day to do some craft stash diving! I pulled out some decorative embroidery hoop frames, some older Sizzix dies, my button jar and some pretty papers to create a floral spring wreath for my front door. This front door makes me so happy! When we moved into our fixer upper house a little… Read More »
Sometimes when it’s time to create a card for one of the design teams that I’m on, I don’t always feel the sketch for the week. When that happens, I pull out my mixed media materials and decide what I can use in a new way with the sketch. Here is my card for this week’s Paper Craft… Read More »
Here is the video for the Totally Tiffany Companion Cart! Thank you to those who let me know that the sound was corrupted. I just got a new camera and I have some kinks to work out using it! Check out the versatile little cart that holds a mighty amount of stuff and still manages to fit under… Read More »
One of my favorite stamp sets is Altenew Flower Vine. I love how soft and sweet the image and sentiments are. I was tempted to do this in just black and white and keep it as simple as possible. Instead, I’m using elements from two sketch challenges to create my card. The first is this week’s Atlantic Hearts… Read More »
I’m excited to share my latest craft organization find. I’m so happy with my Totally Tiffany Companion Cart that I want to get at least one more! Full disclosure: I joined the Totally Tiffany Blogging Troup and Tiffany graciously offered each of us the opportunity to select one item from her shop at any price point. I selected… Read More »
I was very excited when I saw Catherine Pooler’s Welcome Home release. I was also proud of myself for only ordering one small bundle from that release! I selected the Cottage Garden Bundle because I loved the graphic geometric feel of the main floral image in the two stamp sets that were included in the bundle. Plus, I… Read More »
A couple years ago, I took a class at Brit & Co on custom hand drawn houses. The point of the class was to make them imperfect and get just enough detail in there so people could get the idea of what it was they were looking at. I loved that class. It was an hour long and… Read More »
My cards today were totally inspired by the Altenew Blog Hop and Kelly Latevola’s card. I wanted to give her technique a try with the Altenew Watercolor Brush Pens because they just came out with a new set of 10 colors! The more I play with them, the better I get and the more I can justify adding… Read More »
Catherine Pooler recently released her Welcome Home collection. I impressed myself by just picking a couple of items. Self control is not one of my strengths! Altenew also recently released a new set of Artist Markers and I just could not resist playing with the new stuff! This is Catherine Pooler’s Cottage Garden Bundle. It has a… Read More »
I’ve been taking a Zentangle class through Altenew Academy and it is fabulous. I’ve been meaning to tackle learning about this technique for a year and I’m finally taking the time to do it! I love the meditative quality of just drawing and focusing on what you are doing. I find watercolor to be that way as well.… Read More »
It’s time for this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! This one is a frame of sorts and I always find these challenging. I decided to do a different twist on it than what I usually do with these types of card sketches. This time, I randomly stamped images using Altenew’s Painted Butterflies stamp set in a variety of… Read More »