I’m going to brag for a minute. My craft room is so clean and organized that it is ridiculous! I’m not kidding! I spent my entire weekend fine tuning the systems that I’ve been using for the last year. A year ago, over Thanksgiving, I put down my peel and stick floor tiles, moved all my furniture in… Read More »
I have had a week full of meetings, a random late afternoon blizzard, and craft room chores. My craft room chores are the kind of chores I really enjoy. I organized my stamps today. As you know, my husband and I downsized to a smaller home a little less than two years ago. We went from a small… Read More »
If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been taking a Copic Coloring class at mycreativescoop.com. Today’s lesson was on sepia coloring. All browns. It was interesting to see how she was shading things and getting one part to look different than another. Here is my meager attempt: So lesson 1 for me is that paper matters.… Read More »
The last couple of days, I have just been playing in my Canvo Journal from Catherine Pooler creating pages and trying out different mixed media to see what I can get away with in the journal. The pages are nice and thick so you can actually use the Nuvo Embellishment mousse and a friend used gesso and then… Read More »
The number 1 reader favorite card that I’ve created for the fall season was a single layer leaf card using some stamp sets from Sunny Studios. I did some masking, added a drop shadow to create faux dimension, and added some splatter. Even my sister liked this card and she’s critical of everything! (Yes…I went there dear sister… Read More »
I spent my entire day cleaning. All I really wanted to do was get to my crafty space and play with my new Canvo journal from Catherine Pooler Designs. I really enjoy adding touches to the pages that I’ve created. I like that I have the chance to doodle and experiment without worrying about it being perfect. I’m… Read More »
Seriously! Is there anything more fun than a new journal? I arrived home from work today to find a bunch of crafty goodness on my doorstep. I had a box from Catherine Pooler Designs and one from Kindred Stamps. The one from CP had the new Canvo Journal Bundle and the new mini ink pads from Catherine Pooler.… 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 »
That’s right! Go make a mess! I got a new stamp set from The Ink Road stamp company called Beautiful Mess. I just love it! It’s artsy , it has fun sentiments and images. I used the images to create a border for my focal image. I simply stamped them with my MISTI in Altenew Permanent Black ink.… Read More »
I love monster stamp sets. I had a great set when I first joined Stampin’ Up! and I made a ton of projects with it including kids games. It broke my heart when they retired it and I couldn’t keep using it. I’m so happy that I found an even cuter replacement stamp set with a coordinating die… Read More »
Nuvo makes glow in the dark drops! I actually got a full size sample in one of my card kit subscriptions this month. I finally mastered the trick of how to use them to get a nice round drop and not a hot mess. Yes, there is a trick to it! I started subscribing to Brutus Monroe’s Stamp-of-the-Month… Read More »
I decided to participate in this week’s Less Is More challenge. It’s a clean and simple challenge and this week the theme said Recipe Dimension. I interpreted that to mean that I was to use a recipe card sized layout. I created a beautiful card that did just that. But make sure you compare it to the bottom… Read More »