The cold, hard reality of crafting is that we need to keep our supplies organized. I don’t know about you, but I don’t personally find that particularly interesting or fun. I just need to do it. I really need to do it more than once a month. I can’t work on a table that looks like this: That’s… Read More »
I have been a physics teacher for 30 years. Before that, I worked in a hospital lab for 5 years. I spent 4 years of college and 2 years of grad school working in labs. The Cute Chemists stamp and die set from My Favorite Things makes me happy! It’s adorable and it embraces the nerdy lab girl… Read More »
Yesterday at lunch I needed a brain break so I watched a video Debby Hughes made about no line coloring. Honestly, it was the most gorgeous card that I have ever seen. She is my very favorite watercolorist. She makes it look so easy. When I got home from work, I pulled out my Peony Scrolls stamp set… Read More »
This is my first design team card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I’m really excited to be a part of this design team. I used some pre-made die cuts for a card a couple of days ago and it was the first time I had done that in years. I loved the way that card turned out… Read More »
Once a month I try to spend some time cleaning up in my craft room. I can’t work on a messy table, so my actual work table gets cleaned off every day. Sometimes it is before I start for the day and sometimes when I’m done. One thing that I do have trouble keeping up with is the… Read More »
Welcome to my project for the “It’s A Girl Thing” Turner Syndrome Awareness Inaugural Blog Hop! Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born with only one X chromosome instead of two, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. This condition occurs in one in 2,500 female births worldwide, but is more common… Read More »
I accidentally fell in love with another stamp company! Picket Fence Studios. This wonderful place created the Life Changing Blender Brushes which I decided to try because of the arthritis in my hands. When I checked out the site, I was delighted to find stamp sets that I loved! This one is called Have A Cheerful Day: How… Read More »
That’s right. This week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge got the better of me. I just couldn’t get this card to work. Or at least the one I started with! This week is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge and you have to pick 3 in a row. You know how it works. I got 3 things from the box onto the… Read More »
I could not resist purchasing the Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Card Kit this past month. It was packed full of crafty goodness, but it was the adorable stamp set with hedgehogs, a sloth, some fox and a racoon that captured my interest. I started with the sloth! I stamped him out in Simon Says Stamp Intense Black… Read More »
Falling in love with mixed media is so easy to do. It starts small. You try some glitter glaze here, a distress crayon there, embossing paste comes next and suddenly you are stenciling and watercoloring everything! It is ridiculously addictive. Suddenly you will own every possible color of embossing mousse and then the company comes out with the… Read More »
My Monthly Hero is a card kit from Hero Arts. I have Hero Arts stamps that are at least as old as my children. My daughter is 26. I’ve been a Hero Arts fan for a long time. One of the nice things about them was that you could purchase them in your local craft stores. Remember that… Read More »
Over the past year there have been several self discoveries I’ve made about myself as a card maker. I like clean and simple cards. I really like that white space. I’m not always good at leaving it, but I really like it. I also like single layer cards. In that, I personally include the cards that I just… Read More »
Altenew has done it again! They have come out with the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Set of 10 colors that are just gorgeous. I swatched them out to see what they look like: This is the same mixed media swatch book that I’ve been putting all my watercolors and marker swatches into. It’s been so handy to have… Read More »
Less is definitely more if you are trying to create boutique cards. A bit of color, lots of white space and some shine like a heat embossed sentiment in a script font. The Rose Heart stamp set from Sparkle-n-Sprinkle just called to me to make just one more card! One of the boutique card techniques that I learned… Read More »
Stamp positioners have really changed the lives of crafters. We can do so many techniques so much easier thanks to these fabulous tools. I happen to have a MISTI and I was so happy with it, I purchased the mini and the memory versions as soon as I saw them go on sale somewhere! (Nothing like a good… Read More »