Many years ago when I started paper crafting, my sister created a ring of card stock samples for me for Christmas one year. She used a pretty punch and punched and labeled every different color of card stock that Stampin’ Up! carried and then organized them on a ring. This has been a very handy tool for me… Read More »
This month’s August Hedgehog Hollow Card Kit was ridiculously cute. It was actual hedgehog stamps with a nod to traveling in London. I’ve spent the last 2 days practicing coloring in hedgehogs with what few Copic markers that I own. As you will see, it is a technique that I need to continue to practice!! I used this… Read More »
It seems to be that time of year when you see the flamingos everywhere. Several new stamps have been released with these fabulous birds as their main image. I still couldn’t resist buying Catherine Pooler’s new Stamp of Approval Tropical Paradise set. The fantastic set of leaves and fronds along with the amazing sentiments just called to me. … Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. You pick 3 features in a row, column or diagonal and create a card with those 3 elements. I selected the Bundle, Metallic and Favorite Color elements from the first column on the left. For my bundle, I used two stamp sets from the new Catherine Pooler Designs… Read More »
Altenew has a whole bundle of mini stamp sets that provide a variety of images and sentiments to add to your collection. I like these little stamp sets because the price point is amazing. Most of them are under $5! Plus, when they have sales or when I’m trying to get free shipping and I just need a… Read More »
How often do you sit down with a card idea in your head and then the card just keeps evolving as you make it looking nothing like you wanted it to? Today was just one of those days for me! I was playing with techniques again just to experiment and see how some new colored pencils behaved. I… Read More »
I love it when I go to the door and there is a craft kit sitting on my porch just waiting for me. Today was that day! The new Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit arrived today and it is another fabulous kit. These kits never disappoint. This kit has a beautiful background stamp called Modern Flowers, a… Read More »
I thought that I would share a watercolor technique this week for my Technique of the Week. I have a video below to show you how easy this technique is! This is a simple watercolor drop in technique that makes very quick cards. I picked one of my favorite stamp sets for this technique. It is a Catherine… Read More »
I saw a color challenge that I couldn’t resist this week at Inspire. Create. Challenge. You can check out the challenge here: Inspire.Create.Challenge #022 | Colour Challenge I’ve been playing with watercoloring, pencil coloring and alcohol marker coloring for what seems like forever. I decided to take a break and make a nice quick card with my… Read More »
I’m giving myself and E for Effort with my watercoloring today. I need a P for more Practice as well! I played around with some more florals after watching a lesson taught by Debbie Hughes who is a master watercolorist. Wow! All of the class instructors make it look so easy and each one will tell you that… Read More »
I have another one of my homework assignments to share with you from my latest watercoloring class. This is the class where I expected to be stamping images and watercoloring them in, but instead we are sketching or just watercoloring freehand. Today I was playing with floral images and I’ve only attempted one of the 4 types that… Read More »
I’m taking a watercoloring class this week. I’ve taken several classes that teach various watercoloring techniques to use with my stamps and stash. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that we would not be using stamps…NOPE! We are sketching stuff out. YEP! I am bravely sharing my homework. Be kind. Remember that this is my first time trying… Read More »
My watercoloring class homework for day 2 will be posting before the day 1 homework…what can I say?! I couldn’t resist doing the day 2 assignments first! I was expecting that we would be stamping things and learning to watercolor them. Instead I discovered that we are sketching things and watercoloring them. Huh! Not what I was expecting,… Read More »
I have absolutely fallen in love with Concord & 9th’s Turnabout stamps. Yesterday, I shared a watercolor lifting technique and used a turnabout stamp to make the card. Today I wanted to show you how to use a turnabout stamp (see my video below) and how versatile these stamps sets are. You could create 20 cards from one… Read More »
I’ve had a technique and a stamp set that I’ve been meaning to get to for a couple of weeks. I finally got to sit down and try it. I even made a video…which is my longest video ever. I used a watercolor lifting technique with Concord & 9th’s Dotty Turnabout Stamp. Actually, I end up using several… Read More »