I so enjoyed playing with my watercolor markers and the Art Impressions stamps that I purchased yesterday, that I decided to give it another go today. It is just so relaxing! I decided to put this in a frame today instead of turning it into a card. It felt like a frameable scene and not so much like… Read More »
As you know, I’ve been taking a lot of classes in all kinds of different card making, coloring, and scrapbooking techniques. I have been loving every minute of it and it has been fun to go back and look at my cards to see how my card making and design has changed over the last year. Today I’m… Read More »
Yes…I used my Distress Oxide inks again today! What can I say? I got some new colors yesterday and that Salty Ocean is to die for. Or should I say to dye for? I needed to make a floral card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge and yesterday I received my package of Gina K stamps and… Read More »
Happily, I completed the Altenew Educator Certification Program Level 2 and I am now officially on to level 3. I started with a class on Clean, Simple and Colorful Techniques that was just full of ideas and stunning examples of how to use them. Laura Bassen taught a lesson on Ink Blending and Copic Flicking that takes me… Read More »
I’ve been playing with my Simon Says Stamps March 2018 Card Kit this week. It is such a great spring inspired card kit. It has beautiful pastel and natural colors along with two fun stamp sets and pastel ink cubes that just make me long for spring. Here in the north east corner of the US, it feels… Read More »
I’ve been making it a point to do some kind of coloring or inking practice every day. Today I could not resist playing with the other Simon Says Stamp set from the March Kit called Showers and Flowers. I just dabbled with my watercoloring and did not actually get cards made. It was quite a relaxing evening to… Read More »
I finally had time to sit down and play with the Simon Says Stamps March Kit called Choose Joy. You know that I love craft kits of all kinds. The Simon Says Stamps kits are always a great value, but the last two months Simon Says Stamps has been knocking it out of the park! These kits are… Read More »
As you know, I’ve been really enjoying Watercoloring the past few weeks. I’ve been trying all kinds of techniques and materials to see what results I get. My latest class at Altenew Academy was a class in a Creative Watercolor Media. I actually had a really hard time deciding which lesson to make my class project from. The… Read More »
When I got home from work on Thursday, I found crafty goodness in a box on my doorstep in the form of this month’s My Favorite Things craft kit, Yay for You! Needless to say, I couldn’t wait to get started creating and participating in challenges. I made 3 cards and I am participating in 2 challenges with… Read More »
If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that while I haven’t had a lot of time to sit down to create videos and blog, I have been taking all kinds of crafty classes. Lately I’ve been enjoying watercoloring classes. I’ve been learning some new techniques and perfecting some old ones. I fell in love with Stampin’ Up!’s… Read More »
A few days away from work, spending time with family, and finding time to create and play with new supplies, tools and techniques has done wonders for my stress level. Add to that the incoming blizzard that is giving us a snow day tomorrow and you’ve got one relaxed gal here! It gave me time to view the… Read More »
Going crazy with the aqua painter is actually fun! I have never been a fan of drawing. I have some students who draw the most amazing things you have ever seen. Their talent is unbelievable! I’m more of a painter. I like that I can smear that paint around and add colors until it actually looks like what… Read More »
Happy Easter Watercolor Card! I just couldn’t resist using this stamp set for one more card! I was playing around with it and honestly kept coloring outside the lines when I didn’t really want to. I decided to give the image a nice watercolor background to camoflage the “mistakes”. I also couldn’t resist putting that beautiful Calypso Coral… Read More »
Time to make the Easter cards! Since it hasn’t felt very much like spring around here, I haven’t given much thought to making my Easter cards. There are really only 2 or 3 actual stamp sets designated for Easter and I couldn’t resist using the tulips! I love that Stampin’ Up! brought fun watercolor images and papers back… Read More »
How about just one more watercolor card? This card was created for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. Watercoloring is so relaxing. If you have never tried it or haven’t tried it in a while, it’s worth picking up that Aqua Painter and giving it a try! I think the Aqua Painters make this technique really easy. … Read More »