Month: September 2015

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is to use a favorite technique.  I love to mask!  It’s just like a puzzle to figure out the order in which the various elements should be stamped. The idea of having a monster come out of a coffee cup is not my original idea.  I saw the idea on the…

This stamp from Make it Crafty is borrowed more than any other!  Everyone knows someone who was once a drummer!  Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is to use a stamp.  I stamped with Momento ink and colored with Copic markers and silver gel pen.  Some Wink of Stella and Stickles put a little sparkle in just…

I knew nothing about watercoloring until I took the Online Card Class “Watercolor for Card Makers”.   Now I love watercoloring and want to learn so much more!  A new Online Card Class is coming up in a couple weeks called “Watercolor for Card Makers:  Exploring Mediums”.  One of the mediums I hope they will…

I love making fall cards most of all.  And I think this may be my most favorite fall card ever!All stamps and the die are from My Favorite Things.  This is card #5 in the MFT Superstar Card Design Contest.  Background is Distress Ink on Xpress paper.  Mice are stamped in Memento and colored in…

Card #4 for MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.  All stamps and the die are from My Favorite Things.  This bear stamp set is focused on birthday but easily converted to a Christmas theme.Everything is stamped with Memento and colored with Copics.  The shaker window is built up with foam tape.  Sequins, beads and some fussy…

Card #3 for MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.  Shabby Chic and Kaisercraft pattern paper just go together perfectly.  I pulled the colors from the paper for the lace (Prima) and Copic markers.Milled Lavendar distress ink added a little color to the edges.  The little satin rose on her hat came from Michaels.  That little bunny…

Card #2 for the MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.  All stamps and the Die are from My Favorite Things.  The background paper is from my stash and has no manufacturer’s name on it.  Cardstock is from SU.  All stamping is done with Memento and coloring is done with Copics.  The multiple panda faces were accomplished…

This is my first submission for the MFT Card Design Superstar.  I loved this stamp for my granddaughter and decided that with a little work it could also be my grandson!  The colors, the frog, the embossing folder (Sizzix), and the twine made it more masculine.  All stamps and Dies are from MFT.  The background…

I NEED to do shabby chic.  It may be my true style from which I get frequently distracted!I first made this bookmark ( with a dachshund)  for my niece.  I loved it so much I made one for me with my precious rescue mix-breed Roxie.  The inspiration came from this pattern paper from Kaiserkraft.  I…

Last night we had just a very tiny hint of fall weather.  It put me in the mood to use some fall colors.  Simon Says Challenge is to use three colors.  So I watercolored on watercolor paper with distress inks in orange, gold and brown.  The sentiment from CTMH and the pumpkins from MFT are…