Month: February 2020

Heat Embossing is THE big draw for attracting new stampers.  Nearly 30 years ago I watched a demo   of gold heat embossing at a stamp store.  I purchased the heat gun, VersaMark, gold embossing powder and a wood-mounted rubber stamp of a cornucopia.  Thousands of dollars and a room full of supplies later,  heat…

In Color Your Day Lesson 5 Therese Calvird created a lovely water color from the Best Mom stamp set. I wanted to try that same idea on black using the Altenew Metallic water colors. The background is Tim Holtz black paper intended for use with alcohol inks. The  Book Club stamp set is heat embossed…

Marika Rahtu presented a look I just love . . .  sort of Asian and pen sketched.  It’s not easily accomplished.  After watching Marika’s video over and over I attempted to create that look over and over with a layer from the Tulip stamp set and Tombow markers.  The beautiful details come from the sketch…

Not a great photo, but it was my brother’s 70th birthday.I made this card with my Scan n Cut.  70 candles illustrated just how many that is! This was a lot of paper, a lot of glue and some very sore fingers.  But worth it!