Our challenge was to choose one of 12 photographs posted in the challenge blog during 2020 and make a card inspired by that photo. My photo was inspired by the July photo: I am intrigued by cards with windows. My card represents the window panes with the Garden Trellis Cover Die. The glass is created…
When I saw GEOMETRIC in the theme for the Educators Blog Hop I almost didn’t sign up. The word “geometry” brings fear to my heart. I spent after school hours with a demanding geometry tutor hired by my mother. He was a senior who thought only of mathematics. I don’t think he enjoyed those…
Thanks to Debbie Adams, a drummer in my family will get this tag/ornament for Christmas. It was the match sticks for drum sticks that really caught my attention. Debbie’s post of a similar drum really got my ideas flowing. The drum base (paper mâché box) is an Amazon purchase. The Tiny House, Tree, Deer and…
Arthur’s eyes tell the whole story. He does not like that I made him into a turkey. There will only be four of us for Thanksgiving this COVID 19 year. With so few, I could go a little more extravagant with the place cards. Arthur is cut from different specialty gold papers with shine and…
Prisma Pencil on Black Cardstock My quest to make slimline card continues. The flower and leaf from Poinsettia & Pine were gold heat-embossed on black cardstock using a mask when needed. The images were then colored with Prisma colored pencils. Using a very small brush, gold paint was dotted in the open spaces. I wish…
Lawn Fawn is for the young and the young at heart. I am so lucky to still have little ones who enjoy cute Christmas cards. Because I enjoy making them. My grandson’s class is talking about the sequence in stories . . . the beginning, middle and end. He will love making up the story…
Elements of Floral Composition Lesson 6 Texture By lesson 6 there are so many elements to think about in one card. Color, Shape, Line, Form, Space and now Texture. As always I have spent a lot of time on fall card-making. Now the pressure has begun to get going…
My last Halloween project for 2020. It makes me sad to put away all of my Tim Holtz Halloween goodies until next year. Arthur is dressed in Halloween colors from my paper stash. Pattern papers have been in my stash for a long time . . . I think at least one is from…
Of all the cards I’ve made over the past year, this one thrills me the most. I have been a long-time admirer of Asian art with the black ink drawings and minimal background. My many attempts over the years to create such art has been a total failure. Jaycee’s Elements of Floral Composition gave me…
Jessie Banks, a Guest Designer for Altenew, posted a magnificent card using gold heat embossing and white water color on black water color paper. I was just in awe of the unique and stunning design which was so different than anything I had done. So I used different stamps and created a similar card….