Oliver
Oliver My loyal stamping companion. Ollie has three different beds in my studio. He is sure to be in one of them if I am in the room. Here he’s napping hugging his stuffed squirrel. It was so cute I just had to stop and take a picture.
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Lawn Fawn Lake Arrowhead
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Now that they are both old enough to count I need to make sure each grand child gets the same number of cards. This is for my grandson. It’s a quiet quarantine Saturday morning and I’m in the mood for a Lawn Fawn scene card.So many lawn fawn stamp sets and…
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Never Land Trick or Treaters
I have been reading Peter and the Star Catchers to my grandchildren. I wanted to convert some of the dies in Tim Holtz’ Trick or Treaters set to some of the Never Land characters. They will go into a vignette box inspired by Tami Basstiaans. The pirate is pretty much as he is designed in…
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Quintuple Slider
A friend told me she had purchased the Simon Says Quintuple Slider Die but hadn’t yet figured it out. Well, “Me too!” I said. So we are going to get on Zoom and figure it out together. I reviewed Jennifer McGuire’s video and went to work on this card for my grandson with Sunny…
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Altenew Primrose Sympathy
Yana Smakula has been posting cards that are so unique that I immediately recognize the style as being hers. They are colored with alcohol markers and all have a dark background. This technique has been calling me. And my fresh-from-the-mailbox Primrose Build-a-Flower is needing to be inked. The card required a lot of masking….
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Holtz Class with Denise Lupardo Lowe
Zoom Class with Denise Lupardo Lowe Zoom has made such a difference in my sequestered life during COVID19. I was able to take a Tim Holtz class taught by Denise Lupardo Lowe through my favorite stamp store in NYC, The Ink Pad right here in my Tucson home. I enjoyed her teaching style. Very comfortable…
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Inspiration Challenge Thanks
Altenew Inspiration Challenge June, 2020 I have been watching Tim Holtz every Saturday morning for weeks. Last week he focused on Alcohol Inks. I LOVE alcohol inks especially with the Alloys. The colors for this month’s challenge could be easily created with alcohol inks. Thus this beautiful background with the new Altenew Hanging Garden and…
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Summer Fun
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Summer fun Need something to make you smile? Something to lift your spirits? I highly recommend this Penny Black stamp set called Wet and Wild. These two kids are hilarious! This was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Markers on Neenah Solar White. And, BTW, the expression on…
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Thank You
The Altenew Educators had a great hop with Thank You cards. I paid no attention to deadline for posting. So sad when the link says “Party Closed.” I wanted to attend. So I’ll just have my own party and post the card anyway. Bird of Paradise is my newest stamp. I have been fascinated with…
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Altenew Inspiration Challenge June 2020 II
This is another card for the Altenew Inspiration Challenge June 2020 (More information on the previous post) This is the Bird of Paradise stamp copper heat-embossed on black water color paper. It was colored with Altenew Metallic water colors. The largest mat is also colored with metallic water colors. The same colors are then splattered…
