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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!

Lawn Fawn just makes me happy!Making a card for my grandchildren makes me double happy! Where is Waldo books are favorites of my grandchildren. This card based on Just My Type and Love Poems stamps and dies is like Waldo only they need to locate 16 mice. Stamping makes it possible to really personalize cards….

Jenifer McGuire’s blog featured two video’s using Alcohol Pearl inks with different papers and techniques.  This card is on Tin Holtz’ beautiful Black Alcohol Ink paper and Snow Cap Mixative.   Alcohol Pearl inks and Silver Mixative create the interesting look. The together sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.  Word background is from Simon Says stamp….

Painting with Zig water color marker on a stamp, spritzing it with water then letting it’s do whatever it wants on the water color paper is hard for me. The paint is in total control.However, this card exceeded my expectations.The first layer water color-stamped by itself was just too plain.So I let the first layers…

In Lesson One Jennifer Rzasa introduced the use of re-inkers as water colors.For my card  Altenew’s Blush re-inker seemed to best co-ordinate with the Golden Peach Embossing Powder.  It is a pretty copper/peach glossy color that is perfect for the Dotted Blooms which look like cherry blossoms to me.   Not only did I use…

My three new families of ink from Altenew  arrived!  Before I could begin the next class, Fall Harvest, Sugar Plums and (my favorite) Tranquililty needed to be moved into their new home.  My Altenew inks are stored by color then by family.  Each case is labeled with the family and their order of light to…

In the Mood for Color is about the moods different colors evoke and how we might apply that to card making.PINKThe color pink was named long ago for the flower called pink.Pink is appropriate when we want to create a sense of charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, feminity or romance. This birthday card was…

Happy New Year! The last load of guest laundry is dry and folded. Except for my Santa collection, the holiday decorations are boxed and put away. Now am I ever ready to trade my poinsettia stamps for the wide variety of Altenew’s other flowers and stamps. AECP Level II has begun! Beyond Basic Backgrounds will…

My grandchildren would rather have a book than a toy.  I know they will be lifelong readers and that makes me so happy.  These tags are for their books we’re giving them for Christmas. The MFT Cozy Companions is MY Favorite critter stamp set of this winter season.  There is lots of opportunity for fun…