My friend’s March 18th birthday causes me to create a new St. Patrick’s card every year.This year I went totally cute. And once I’ve designed one card it’s easy to go ahead and make three more! This St. Patrick’s Bear and sentiment come from Penny Black. The Quilt Cover Die from Altenew kind of reminds…
I’m taking a little break from Altenew to have some fun with Tim Holtz’ Theodore Bear.He is so much easier to assemble than the Santa Colorize die set.I’m now anxious to try him in pink and white maybe polka dots. The Spellbinders egg die is made using a stain glass technique taught by Jennifer McGuire…
Advice before masking: Have a cup of coffee, clear your brain and your workspace.It may be a little time consuming, but masking is so rewarding! Pulling off the masks for a reveal is just like unwrapping a gift. One of the greatest challenges when masking is getting the color right up to the edge of…
For years only stamps that didn’t require coloring were added to my collection. I was ashamed of my coloring, especially if faces or hair were involved. Shading and highlighting were never part of my limited art education. Alcohol markers were the beginning of a long, slow effort to make my coloring presentable.Before there was…
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…
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…
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….