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Sandy Allnock’s Go for the Gold inspired this card.  The Hero Arts Layering Christmas Tree was stamped in Delicata then Zing, then Judikins Gold Detail then Ranger Enchanted Embossing Powder.Ovals are cut with Spellbinders dies.  Flowersoft and GOLD sequins are shaking’ around in there.

More Go With the Gold with Sandy Allnock.  I loved this lesson as Sandy gave  a Copic markercombo that looks like gold!   Check out that sled!  With a little Wink of Stella it shines metallic.I used Dreamweaver Embossing Paste and a Simon Says Falling Snow stencil for part of the circle.The snow hill part…

                                              More Go For The Gold with Sandy Allnock! Tim Holtz Leaves were die cut from Ellen Hutson Craft-a-Board then painted with Haft-Grund and Facettern-Lack Crackling Colour both from Viva Decor.  The sentiment…

Sandy Allnock is having a fabulous 7 day series on different gold mediums.  This gift tag for my granddaughter is heat embossed with gold Wow embossing powder.  The sentiment, lights and little lamb are stamps from Lawn Fawn.  The stamp-layered tree is from Hero Arts.  I used Copics and Memento ink on the lamb.  The…

Yesterday I went to the Scrapbook Expo in Mesa with three friends.  We just had a wonderful day enabling each other’s stamp addiction. The sentiment stamps in the Impression Obsession booth were great!  The more I looked, the more I laughed.  This sentiment “Poultry in Motion” just cracked me up.  I had to have it….

                                       Watercolor for Cardmakers Exploring Medius Day 2I’m slightly less embarrassed to post this card using Jennifer Rzasa’s lesson Day 2 on Tube Watercolors.  This is my second ever attempt at using tube watercolors.  Jennifer prefers them.Me?…

                                      Watercolor for Cardmakers Exploring Mediums Day 2I’m about ten million miles from my comfort zone on this one!!  Jennifer Rzasa used this technique with tube watercolors.  It was my first time to use tube watercolors.  The…

               Day Three Online Watercolor Class for Cardmakers Exploring Mediums Day 3     I dusted off my Gelatos and gave them another try after watching what Shari Carroll did with her Gelatos, a stencil and a baby wipe!  WOW!  I LOVE the results!  Die is from SU, Small leaf…

                               Online Watercolor for Cardmakers Exploring Mediums Day 3The next challenge was to use watercolor pencils.  I used Derwent Watercolor pencils.The class videos on Inktense watercolor pencils really helped!  Dipping the watercolor pencils directly into water was a new concept to…

Online Watercolor Class for Cardmakers Exploring Mediums Day 3.All I can say is that I tried Kristina Werner’s technique to make backgrounds using water soluble oil pastels. After using 2 background stamps from Hero Arts and one from i.o. either I need background stamps with more surface area, hot press watercolor paper or this may…