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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…

On Day One Online Card Class Watercolor for Carmakers Exploring Mediums Debby Hughes made a beautiful card using Zig Clean Color Brush Markers. I went shopping in my studio to find products that would simulate her card. I used watercolor paper and incorporated the holes at the top of it to look like notebook paper….

A friend of ours declares September 1st the day he can open the first bag of candy corn.  This card is for him. I’m taking the Watercolor for Carmakers Exploring Mediums Online Card Class.  This card combines lessons from two instructors Day One.  The masking of the giant candy corn is inspired by Kristina Werner….

My favorite paper craft is making Christmas tags. I get my holiday cards finished early so I can concentrate on making tags. I really pulled out products from many different companies for this one!The darling elf stamps are from Hero Arts.  They are stamped with Memento and colored with Copics.  The window die is from…