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The Star Gazer is beautiful in any color but it really looks elegant stamped in the Sugar Plum family of grayed-purples. This is a monochromatic card with touches of gold in the Mid Century Frame Die, Thinking of You sentiment and just a tiny bit of gold tickles on the stamen.

Two beautiful Altenew layered flowers = One fabulous bouquet The color inspiration for this bouquet was my niece’s wedding.  These were her colors.  Gorgeous! There was a lavender field beside the outdoor wedding venue.  So, of course, I stamped Altenew’s Lavender Build-a-Flower.  The long narrow stems pair well with the Star Gazer, a larger round…

Celebration Bookmark My nephew’s second book was just released.  I wanted to create a bookmark that co-ordinated with the color of the book cover. The first step for me to is find at least 4 alcohol ink colors (light,medium, dark, very dark) that blend well and result in the overall color that I desire. Sandy…

The hostess of this month’s stamp club has given us a challenge to make cards using stamps in our stash that have never been inked.While downsizing my sash I found a number of fabulous stamps that fit the Never Used category. I ordered this January 2020 Hero Arts Kit as soon as I saw what…

A member of our stamp club is going to have surgery that requires a very long recuperation.Each member of our group is making a “card in a box” for her.  When she starts feeling like doing a little stampin, there will be some easy-to-assemble projects ready for her to make. Honey Bee StampsDie from Paper…

The Online Spring Card Camp has been a wonderful distraction.  Each morning I have a card-making video from a designer I love waiting in my Inbox.This morning it was Yana Smakula teaching a technique she called Cut Background.It begins with a background stamp that has lines that can be fussy cut.This background stamp from Hero…

Erum Tasneem posted a beautiful shaker card with red flowers.  This card is inspired by hers. The Altenew Pen Sketched flowers are gold heat-embossed on water color paper.  I used Altenew water colors in shades of blue.  Once they were absolutely dry I die cut them.  Some are popped up with foam dots to create…

My daughter is home schooling her two children as well as conducting  business full-time during these weeks of isolation due to COVID19. I would love to help but we cannot come into contact with them at this time. The one thing I can do is send art projects. This is a rainbow card taught by…

Monogram Monogram cards remind me of thank you notes for important occasions like graduations,showers or weddings.  My nieces all get cards sets from me for wedding and baby showers.I even include the postage stamps.  It’s become a tradition they count on. Images from Ditsy Print were gold heat-embossed on 4 x 51/4″water color paper.  Altenew…

I blew the dust off of my 50 year old sewing machine this week-end.  It was comforting to set up my old friend once again.  It was top of the line back then when my mother bought it for me.  She said she wanted me to have a good machine at the time of my…