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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…

The first thing I do every holiday season is put up the tree in my studio and hang tags from past years on it.  It is my motivation and Christmas decoration.Tags are my favorite thing to make.

The dog in the MFT You Have My Heart looks just like our Oliver.  Our Granddaughter is one of his favorite people.  She is so good with him that he is giving her a gift for Christmas.  This is her tag.

I have taken a break from my Altenew Educators classes to make Christmas projects.Christmas tags are by far my favorite thing to make.  Here I used the Simon Says Stamp Gnome for the Holidays to make a card and tag.  I could play with this set all day long!  It doesn’t have to be for…

Ten classes and over 40 cards later I have reached the first plateau!   This is the Final Challenge, Level One. Select any 3 components for the Level One Classes: 1.  Easy Die Cutting Techniques.   Die cutting in the past required a very large, expensive die cutting machine.   The costly dies could be…

I’m taking a little Altenew break to make Halloween cards for my grandchildren. I love making Halloween cards and anything Fall.  Previously on my Blog you’ve seen some Tim Holtz Halloween that are more for adults.  The cards below are just cute and fun. My grandson is a heartbeat away from reading.  Meantime he loves…