Stencils Unleashed (An Altenew Academy Class)
Nicole Watt focused on Simple Coloring Stencils Day One. While I owned a couple Simple Coloring Stencils, I had never used them. So this was undiscovered territory for me. Homework: Kind Reminders was a Simple Coloring Stencil in my stash. I really had to study it, flip it around and hold it on top of…
Altenew January 2021 Challenge
The new color challenge is a combination of pink, magenta and brown. When a new Altenew product comes into my house I open it immediately and drool over the tri-fold guide that comes with it. It stays on my desk until I use it. When this challenge was announced, Snowdrops Craft-a-Flower was sitting on my…
Modern Watercoloring Class
Preeti Chandran and Laurel Beard’s class called Modern Watercoloring offers some technique twists that are new to me. These cards are my interpretation of a technique Preeti teaches in Lesson #3. It has several steps including gold heat-embossing on acetate and die cutting the flower from the card front. I am really obsessed with it…
Christmas Tags 2020
I mailed the Christmas tags yesterday, December 19th. I’m hoping they will get to the three California destinations in time for Christmas. Tim Holtz products Tim Holtz products including Snarky Cat and Tiny Houses. Products from Tim Holtz including Tiny Houses and ephemera Alpine, Christmastime and Holiday Village My last tag for Christmas, 2020. I…
2020 Christmas Cards
These are some of the cards I made and sent in 2020. Artist Anita Jeram, accomplished children’s book author and illustrator. This was a very different stamp for me as it’s more of a sketch. I thought it required water color. I looked over several designers work with this artist and all used water color….
A YEAR IN REVIEW CHALLENGE 2020 POST
Our challenge was to choose one of 12 photographs posted in the challenge blog during 2020 and make a card inspired by that photo. My photo was inspired by the July photo: I am intrigued by cards with windows. My card represents the window panes with the Garden Trellis Cover Die. The glass is created…