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Oliver My loyal stamping companion. Ollie has three different beds in my studio.  He is sure to be in one of them if I am in the room. Here he’s napping hugging his stuffed squirrel. It was so cute I just had to stop and take a picture.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Now that  they are both old enough to count I need to make sure each grand child gets the same number of cards.  This is for my grandson. It’s a quiet quarantine Saturday morning and I’m in the mood for a Lawn Fawn scene card.So many lawn fawn stamp sets and…

I have been reading Peter and the Star Catchers to my grandchildren.  I wanted to convert some of the dies in Tim Holtz’ Trick or Treaters set to some of the Never Land  characters.  They will go into a vignette box inspired by Tami Basstiaans. The pirate is pretty much as he is designed in…

A friend told me she had purchased the Simon Says Quintuple Slider Die but hadn’t yet figured it out. Well, “Me too!” I said.   So we are going to get on Zoom and figure it out together. I reviewed Jennifer McGuire’s video and went to work on this card for my grandson with Sunny…

Yana Smakula has been posting cards that are so unique that I immediately recognize the style as being hers.  They are colored with alcohol markers and all have a dark background.   This technique has been calling me.  And my fresh-from-the-mailbox Primrose Build-a-Flower is needing to be inked. The card required a lot of masking….

Zoom Class with Denise Lupardo Lowe Zoom has made such a difference in my sequestered life during COVID19.  I was able to take a Tim Holtz class taught by Denise Lupardo Lowe through my favorite stamp store in NYC, The Ink Pad right here in my Tucson home. I enjoyed her teaching style.  Very comfortable…

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Summer fun Need something to make you smile?  Something to lift your spirits?  I highly recommend this Penny Black stamp set called Wet and Wild.  These two kids are hilarious! This was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Markers on Neenah Solar White. And, BTW, the expression on…

The Altenew Educators had a great hop with Thank You cards.  I paid no attention to deadline for posting.  So sad when the link says “Party Closed.”  I wanted to attend. So I’ll just have my own party and post the card anyway. Bird of Paradise is my newest stamp.  I have been fascinated with…

Altenew June 2020 Inspiration Challenge This is the color challenge for Altenew June 2020 Blues with browns . . . my very favorite color combination.  Living in the southwest I might expand that combination all the way to turquoise and copper. This challenge seemed the perfect opportunity to use my new Bird of Paradise stamp…

I saw a painting of some very colorful Zebras. That painting kept returning to my thoughts. What are the brightest colors I can create?  Alcohol inks on Yuppo. Let the playing begin! I die cut a lot of different layers of Tim’s Zebra named Winifred in many shades and colors before I found a combination…