Thanks to the snowstorm on Saturday I had, yet another, snow day on Sunday and was able to go over a few more videos from Technique Toolbox: Dye Ink! I highly recommend the class...there are great cards and tutorials! I learned a ton of new tricks and tips even with the techniques I already ... View Post
Archives for February 2015
Simon Says Stamp and Lawn Fawn Flickr Challenge
I was organizing some of my stamps today and found this cute one from Simon Says Stamp...somehow it had actually fallen behind my Expedit and I only found it when I was moving around some patterned paper pads! I remembered that the current joint Simon Says Stamp and Lawn Fawn Flickr Challenge is to ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #12: Anything Goes
It's another Anything Goes week over at Christmas Card Challenges and here's my card! I've been wanting to use this Taylored Expression die for awhile and was waiting for the next Anything Goes challenge to roll around on the 4th week! I started off by blending Chipped Sapphire, Black ... View Post
Snow Day!
Happy snow day! Well, I always hope for one REALLY good snow each year (...then I'm totally ready for spring) and I think today was it for this winter! They were forecasting anywhere from an inch to 10 inches the past few days and we've definitely got close to 9 and it's still coming down. ... View Post
Craving sushi…and sequins…
This evening I sat down in my craft room just to realize that all of my pressing deadlines were complete and I could just play! However, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do... So I closed my eyes, grabbed a stamp set, and got to work! The stamp set I picked was Let's Roll from Lawn Fawn. ... View Post
More from Technique Toolbox: Dye Ink
I have a couple more cards to share from the Technique Toolbox: Dye Ink class! The first one uses a technique that I had seen but never tried (or even knew the correct name for)...it's the Joseph's Coat stamping technique using blended distress inks in Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold! This ... View Post
Trying Something New: Technique Toolbox!
I recently became a member of StampNation and decided to sign up for the most recent class, Technique Toolbox: Dye Inks. I am SO glad I did! I was familiar with some of the techniques but there were definitely some new ones and some fun twists to familiar ones! I'll share more tomorrow but I was ... View Post
Stamp Study #1: Altenew Painted Butterflies
One of my most favorite card-makers is the insanely talented, Virginia Lu! She creates breath-taking, gorgeous cards but what I like most about her is how kind and complimentary she is to fellow crafters. When I first started blogging my cards a few months ago I had some website issues and at one ... View Post