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Archives for January 2016

Online Card Classes: Watercolors for CardMakers – Intermediate Techniques Days 2 and 3

28 Jan

I am having SO. MUCH. FUN. in this Online Card Class...seriously, I cannot recommend it highly enough!  While I'm certainly not mastering all of the techniques that are being taught I'm getting wonderful ideas that will definitely be used for future cards and lots of helpful tips for improving my ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, online card classes
Tags:
altenew, hero arts, memory box, shaker, simon says stamp, winsor and newton watercolors, wplus9

Online Card Classes: Watercolors for CardMakers – Intermediate Techniques Day 1

25 Jan

OH. MY. STARS....the new Online Card Class is fantastic!!  Hands-down this is my new favorite class in the Online Card Classes series!  It is taught by the amazing Dawn Woleslagle of WPlus9 and I cannot recommend it enough!  I don't want to give too much away but here are my creations for the first ... View Post

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23 Comments
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card-making, crafting, online card classes
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altenew, gold gouache, memory box, mft stamps, winsor and newton watercolors

Christmas Card Challenges #8: Color Challenge

24 Jan

Good afternoon!  We're on day 3 of a huge snowstorm and for the first time this entire overly-warm winter it felt like I should be creating Christmas cards!  I was definitely in a holiday mood yesterday!  Anyway, we have a fun color challenge at Christmas Card Challenges this week and here's what ... View Post

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3 Comments
Categories:
card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
Tags:
distress ink, hero arts, kuretake gansai tambi, technique tuesday

A Blog Named Hero: You’re My Very Favorite

23 Jan

Good evening!  I'm over at A Blog Named Hero today sharing a fun ombre card using lots of my favorite Hero Arts products!  I hope you'll stop by and check it out!  Here's a sneak peek: Have a great weekend and thanks so much for visiting! ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team
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hero arts, ombre

Lawnscaping Challenge #122: Watercoloring

18 Jan

Good morning!  It's time for a new Lawnscaping Challenge and we're challenging you to use watercoloring in your project!  You can use traditional watercolor paints, distress ink, zig markers, or simply smoosh ink onto an acrylic block and use a waterbrush! Our fabulous friends at Lawn Fawn ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting, design team, lawnscaping
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lawn fawn

Christmas Card Challenges #7: Photo Challenge

17 Jan

Don't forget to leave comments on the Anniversary Release Week posts for The Ton Stamps to enter one of 9 giveaways!!  Previous posts can be found by scrolling down! Good afternoon!!  I'm back with a fun photo challenge for Christmas Card Challenges! I loved all of the various shades ... View Post

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8 Comments
Categories:
card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
Tags:
hero arts, mama elephant, wow embossing powder

Lawnscaping Challenge: Happy Belated Birthday

11 Jan

For the first day of Anniversary Release week for The Ton please scroll down or click here!  First off, thanks so much to everyone for the sweet comments left on my Favorite Cards of 2015 post!  I LOVED reading all of your comments and seeing which cards you liked best!  The randomly chosen ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, lawnscaping
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lawn fawn

A Blog Named Hero: Remember That

7 Jan

Good evening!  I'm over at A Blog Named Hero sharing a card for our current challenge (one-layer cards) featuring Hero Arts and our January collaboration partner, Concord & 9th!  I hope you'll head over and check it out...here's a sneak peek: Thanks again for all your sweet comments on my ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, challenge, crafting, design team
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hero arts

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