My best friend Heather is expecting her first child in February and I'm throwing my first baby shower! It's hard to believe that it's been over 7 years since this photo was taken... Anyway, I knew I wanted to make the invitations but it took awhile for me to select a theme and actually put my ... View Post
More experiments with watercolors…
Okay, so these Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors might just be my favorite! I still love the Peerless watercolors but these are SO easy to use! I got the idea for this card from a post from Jennifer McGuire a few months ago. I didn't have the Altenew Persian Motifs set at the time but I loved ... View Post
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Watercolors!
Now here's a challenge I'm really excited about! This week's Wednesday Challenge is to use watercolors in any way, shape, or form on a card! It's a good thing that they limit you to only 5 entries otherwise I might not have left my craft room! These are my first entries into the ... View Post
Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #183
This week's Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge was dry embossing over heat embossing. I'd never tried it before but it's definitely a technique that I'll continue to experiment with! I started off by stamping two butterflies from the PTI Beautiful Butterflies onto a piece of Neenah solar white ... View Post
Brentwood Owl does Disney!
I finally had a chance to get back in my craft room and I started out with a card featuring a Brentwood Owl set from Jessica Lynn Original! This is the Fairytale Peter, Wendy, and Tinkerbelle set although I decided to just use Peter and Tink (Wendy was always my least favorite character in the ... View Post
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #2
I think I'm finally getting a hang of these card challenges! And it's kinda nice because they help to streamline my creative process when I have a limited amount of time to create. Today's card was a 30 minute card created during a student's missed lesson and I'm very pleased with the results. ... View Post
Impression Obsession Challenge – Square Cards
I recently discovered Impression Obsession and I LOVE their dies (plus they're located not too far away in Williamsburg)! Their dies are super detailed and have great images and scenes! I decided to participate in their most recent challenge to create a square card. I'm starting to work on ... View Post
Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #182
The challenge this week was Mason Jar Stamping! Luckily I recently purchased a big batch of mason jars for jar salad lunches and had a few leftover. I created this jar with the intention of filling it with cat snacks and giving it to a friend. Since cat snacks tend to be pretty smelly I'll ... View Post