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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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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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Christmas Card Challenges #9: Holiday Hues

1 Feb

Hello and welcome to a new month of Christmas Card Challenges!  We're starting off with a fun color challenge using the following photo for inspiration! My card was created after getting the idea from the current Online Card Class: Clean and Simple 4.  I decided to play around with Yana ... View Post

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Catching up on OCC: Clean and Simple 4

29 Jan
Online Card Class Clean and Simple 4 Faux ceramic tile www.allthesparkle.com

So I apologize for disappearing...I've been fighting a nasty case of strep throat.  Last year when I had strep I ended up having an allergic reaction to amoxicillin so this year they gave me a z-pack instead.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be nearly as effective as the amoxicillin ... View Post

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Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop 2014, day 3 – take 2

5 Nov

I'm just having way too much fun in this class...finished teaching this evening and went back into my craft room for a few hours.  The first card uses embossing resist and is based on a tutorial taught by Kristina Werner.  I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and snowflakes from stamp sets by ... View Post

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Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop 2014, day 3

5 Nov

I was really looking forward to today's Online Card Class topic and the teachers definitely didn't let me down!  The topic was watercoloring and we got three fabulous tutorials.  I'll probably revisit day 3 on Thursday and do the other techniques but I wanted to share my first attempt at Dawn ... View Post

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Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop 2014, day 1 and 2

4 Nov

As usual, I'm having a fabulous time in the newest Online Card Class: Holiday Card Workshop 2014.  Over the summer I actually made about 30 Christmas cards but there's so many wonderful ideas in class that I'm making more!  I HIGHLY recommend checking them out!  Here are my day one cards: ... View Post

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