Good morning and welcome back to Shaker Saturday! A few weeks ago I won an IG giveaway from May Park and the prize was the recent Neat and Tangled stamp set, Meowwwww, that she designed! It arrived in the mail this week with an adorable card and a photo of her cute kitties! Thanks May!! I ... View Post
Masculine Birthday Card
It's not too late to enter to win some of the prizes in the Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop! Click here for more information! I have been dying to try the galaxy technique that Kristina Werner demonstrated last year and I finally got the opportunity when I needed to make a ... View Post
Introducing Shaker Saturday, Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, and a GIVEAWAY!
I've decided to fully embrace my obsession with shaker cards...and start a Shaker Saturday series! To get this series going I created a coffee-themed card for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I wanted to challenge myself to make a shaker card with several compartments and I thought coffee, ... View Post
A few more cards from Technique Toolbox
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
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Well our Valentine's Day is going to be a little different this year...tonight I'll be playing harp for the McLean Orchestra's "Spark of Love" concert! We're performing Liszt's "Les Preludes," Korngold's "Concerto for Violin," Dvorak's "The Wood Dove," and Berlioz's "Beatrice and Benedict ... View Post
Summer Cards
I've been meaning to make some summer-themed cards and an unexpected package today prompted the need to pull something together! It's been awhile since I blogged about card creations so I thought I'd share these. The first card uses stamps from the brand new Simon Says Stamp This is the Life ... View Post
OCC: Watercolors for Card Makers Day 2
Today was the second day of the Online Card Class. Today's videos covered different methods of doing watercolor background washes and also introduced masking using frisket or rubber cement. I had seen frisket on the recommended supplies list a few weeks ago and decided to go ahead and order it so ... View Post