Oops, well I had intended to enter this in the last Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge but I just didn't get it uploaded in time. However, I really like the way it turned out and I wanted to share it! The challenge was Partial Die Stamping and it involved stamping an image onto a piece of ... 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
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
Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #181
Whew...this has been quite the unexpected week. I'm a little behind but I did get some card-making done this weekend. My main project was creating baby shower invitations for my best friend's upcoming shower but I also had time to sneak in a few cards for the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday ... View Post
More cards for the PTI Make it Monday Challenge #180
So I thought I was finished with that challenge...but I was clearing out some stuff in my craft room today and found my huge stash of paint swatches from our house-building time and thought they would look neat woven together. They're pretty similar so I won't spend too much time describing them ... View Post
Fox-y cards!
I recently received several stamp sets from Avery Elle and Papertrey Ink and it took me awhile to find time to play with them...but O.M.G. I LOVE these sets! That fox...I want him as a pet. Maybe I could dye Archimedes... Anyway for the first card I used the Avery Elle More Stories stamp and ... 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