I got new STAMPlorations goodies in the mail, and I had to drop everything and use this fabulous STAMPlorations Memphis Cool Pocket Backdrop paper. I adore that color combination and those super-cool circles. I paired it with the new STAMPlorations Expressions: Dream Stamp … I love that it’s actually two stamps, so you can fill … Read more
Another new-to-me creative experience at Alabama Art Camp this year was making seals using wax and clear glue sticks. the first sticks we used weren’t super clear (as you can see in the photo), so we swapped out for clearer ones (which you can see on my card). I loved the cool frame seals that … Read more
The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is What’s The Good Word? We’re asking you to design a card around a WORD – using a Word Die, Stickers, or a Word Stamp – just make sure it’s clear what your WORD is. I realized that technically I used two Words, so I suppose ROCK is … Read more
One of the super-fun techniques Bev and I tried at Alabama Art Camp was painting masking tape. We painted different widths of masking tape that we had attached to wax paper with watercolors. After they dried, we came back with acyrlic markers and did lots of mark making. The technique was inspired by Shemi Dixon. … Read more
My friend Bev’s house in Alabama is truly one of my happy places. I absolutely adore floating in a pool, and hers is perfection. I can easily choose to stay in the shade … or paddle into the sun to get a tiny bit of tan on those super-white legs. This year we started a … Read more
We did so many fun projects at Alabama Art Camp this year (Bev is seriously the best at finding artsy things to try). The first technique we tried was Faux Cyanotype inspired by @paintbyles. We started by water coloring our backgrounds. Once they dried, we used a stencil and oh-so-slightly damp sponge to pick-up the … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re still asking you to create a card that is made using at least three of the colors from this fun Unicorn Christmas color palette from Artsy Fartsy Life (your card does not have to be inspired by the image, but certainly can be as long as it includes at least three … Read more
I love these fun little Campers of Cheer from STAMPlorations. There is a lot of Christmas in July going on right now, so I used them to make fun holiday cards for my camper-loving friends. For the first one, I parked my camper among the holiday trees on one of the STAMPlorations Simply Christmas Card … Read more
When I saw the wonderful compilation of summer images in the Mood Board at the “Just Us Girls” Challenge, I immediately thought of images in the Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine Collection. I started with a Ferris Wheel image and then added a rainbow of punched hearts (similar to the color combo on the beach … Read more
