Yesterday I gave myself permission to just play with my Karin Brushmarker Pro Markers. It felt like third grade art class … or at least what I think third grade art class would have felt like if I had not been such a perfectionistic anxious kid at that age. Even though I loved it, art … Read more
The theme at Shopping Our Stash is UFOs (Unfinished Objects) … to use those unfinished objects and finally turn them into finished cards. The frames from these Alcohol Ink cards were too pretty to throw away, so I attached them card bases and left them in the UFO pile. For this one I inlaid a … Read more
This weekend I enjoyed several crafty video calls … and I was so grateful for that time to create apart … but with others. I normally create alone … and after a week steeped in house of noisy people contact at the office, I always enjoyed and needed that alone time to re-charge my introvert … Read more
I'm using this extra day in February to sneak in a card for the February Inspiration Challenge at AlteNew. I found some vintage Green Stamps at the Thrift Store today, which reminded me when I used to have to dial the machine to dispense them when I worked at the Ramey's Grocery Store in … Read more
I've been making myself clean my studio today … I will feel much better when I can see the table tops and everything is relatively returned to its place. I took a little break and decided to make a card with some of the bits, bobs and scraps that needed to be put away. … Read more
In my ongoing quest for 2020 (never hurts to get a head start) to ink-up those neglected stamps, I layered-up some leaves from AlteNew's Merry & Bright Stamp set for the AlteNew Year in Review Inspiration Challenge. I love AlteNew Stamps and buy them, but then I get intimidated by the cards of Erum, Seeka, … Read more
One of the 4 hour sessions I took at Junkiefest was a Coloring Class with Kathy Racoosin. She provided us a variety of images where we could color along with her. I attempted this sweet little Paper Smooches So Fairy Cute images (you can see Kathy's version here) using a set of new AlteNew Markers … Read more
Do you have stamp company's products that you tend to collect rather than use … I sort of feel that way about my AlteNew products. Every time I see my friend Erum create something, I drool. But when I try to figure out my own style with their designs, I feel like I fall short … Read more
I just got to spend 4 days with about 200 of my craftiest friends at Junkiefest 2019 … seriously solid days of making art and learning new techniques … not much better than that. I started by hanging out with the talented Effie Cho owner of The Ton Stamps and watched her make her sample … Read more
I wanted to join in the AlteNew May Inspiration Challenge, so I'm sneaking my card in under the wire. I loved the weathered white background with the shadows … and how it contrasted with the single bloom. I didn't think I had enough variation in my purple inks to get the contrasts between the … Read more