I'm spending a few days in San Jose, California with my brother and his family. I started with a flight delayed by 4 hours due to fog, but thankfully I was able to get my connecting flight rebooked and arrive in California in time to get some supper at a wonderful Cambodian Restaurant Chez Sovan. … Read more
This morning's SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge comes from the archives of the Victoria & Albert Museum. I chose this gorgeous Belle Epoque floral fabric to inspire my design.I thought it would be cool to die cut my AlteNew Doodled Lace Cover Die from Glitter Paper, not realizing that all of the lovely stitching detail would get … Read more
This card started with the Just Us Girls Challenge to create with wood. I combined it with the sketch from the Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge. I started with a chipboard heart and added a tiny heart sticker before adding a wrap of pink twine. I stamped the sentiment from AlteNew Label Love in pink … Read more
The Challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash is to make a card inspired by a Food or Beverage Label. Hunting for my inspiration took me back to the years of hosting the Inspiration Challenge at SplitcoastStampers … during that time, I looked at everything I saw as a potential item to inspire a card design. … Read more
For our first artsy adventure at our annual Art Camp, Lauren and I tried a variety of foiling. I won a Gina K. Designs prize package at Junkiefest and another Therm-o-Web prize package after Junkiefest, so we were well-stocked with products to try. We started by applying Decofoil Transfer Gel with stancils so they … Read more
It's World Card Making Day (and my birthday if you want to click over and help me celebrate), so of course I had to find some time to make a card. I chose to join the October Mix It Up Challenge with AlteNew & Essentials by Ellen. I started by die cutting Essentials by Ellen … Read more
I wanted to play along with AltENew's February Inspiration Challenge. Unfortunately, I have no AlteNew Floral Stamps (something I clearly need to remedy), so I created some abstract flowers using Dodecagram & my MISTI on watercolor paper. The inky smudges were originally a mistake (note to self, clean extra ink off the MISTI cover before … Read more
When I saw this week's CAS(E) this sketch, I knew I wanted to do Color Burst Resist. I stamped the outline of Alt E New's Halftone Happy in White Ink on Watercolor Paper and Clear Embossed. I sprayed with water and sprinkled on Merlot and Yellow Ochre Color Burst before spraying with more water and … Read more
This week's theme at the Instagram Group #sisterswithheartinart is Mandalas. Since I'm hanging out at Art Camp with Lauren (aka the Mandala Queen), I had to give one a try. I started with watercolor paper and a large doily stencil … and some awesome Color Burst Powders. Today Lauren and I took a road trip … Read more
I love playing along with manufacturer challenges … but sometimes they are extra *challenging* when I only own a few stamp sets. The May AlteNew Challenge is inspired by Tunisia. I incorporated the golden details by attaching a piece of Teresa Collins Studio Gold Vellum to a light blue cardstock base. I stamped the elephant … Read more