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
It’s the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! I’m sharing cards made with new products – STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts paired with STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker Sentiments. For the first two I used a similar recipe combining elements from each of them with papers from STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage papers for two 5″x7″ cards. For … Read more
I thought the Hero Arts Jean Jacket Layering Stencils were fun to use for Father’s Day Cards. I started with the front vew die cutting some gold metallic snaps with more of a chambrey denim coloring. I paired it with a sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Well Played Sir. The second card features the back … Read more
Flat Feliz Navidad is still our theme at Jingle Belles where we’re creating Flat One Layer cards. Last week I used stencils, this week I got stampy. I started by creating a mask using the next to largest Hero Arts 5-Point Stars Infinity Die and a scrap of thin cardstock. I used three colors of … Read more
Usually after I travel, it takes me a while to get back into the creative groove. However, today the rain is really putting a crimp in my usual multi-mile Sunday walk, so thankfully the creativity is flowing in the studio. When I saw the current Inspired By … Fish Challenge, I was really drawn to … Read more
It’s still a Fa-La-La-La-La prompt at Jingle Belles … creating cards inspired by or including Christmas Carols. I flipped over the vintage sheet music from last week’s card and scanned the other side. This time I cut it into a square to use with the BYSH Cardmakers Sketch. I paired it with green plaid paper … Read more
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is “Something Old… Something New“ … we’d like to see holiday cards on which you combine an item or two that you’ve had in your craft stash for a bit (or in my case quite a bit) together with something new that you received for the holidays… or shopped … Read more
We’re still creating holiday cards with wrapping paper or tags at Jingle Belles this week. In 2019, Lauren shared some adorable Hello Kitty Christmas paper with me (that she Xyron-ed to a piece of cardstock). As I was thinking about my card this week, stumbled across it in my wrapping paper stash, so I decided … Read more
It’s time for another Woodblock Wednesday with Amy T. I combined Wedding Couple from Rubber Soul with Cherish from Catslife Press. I stamped them both in Versafine Claire Fallen Leaves Ink on speckled ivory cardstock. I die cut the couple using Hero Arts Arches Infinity Dies. I attached both with foam tape to a piece … Read more
The December #staycraftychallenge with Hero Arts and A Blog Named Hero is GOLD. I started by wanting to use the Hero Arts Ornate Frame Transfers, but I wasn’t sure if they were “gold” enough, so I thought I would try seeing if they would transfer onto glitter paper … and turns out, the answer is … Read more