When my sister was little, I read her lots of books … but one of our absolute favorites was Grover in The Monster at the End of this Book. I would do all of the voices and she would giggle and laugh … such a precious memory … just like the memory below … Read more
I got my newest collection of Ranger Mica Sprays, so I combined them with a few existing ones to create lots of backgrounds on watercolor paper and kraft cardstock. After they dried, I combined them with stamps from Impression Obsession and some wooden leaves I had in my stash to make a group of cards. … Read more
I love how just switching-up colors with the same stamps & die cuts can give you completely different looks. My wedding card stash is completely depleted, so I shopping my Gel Press Print drawer and picked out some prints that I thought would make good wedding card backgrounds. Next I shopped my cardstock scraps to … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're making cards inspired by the color palette found in this plate of cookies from Sweet Sugarbelle at The Cake Blog – Pink, Grey (or Silver) and Ivory (or White). I started with a grey and white Pinkfresh Studio Just a Little Lovely floral designer paper, for the Flower … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles the theme is The Twelve Days of Christmas. We're giving you the option of creating a card for your True Love; or creating a card that features a Heart or Hearts; or lastly creating a card inspired by the lyrics of the song (or any combination of the three). I … Read more
We're still creating cards inspired by our 2021 Jingle Belles Banner. I started with a dark green piece of designer paper from the Patina Collection of the essential Craft Papers by Craft Consortium that I thought captured the feel and color of the banner. Next I stamped Impression Obsession Sketched Trees three times … Read more
When I was playing with my alcohol inks on Sunday night, I started on a piece of Ranger Black Alcohol Ink Blending paper, but I couldn't quite make it work, so I set it aside. Last night I tried again bringing out pearlescent and glitter inks together with some white and finally got a cool … Read more
The current Color Hues Challenge is a lovely one – Pink & Purple. My sister is getting married and I was honored to create her wedding invitations. I chose the Impression Obsession Heart Couple Frame as my focal image. I die cut it from light purplish Pink and again from a gold glitter cardstock, … Read more
I love the cute little Bunny Frame Die Cut from Impression Obsession. Today I'm designing at the Ink Pat NYC Blog where I'm pairing it with the new Impression Obsession Slimline Cloudy Sky Stamp. I die cut the Bunny both from the light kraft cardstock and from the Cloudy Sky Stamped on white cardstock (so … Read more
The current challenge at Impression Obsession is Snowmen. Strangely enough I only have one Impression Obsession Snowman in my collection – the Chin Up Snowman – … but he is a cutie. I stamped him in blue on a white card base and then used a blue marker to extend … Read more