I should be cleaning my studio, but instead I made a card with things I found on my studio table. I saw that the Seize the Birthday Challenge was to use an Embossing Folder (and re-stocking my masculine birthday cards is also on my To Do List), so I grabbed the Tim Holtz Retro Cirque … Read more
I had a few leftovers from Saturday's Stamp Joy that were too pretty not to turn into more cards. The first one was an OOPS from the final card … as you can see at the bottom left, I accidentally dipped my Lemon Meringue blender brush into the Fruit Punch Ink by not following the … Read more
Yesterday I spent all day hanging out with my Taylored Expressions friends at their virtual Stamp Joy event. Lots of learning and making fun cards. A fun Kaleidoscope stamp set and die were the star of the show. This one was embossed with the die and then ombre ink blended. Next we moved … Read more
The March Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is to created a Masked & Ink Blended Sunrise. I looked at a lot of Sunrise Pictures and decided to go with one that reminded me of Easter Candy Colors and make an Easter Card. I blended Lemon Drop at the bottom for the … Read more
Today I'm creating with the fun little box of Coffee Stickers from The Ink Pad. I love how the box contains a wide variety of coffee images together with coffee bean and plant images as well. I combined lots of different stickers from the set to create a card background on kraft … Read more
It's Sunday, so that means some Ink Blending Practice … I decided to have my blend take its inspiration from the current Rainbow Card Color Challenge … Autumnal Amber. I chose four colors of Amber-toned Distress Oxide Ink … but unfortunately all ink pads were pretty dry (and I couldn't find the re-inkers … Read more
I have friends who are spectacular ink blenders (have you seen the blends from SkyPaperScissors??) … me, not so much. I need lots more practice and a lighter hand. Today I tried it with the Domed Ink Blenders from Scrapbook.com and that seemed to help me get softer edges. I wanted to do an … Read more