I've been mulling over this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger picture of the vibrant Pahala Halter from Anthropologie all week thinking about several possibilities. I wanted to try to create the same bright contrast against a black background for my design. When I saw this week's Res-Q challenge to try Emboss Resist, I thought that might … Read more
In the days before I discovered the vast online stamping community, my learning and inspiration came from my local stamp store, magazines … and Carol Duvall. I would record her show (and several other HGTV crafting shows) on my VCR, and several nights each week, would sit down and watch each episode hungry for new … Read more
This month's challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog is to create a card that incorporates a bicycle in an innovative way. My card is inspired by all of the fabulous letterpress note cards I saw on my weekend trip to Chicago. I love how they utilized white space. I started with a Fabriano Note … Read more
This month's Moxie Fab World Fun with Fabric Challenge is to create a project that incorporates fabric in an innovative way. I don't have much fabric in my stash, but my mother-in-law did share some squares of unbleached muslin with me, so I thought I would give it a try. I used pinking sheers to … Read more
When I saw the great technique video on Color Layering at the Hero Arts Blog, I knew I had to give it a try. I often ink my stamps with combinations of inks to get just the color I want (I even keep an old set of my chalk inks just for that purpose, so … Read more
I loved this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger, a card by Jessica Witty from PaperCrafts Card Creations. I loved the layout; how the elements were unified by using the same image/color for each background square; and how Betsy mentioned using the layout to feature some of those "filler" embellishments left in our stashes. I … Read more
As soon as I saw the wonderful vintage picnic dishes for this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger with their pops of color and milky white edges, I thought of Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock. The wavy edges on the plates also reminded me of ruffles, which worked perfectly with this week's 2 Sketches 4 You design. … Read more
I love the colors in this week's Tuesday Trigger Inspiration, the Green Grass & Pink Flower Purse by Daphne. These hues are staples in my wardrobe and also favorite colors when I design (I actually owned, and frequently wore, fuchsia suede boots in high school … wish I still had them today). I also loved … Read more
I have been admiring these Stampotique images from afar for quite some time. I finally took the plunge and added several to my collection. I thought Moth Fab would be perfect for a Moxie Fab Sketch challenge. I colored her with Shimmerz Glitter paint and added some metallic rub-ons to her hair and the background … Read more
A friend sent me several stamped images of this adorable My Umbrella image from My Favorite Things. I thought it would be perfect for some paper piecing, but then I realized that since I only had stamped images and not the stamp itself, there was no way I could stamp on designer paper … so … Read more