I had a relaxing and productive crafty Zoom call this afternoon where I was able to finish 5 cards for the World Cardmaking Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio. Since my Die-cutting machine was in another room (Challenge #1 is Die-cutting), I started with Challenge #2 to make a Thank You Card. Quite a while ago … 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
When I saw the September Sketch Challenge at PinkFresh Studio, I immediately thought about doing a spotlight with one of their beautiful floral stamps … I chose Floral Cluster. I stamped it twice in Archival Ink and then Ink Smooshed around the edges of one using Acetate with Shabby Shutters and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide … Read more
I finally inked-up the lovely Modern Layered Floral Stamps from Pinkfresh Studio I decided to go with a minty green and coral color combination. The first card uses the current Sketch Challenge in the Pinkfresh Studio Facebook Fan Group. Since I made several attempts while I had the stamps inked-up, I … Read more
PinkFresh Studio has a summer-themed challenge with some yummy summer colors. I started with the colors and the Essentials: Inverted Stitched Scallop Circle Die Set inspired by all of the circles in the photos. And nothing says summer quite like Ice Cream … the Ice Cream Bars and sentiment are from PinkFresh … Read more
Today I discovered that the PinkFresh Studio Facebook Group has a Sketch Challenge, so I decided to join the fun. I used the PinkFresh Studio Floral Cluster set for my card. I stamped the Floral Cluster image in Versafine Black ink on Watercolor paper. Next I used a transparency sheet and three colors of … Read more
Sometimes cards are well planned and thought out … and other times creativity is just for a general release and silliness. Tonight is the latter. This little PaperArtsy Zinski Mini (AN38) looked-up at me from a box of stamps I was trying to organize, and I knew he needed to see some ink. I … Read more
The challenge theme at Just Us Girls is to create a card with Inlaid Die Cuts … this is a technique I don't think I've really tried, so I figured now was the time to dive in. I've had the PinkFresh Studio Leafy Envelope Die on my studio table for a while, so I … Read more
The second World Card Making Day Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is a Jump Start to the Holidays. The only Pinkfresh Holiday stamps I have are the fabulous Stamping Village Collaboration Holiday Seals, which is perfect for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! I combined it with gorgeous papers from Pinkfresh Just a Little Lovely Collection … Read more
One of the World Card Making Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio is to create a card using your favorite technique. One of my favorite techniques is being able to stamp an image … then coloring, spraying and/or painting the image … and then being able to stamp it several more times using my MISTI to … Read more