When I was cleaning-up the bits and pieces from my Snarky Card this week, I decided to use them to make another Valentine. The scrap of Gel Press Print had a perfect contrast with the wine-colored card base. I added more Love from Lizi Peel Offs to frame it and a few coordinating gems. … Read more
For our last Jingle Belles prompt of the 2021 season, we're making holiday cards inspired by this year's blog banner, which looks a bit like this: I loved the rich all-over green of this year's Jingle Belles banner, so that is what I tried to emulate with my card design. I used four … Read more
The current TGIF Challenge is Alcohol Blending, so I thought getting inky was the perfect way to end the weekend. Alcohol Ink blending was one of the first techniques I learned using refills for alcohol ink markers. I've always enjoyed the magic of it. I decided to use the Ranger Silver Ink Blending Cardstock … Read more
Today's theme at the ABC's of Printing Challenge is R is for Recycled. I wadded-up some recycled packing paper and used it to create a pattern on my print. Here is the first print using Yellow Oxide Paint and my plate inked with Red Oxide doing the same effect. Here it is with both … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles, we're still making cards inspired by these adorable Snow Globe Cookies from Missy's Sugar Shop. Coming off my #CrushingOnCardstock classes last week, I decided to cut 1/2" paper strips in the four background colors of the cookies as my starting point. Next I cut those into 3/4" strips and … Read more
This week is the 500th Sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I thought I had been with them from the beginning, but the oldest card I could find was for Sketch #24 in March 2012, so almost the entire time. I always love their layouts. Since I've been watching Soccer all day (actually mostly … Read more
Today's paper crafting goal is to clean my studio. I have way too many piles to even begin creating. But of course while I was cleaning, I got sidetracked by a bit of striped paper I had leftover from Day 1 of the Crushing on Cardstock Class at Online Card Classes. I decided to cut … Read more
This week's Global Design Project is a CASE the designer Challenge. I decided to incorporate the blue, olive & white (I went with Mermaid Lagoon and Forest Moss Distress Oxide), tiny squares (in my case the Carta Bella Dreamy Grid Stencil) with a black frame (I drew mine with a black sharpie) and … Read more
When I join the Retro Rubber Challenge, I usually reach into my drawers of neglected wood mounted stamp. For today's card, I chose Bloop, a Robot from Starving Artistamps Urban Collection that I used on this card back in 2009. The Retro Rubber Challenge is this great Sketch. I used the hues … Read more