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
We're still on the Serendipity theme at Wanderlust this week with our instructor the talented Carolyn Dube. Her lesson was planned Serendipity since we chose five or so random supplies to use to create (but didn't limit ourselves to that if the design called for something else). Here is what I chose from walking around … Read more
I spent my weekend enjoying a virtual Gel Press Retreat. I used my 5" x 7" press and learned lots of new techniques, including a good way to store it without getting bubbles (an ongoing problem I've had). One of my favorite techniques using bleach resulted in this wonderful card. The flower is from … Read more
I had fun making lots of art today. It started with my Wanderlust lesson, which was to focus on using just paper to create a collage. Since the overarching theme was Ephemera, I just worked from my collage drawer. Next I took a face drawing class with Dina Wakley on Facebook. After my disastrous … Read more
Taylor stepped it up with the #TEMakerChallenge for 2021 … rather than a single color, she used her fun color combinations. I went on the hunt through A LOT of Taylored Expressions goodies looking for the letter A … and finally settled on the Aloha from the Tiki Time Stamps & Dies. As … Read more
The November Pinkfresh Studio Card Sketch Challenge is a fun Slimline Card design. Lucky for me, I just got the new PinkFresh Studio Diamond Plaid Layering Stencils in the mail this week. I ended-up blending four different Distress Oxide Inks to get the colors i wanted to coordinate with my PinkFresh Studio Christmas … Read more
After Taylored Expression Stamp Joy ended on Saturday, Mona and I decided it would be fun to continue to create with our Exclusive Stamp Joy Stencil. This was the card we made in class. And these were the cards I made inspired by this technique (and as you may notice, I kept forgetting to … Read more
I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for The Ink Pad NYC using the fabulous stencils by Michelle Ward available only at The Ink Pad in New York City. I used Therm-o-Web Deco Foil Gel with the Michelle Ward Stencils. The background for this card is the Michelle Ward Downtown NYC Map Stencil with Rainbow Foil. … Read more
When I saw Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch, I knew I could make it work with the items scattered on my Studio Table … I do love circles & banner flags. The background is a Gel Press Print using the Michelle Ward Downtown NYC Map Stencil, found only at The Ink Pad in NYC (and thankfully … Read more
Today I am Guest Designing at the Jaded Blossom Blog with products from their new "I Love the 80's" release. I wanted to play with the blending properties of some new Distress Archival Inks and the Jaded Blossom 80's Stencil … I love the inky tie-dye effect of blending these colors using Alcohol. … Read more