One of the super-fun techniques Bev and I tried at Alabama Art Camp was painting masking tape. We painted different widths of masking tape that we had attached to wax paper with watercolors. After they dried, we came back with acyrlic markers and did lots of mark making. The technique was inspired by Shemi Dixon. … Read more
My friend Bev’s house in Alabama is truly one of my happy places. I absolutely adore floating in a pool, and hers is perfection. I can easily choose to stay in the shade … or paddle into the sun to get a tiny bit of tan on those super-white legs. This year we started a … Read more
We did so many fun projects at Alabama Art Camp this year (Bev is seriously the best at finding artsy things to try). The first technique we tried was Faux Cyanotype inspired by @paintbyles. We started by water coloring our backgrounds. Once they dried, we used a stencil and oh-so-slightly damp sponge to pick-up the … Read more
Flat Feliz Navidad is still our theme at Jingle Belles where we’re creating Flat One Layer cards. Last week I used stencils, this week I got stampy. I started by creating a mask using the next to largest Hero Arts 5-Point Stars Infinity Die and a scrap of thin cardstock. I used three colors of … Read more
I had fun using the ink smooshing with acetate technique with Distress Inks to “paint” my new STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms Spring Florals. I went in and added a bit of watercolor marker to some spots and then I spattered the blooms with Speedball Acrylic Calligraphy gold ink. I paired the blooms with the STAMPlorations … Read more
This week I had some creative fun with STAMPlorations Color Me products. Remember, there are lots of ways to use colorable products, even if you’re not a fan of coloring with pencils or markers. For these cards, I used an inky technique with Distress Oxide Inks. I applied Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide … Read more
We’re still creating primarily red holiday cards at Jingle Belles this week. I pulled all of the red designer papers out of my scrap bin for inspiration. I decided to cut them into approximately. 5/8″ strips (a few were slightly different size to fit the design like the white poinsettias at the bottom right), but … Read more
Last Sunday, I had so much fun taking a stamp carving class at Tree of Liminality. I found some images I found interesting, so she was able to print them in reverse for our pattern. Then we used transfer paper to get the image onto our carving material. After that, we used a sharpie to … Read more
Tonight’s request was for a cat-themed birthday card. I knew I had several kitties in my Taylored Expression inventory, so I decided to start with the January #TEMakerChallenge Multi-Color Magic – to use multiple colors of ink on a single stamp. I decided to use hues from the AAA Colorful Challenge – I chose Cupcake … Read more
After my win at the last Seize the Birthday Challenge, I have the privilege of designing for the newest challenge – Make Your Own Snowflake Background. I’m thrilled to be the Seize the Birthday. I used an oldie but goodie technique of inked embossing for my snowflake background. I applied ink to the raised edges … Read more