When I saw the theme at Just Us Girls Challenge this week, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I pulled out my favorite Big Sentiment die cut and a piece of Gelli Printed paper from Art Camp. I love the cool graffiti-like effect and how you can see the texture in the paint.
The theme at Stamping Our Stash this week is to make a card featuring at least Three Trees. This group of trees has been hanging out in my studio since the great Color Burst Art Camp of 2015, so I was thrilled to finally incorporate it into a card. I die cut my Color Burst Watercolor … Read more
The theme at the Impression Obsession Blog is Falling for You … create a card using Fall Colors. I started by creating a background using Yellow Ochre, Burnt Orange, Orange & Sepia Color Burst on Water Color Paper. I stamped Live Love Laugh Mailboxes in Dark Brown ink and clear embossed on top of the … Read more
When I saw the Inspiration Photo at Addicted to Stamps and More, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to break out the resist cards I found in the clearance bin at Michael's last weekend. I painted with blue & green peerless watercolors and added a stamped sentiment to finish the design. Such fun watercolory … Read more
The current challenge them at CASology is Art … and the most renowned Iowa Art is Grant Wood's American Gothic. I just so happen to have a stamp of that classic image, so that's where I started my design. Since the theme at The Paper Players is CAS Watercolor, I added a strip of Color … Read more
One of my favorite artists … Donna Mikasa … is being featured at the Tag You're It Challenge. Look at this beauty … My tag is pretty much a series of happy accidents. I tried to create the watercolored background using Color Burst, but wasn't really happy with either tag I made. Then I found … Read more
The current Stampotique Challenge is to create a Black & White Only Card (I'm calling Grey a shade of black). My card features Two of the Three Dwarfy Gnomes. I attached them with foam tape to give the illusion of flying through the air. Trampoline is an oldie from Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers and sentiment … Read more
I am joining the Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop. The inspiration is this gorgeous picture titled "Reef". I thought I could create a similar ethereal effect by embossing and using ColorBurst. I started with Papertrey Ink's Sunshine Impression Plate and then added Fuschia and Purple ColorBurst. Wetting the paper caused the texture to lessen, so … Read more
This month's Mix-It-Up Challenge at Essentials by Ellen is a bit extra-challenging for me because I don't have a lot of Penny Black stamps in my stash. However, the one I do have is a well-loved and often used stamp called Bridal March. It is perfect for quick wedding cards. I stamped the bride in … Read more
The theme at the Lawnscaping Challenge is watercoloring, so I knew I had to get messy tonight. I pulled out Orange and Lemon Brushos and had fun with some watercolor paper. After it dried, I thought it would be fun to make a get well card using this week's CAS(E) this sketch … I loved … Read more