I think the quote on this card applies to more than just creativity … at least that's how my life feels right now (my tendency is to hold on tight to certainly with both fists). I made this card when Lauren and I had Art Camp earlier this year. I water colored an ATC sized … Read more
After Lauren and I spent time in NYC, we go back to Lauren's home for what we have affectionately named Art Camp. There was even a sign to welcome me. One of the things we did together this year was play with Ranger Archival Inks and Alcohol. I tried lots of different embossing … Read more
One of the things on the plan for Stephanie & Lauren's Art Camp 2024 was to make some ATCs to exchange with our friend Linda Brun. I decided to combine that plan with themes from #collactober2024 collage challenge. I started with Prompt 03 Red Balloon after I found the perfect red balloon image … Read more
For the Labor Day Weekend, Katie Pertiet had a half-off birthday sale in her Shop, so I did a little shopping. I was thrilled when I stumbled across her Chinese New Year Stamp Pack (I also grabbed this adorable Dragon Trainer set for a future card). I combined it with some of her printable … Read more
This year for Birgit's month-long GelliArts Challenge, she chose to call it #colorconspiracy24 using a different color combination each day. The first one started with this combination. I was at the Whimsical Women Retreat without access to acrylic paints, but that didn't stop me from joining the fun. For the first color combination, … Read more
You can see Day 1 of our Whimsical Women Art Retreat here. Our retreat hotel was right on the beach, so I got to go out and put my toes in the lovely sand. I had never been to a beach on the Ocean side of Florida, and man … that sand was … Read more
The newest Human Face Challenge at Shopping Our Stash had me shopping my archives of wood mounted stamps (and had me questioning how I ever embraced stamping before the MISTI). I don't have a lot of human face images because I feel like most of them require coloring, which is something I usually … Read more
The February Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is Strip Card Making – to make a card that features at least three strips of something. Since I still had some of my Lindy's Gang Magicals paper on my studio table, I cut three strips from it to build my card around. When I saw … Read more
In the spirit of using my Never Before Used Schtuff (thanks Darnelle), I spent the afternoon playing with my new Lindy's Magicals Tea and Crumpets Shakers. The shaker top make it much easier to play with them and stencils, which is what I did (although several got to wet, they turned into more of a … Read more
Since I had the other half of my watercolor powder background still on my studio table, I decided to make another card featuring a Penny Black Charisma Bouquet. This time I paired it with a gelli-printed background I made using tiny bubble wrap (I liked the repeat of the circle theme from my … Read more