When I saw the new Freshly Made Sketch, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the leftover Gina K. Designs Botanical Duo Die Cuts left from yesterday's card. I layered several due cuts for dimension, and the attached them on top of a watercolor wash on a white card base. … Read more
I've been having lots of fun working my way through the Alphabet with GelliArts. T is for Texture. I used the texture from a snowflake embossing folder to pick-up the manganese Blue paint from my plate and then picked-up the print on the left. Next I embossed with the ink-covered folder and got the … Read more
The July Unity Stamp Company Challenge is all about Florals. My sister-in-law gifted me with a set of watercolor paper card bases, so I decided to break them in with some Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigments (in Orchid & Dahlia) and the big drippy bloom from Unity Stamp Company Hello Beautiful. I accidentally splattered … Read more
When I saw this stained glass window while we were at a church for a funeral, it reminded me of the Essentials by Ellen Abstract Sunset Die. I used it as inspiration piecing the die together using Alcohol Ink Roll-Off pages & prints from my recent gel press printing and a shaving cream … Read more
This week my Facebook Memories have been filled with Junkiefest 2019 where I had one of the best crafty experiences of my lifetime. Little did I know that experience would also be what got me through the last year and a half. Those friendships sustained me. The group chats, the video calls, and the surprise … Read more
I had fun with this week's Wanderlust lesson on Collage with Marta Tapkowska (aka Meremi). First I rounded up vintage papers to create the background in my Art Journal. My favorite was adding some vintage library cards. The next step was to add ephemera. I chose some Tim Holtz Butterflies and blooms. I … Read more
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the Friday Class Event for Taylored Expressions Spring Stamp Joy. I really liked the rainbow-themed stamps we received, as well as the unexpected color combination of Pumpkin, Pineapple, Pink Champagne and Cotton Candy. I swapped out some of the sentiments and played around with the layouts, but generally … Read more
After my failure to achieve a Clean & Simple card yesterday, I decided to go back to the Studio Table and try again to make a card for The Paper Players Feline Fine Challenge. I also combined it with the AAA Cards Sketch Challenge with an Optional Twist to add Watercolor. My card … Read more
I wanted to make a Cat card this morning for several Challenges, so I chose the adorable Max form the Max & Millie Stamp set by Taylored Expressions. Since I was using Taylored Stamps, I decided to join her February #TEMakerChallenge, which luckily for me includes use something starting with C (in addition to Watercoloring … Read more
This week's Wanderlust lesson felt a lot more in my wheel house than the previous ones. It started by cutting apart pieces of paper bag (I also used two different kraft papers I had on rolls) and painting them with gesso. Once the gesso dried we added Watercolor paint (I used my new Kuretake Gansai … Read more