YASSSSS! You Grow Girl!
July 31, 2023WHY Recently my niece graduated from nursing school. I am so proud of this young lady! She worked multiple jobs and just continued to persevere until she finished. CARD BASE I set out to make a very special card for her. A while back, I had used Catherine Pooler’s Rizzo Mandala set to make several square cards. I love making multiples, as when an occasion is coming up, I can “shop” my completed card fronts and quickly finish them off. I also make extra sentiments so they are on hand. That made it fairly easy to get this card going.…
Translucent Embossing Glazes and Magicals: Creating a Sympathy Card
Magicals FunI recently purchased a few colors of embossing glaze and some Lindy’s Gang Magical Powders. Using Distress Watercolor Paper, I created a background panel using the Magicals (I no longer remember exactly which colors I used…..,…
Dusting off my Silhouette/First Communion Card
Years ago, I purchased a Silhouette digital cutter. I loved my cutter…but over the past few years, found that I was using it less and less, for various reasons. I would go in from time to time…
Masking unleashed
Next up is a class on masking. Svitlana Shayevich is the instructor for the class, Masking Unleashed, and she gives a comprehensive overview of different types of materials and techniques for masking. Starting with basic, plain computer…
Finally…Back at it (also known as Magical Marker Techniques!)
It’s been a while, and we will just chalk it up to the fact that sometimes life is challenging, and we need to meet it head on. So after 8 months or so, in spite of the…
Crafting on my own…
All it took was a date with my sisters to inspire me to work on a new project. This is a beading pattern created by Sonysree (search her out on Youtube). My color choices are inspired by…
Finally! A crafting date for the three of us!
My goal last night and today has been to create a matching necklace and bracelet set to coordinate with a swatch of fabric from a dress I made a few years back. I love the Sonysree Creations…
Quick Watercolor Window
Just a quick hello and a quick card. Using my Art Impressions stamps to make a quick card . I love these simple little mini paintings and on a majority of the them I don’t add a…
Color Your Day…..
The Color Your Day class offered by the Altenew Academy is awesome! Theresa Calvird, the instructor, offers so many tips and ideas! I have several take-aways from this class, from finding inspiration, to balancing color, and more…
Vellum Butterflies.
Recently two of my coworkers experienced the family loss of a grandparent. I realized I was sorely lacking in my sympathy card selection. It was time to make a few cards. No one likes to make sympathy…
Sunrise Inspiration
Having had the opportunity to observe the tail end of the sunset and the following morning the sunrise I was inspired to create a set of sunrise bracelets. My thought behind the bracelets is that a person…
Three sisters sharing their love of crafting with the world.
