YASSSSS! You Grow Girl!
WHY 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…
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…
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…
Polychromatic
Continuing on my AECP Level 2 journey, the next class I tackled was Polychromatic, taught by Nina Marie Trapani. It is all about using color. I chose to utilize two techniques: monochromatic colors and a pop of…
Coloring and Mama Elephant
In my stash, I own Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and Prismacolor Premier Pencils….neither of which I have used extensively. I recently decided it was time to work with those a little more, given that it…
Embossing techniques
I love the magic of heating embossing powder…..watching a powder melt into shiny, shimmery goodness! The first time I tried heat embossing, I fell in love with this process. So I was excited to take an embossing…
Stencils, shine, and die cuts. (AKA: Final Challenge)
Many of my recent posts have been focused on my journey through the Altenew Educator Certification Program. For my final challenge in level one, I was asked to create a birthday, graduation or encouragement card, and either…
Three sisters sharing their love of crafting with the world.
