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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…..,…
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…
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…
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…
