DIY Card Boxes for A2 Greeting Cards
Greetings from Michigan on this crisp November day. The 3 angels are prepping for our first craft show and I was trying to figure out what I wanted to share on our site. I decided to share…
Autumn Card with Distress Oxides Inks
Hello it is autumn in Michigan and the beautiful colors are all around. With all the beautiful colors autumn would be my favorite season if it didn’t mean winter was around the corner. I decided to take…
Ink Blending for a Sympathy Card
Greetings from Michigan. Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card this week. I decided the card I wanted to make needed to have deer in it as he was a hunter and I wanted it to reflect him.…
Ink removal for a striking background
Good Morning from Michigan. It is a crisp fall day and I am planning on apple picking this weekend. Nothing better than fresh applesauce. One would think that would inspire me to make an apple related card…
alcohol inks
Hello from Michigan! For me there are levels of crafting. All are fun but some are more relaxing than others. Take colored pencils and markers. Most people find them fun and meditative. I enjoy them and if…
Using a Card Sketch to Make Batch Cards.
Greetings from Michigan. I am currently prepping for a craft sale so I have been making as many Christmas themed items as I can to be ready. I made a bunch of vintage style cards recently and…
His and hers (complementary) cards
I don’t know about you, but we have a few couples in our family who celebrate birthdays fairly close (actually, my parents’ birthdays are within three days of each other, so quite close) to each other. I…
Miniature landscape card
Greetings from Michigan! Fall is approaching and the school buses are back on the road. Where did our lovely summer go. In a wistful moment I decided I missed the pretty spring flowers so I decided it…
Subtlety versus contrast simply by changing one step.
I was playing with Distress Oxide inks one day making some backgrounds and I decided to see what would happen when I simply changed the order that I did my steps in. It was an interesting to…
Vintage Christmas Cards
Vintage Style Christmas Cards Last year one of my crafting angels (pig) bought a DCWV paper pad “Oh what fun” to make ornaments with me over one of our weekends together. We made several but…