AECP: Clean and Simple Boutique Cards and Altenew January 2019
Continuing my streak of snow days, and my journey through the Altenew Academy….. snow days have afforded me a chunk of time to sit and finish up some classes I had started over winter break. Today I…
Gina K Designs Challenge/Stencil Overlay Technique
Here in Michigan, we are experiencing quite a stretch of ice/snow/cold days. However, it has afforded me quite a bit of extra time to work on my card making craft. The Gina K. Designs monthly challenge for…
AECP: Let it shine
I was accepted as a member of the Altenew Educator Certification Program, and have been working hard at completing several of the classes. The first class I took was “Let It Shine”. This was a great class…
“Clean and Simple”…..
This blog is a shared blog with two of my sisters. Carina and I are the paper crafters. And we decided to challenge ourselves to create cards that require minimal supplies, layers, embellishments, inks, etc. It’s interesting,…
Metallic embossed die cuts
A few months ago, my sister and I went to a paper crafting mega meet and took a couple of classes and did a bit of shopping. I picked up a set of entwined circle dies from…
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…
Using sentiment stamps to create a custom background.
Hello again! In spite of the crazy life September brings, I manage to continue to carve out time to create things. Part of the reason I started making my own cards was purely because I could tailor…
Quick and simple sympathy card
Sometimes it is amazing what a difference a week makes. A week ago, we were under heat advisories, celebrating birthdays, and I was enjoying my last couple of days before school resumed. Now, I am cold and…
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…
Three sisters sharing their love of crafting with the world.
