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…
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…
More Inking Techniques
Hard to believe, but here we are, more than halfway through August already! In the midst of prepping my classroom and myself for school to resume, I have continued to try and experiment with new ideas and…
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…
Ink blending
Hello again! I hope your August is going well. So this last week, I worked through another Altenew class, easy ink blending techniques. Here is my journey! The first class was on creating a basic ink-blended background.…
Die cutting
Hello again! I can’t believe it’s the end of July already. This post was delayed slightly as my husband and I went out of town for a weekend. We had a wonderful couple of days filled with…
A beginning water color journey
This spring I registered for a few Altenew classes, and since summer is about moving out of my comfort zone, I tackled a watercolor class last week. Some of the techniques, I have already tried in the…
Stencils, stamps and one layer cards.
One of my favorite techniques for adding interest to cards is to stencil and ink blend. While I do have traditional “stencils”, I wanted a more geometric feel for this set of cards. So I went to…
Three sisters sharing their love of crafting with the world.
