Sponged and Masked Background Wild About Wildflowers
For this card, I decided to create a mountain meadow landscape using the Sponged and Masked Background Technique, along with the 2-step stamp set Wild About Flowers. My inspiration came from the wildflowers that are starting to bloom in all different colors here in the mountains of southern Colorado! The Sponged and Masked Background is a super easy […]
Lovely as a Tree-Masked and Sponged Background
We were fooled again! We thought spring had arrived here in the mountains of southern Colorado. After a few days of warmth and sunshine, we are now experiencing cool, misty/rainy/snowy weather. This card reminds me of the scenery as I look out my living room window. Wintery looking! To create this card, I first created […]
Stencil Cut Striped Feather-Nacho Average Color Challenge #142
We have a bright color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average site: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana and Crisp Cantaloupe! Here’s my contribution: These three colors are retiring on June 2nd. I’m so sad. The 2013-2105 In Colors quickly became my favorites. Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar. […]
Happy Camper-Masked Background
This week’s CASology cue word is “camp.” Here’s my contribution: For this card, I started with the My Digital Studio download Happy Camper. I purchased this download awhile back because of the bear image (plus I like the cute camper image). Living in the rural mountains of SW Colorado, we have seen many a […]
Horse Frontier-Masking Technique
“Free” is our cue word this week over at the CASology challenge site. Here’s my contribution: This card was inspired by our neighbor’s 5 horses who live in the pasture across from our house. Recently, I noticed they were running, bucking and kicking, obviously feeling good and “free” on a cool evening. What an awesome […]
Serene Silhouettes-Song in My Heart OLW Challenge
“Song in My Heart” is this week’s challenge over at One Layer Wednesday. Here’s my contribution: For this card, I used my Music Notes wheel for the emboss resist technique. I first created a mask, placing it on my glossy white card base. I stamped the birds using Basic Black ink and then walked […]
One Layer Snowflake Soiree-Nacho Average Sketch Challenge #17
We have an interesting sketch this week over at Nacho Average Challenges. Here is my contribution: I wanted to make a one layer card for this challenge. You would think one layer cards would be simple, right? Not so much! This one took me 3 tries to get it right. I used the masking technique […]
Top 10 Favorite Stamping Techniques
The swap theme for our January Sunday Stamp Club was “our favorite stamping technique.” I have so many favorites, and I couldn’t come up with just one. So, I made a different swap card for each member using one of my 10 favorite techniques. For all of the cards, I used the Hugs die-cut Sending […]