Happy Thanksgiving-Napkin Transfer Technique
Thanksgiving Wishes from My Family to Yours! Thank you for visiting my blog site. Thank you for signing up for my newsletters. Thank you for your kind comments left here and on Facebook. I appreciate each and every one of you! Napkin Transfer Technique What you need: napkin with ply removed Napkins-These can be purchased at […]
Sponged Sky-Less is More Challenge Tearing
This week’s challenge over at Less is More is “Tearing”, in any form, bold or subtle. As I was sitting at my dining room table this morning thinking about this challenge, I looked up and this is what I saw out my window! Someone asked me the other day where I get my inspiration. Oh […]
Less is More Recipe Week 72-Paper Piecing
This week’s challenge over at Less is More is the Paper Piecing Technique. This is a new one for me, and at first I read the challenge as paper pieRcing! It is Paper Piecing, no “R”. So what is paper piecing? This is what I found on about.com: “Papercraft paper piecing involves cutting pieces out […]
Scrunchy Flower-Stamping 411 SSC #259
I look forward to Friday afternoons so I can see what the latest sketch challenge is over at Stamping 411. Here’s my contribution for this week. Scrunchy Flowers! I love making “scrunchy” flowers using my scallop circle punch. Punch at least 3 scallops, spritz with water and scrunch. Set aside to dry, then layer one […]
Punched Ornaments Sun Flower Garden Hat
Summer’s here and it’s time to enjoy the garden! Don’t forget to wear your sun hat! This sunflower garden hat card was created using the ornament punch from Stampin’ Up! The hat pattern was supplied by Melisa Waldorf and can be found Here. To create Sunflower Hat: 1. Trace hat pattern on Confetti White card […]
How to Make a Sunflower using the Ornament Punch-Tutorial
Summer’s here and it’s time to enjoy the garden! Don’t forget to wear your sun hat! This sunflower garden hat card was created using the ornament punch from Stampin’ Up! The hat pattern was supplied by Melisa Waldorf and can be found Here. To create Sunflower Hat: 1. Trace hat pattern on Confetti White card […]
Floating Watercolors-Butterfly Punched Pansies
Pansies Are Everywhere!-Butterfly Punched Pansies The beauteous pansies rise in purple, gold, and blue, with tints of rainbow hue mocking the sunset skies. –Thomas John Ouseley, The Angel of the Flowers Aren’t these pretty? And they are so easy to make. Use the Floating Watercolor Technique (without the embossing) and the Butterfly Punch from Stampin’ […]
Canning Jar Pincushion-Easy to Make Tutorial
I love pincushions! I wouldn’t say I have a collector-type personality, but if I did, I would collect pincushions! They make me smile. This is a quick and easy no sew pincushion idea made using a small canning jar. I found this little canning jar at a local thrift shop and snatched it right up. […]
Moon Over the Mountain Quilt Card
One of my favorite techniques is faux quilting. I found a great website called equiltblocks.com that has a wide array of quilting patterns. Of course, they are meant for fabric quilting, but I have found that many are easy to transfer over for paper quilting. One of the patterns that really intrigued me was called […]
Stamping 411 Sketch 246-Bottle Cap Hello
Here is this week’s sketch found over at Stamping 411. And here is my take. My husband saves the bottle caps from the various types of beer he likes to drink. One of my favorite bottle caps are found on the beer from the Left Hand Brewing Company located in Longmont, Colorado. It is […]
Lattice Die, Beer Bottle Cap-Stamping 411 Color Inspiration 167
Stamping 411 has a new color inspiration challenge for February! Here is my contribution: I must admit that I was not too keen on this color combination, but that is what makes the challenge fun! I’ve been wanting to create some sunbursts using my Big Shot and Lattice die for awhile, and I thought this […]
Patterned Pines Season’s Greetings
This is one of my all-time favorite cards. Since I like to use non-traditional Christmas colors and my favorite color is purple, this combination of deep purple, crisp white and light blue is right up my alley! Plus this card is so appropriate for the winter scene I have been seeing out of my windows […]
Let it Snow Window Sheet Card
I have always loved using window or transparency sheets in my crafting. They bring such a bright and cheery feel to any project. For this card, I used clear address labels attached to the window sheet after I printed out the Let It Snow greeting from my computer and stamped snowflakes. I think this card […]
More Acrylic Smoosh
Here’s another quick card created using the Acrylic Smoosh Technique. For this card, I used the Triple Layer punch to create multi-colored (looks tie-dyed) flowers Supplies Used: Stamp Set: Sincere Salutations Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade and Elegant Eggplant reinkers (combo from the Color Coach) Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade, glossy white, […]
So Long Fresh Cuts-Spotlighting
Spotlighting is one of my favorite stamping techniques and Fresh Cuts is a perfect stamp set to use for this technique. For this card, I stamped a full imaged background using Black craft ink on glossy white card stock, then heat embossed using black embossing powder. I stamped and embossed the image again on a […]