I was honored to be asked by Close to my Heart to create a special video series on Distress Oxide Inks. I created a series of 6 videos showing different techniques and cards using these fun inks. I am thrilled to be able to share them here with you. I will share a new video…
Today is the last day to get the sweet July Stamp of the Month called For My Beautiful Friend. The images on this card were stamped with Intense Black ink, which works really well for outlined images because it doe snot bleed when colored in with markers or watercolor pencils. I colored the images in…
The only thing that I love more than the sweet stamp set used to make these cards is the way that my incredibly creative daughter painted them. I had a few cards on my desk that I had just stamped with the A Million Little Things stamp set and as I pulled out my watercolor…
I am excited to share a couple of fun cards that I made using the new Close to my Heart Classic Alphabet Thin Cuts dies, Quilt Embossing Folder, May Stamp of the Month, and a little watercolors. You can watch my process video below. I love making shaker cards and it was even more fun…
With this month’s project kit you will make (16) standard sized cards (4 each of 4 designs) using the cheerful Celebrate Today Cardmaking Workshop Kit. There will be no local class this month, but you can either choose the “shipped” option at checkout and I will mail the kit to you or if you are…
This month’s project kit is a boxed card kit using the new Budding Peony stamp set and Feels Like Home paper. You will create 6 cards (2 each of 3 designs) with mix and match sentiments and a box to store them. This month’s local class will be Tuesday, January 29th at 7pm. If you are not local, you…
Today’s Christmas card was inspired by Kristina Werner from the Online Card Class that I am taking, which is appropriately called Clean and Simple Holiday. I cut down a piece of cold press watercolor paper to 4¼” x 11″, scored it, and folded it in half. Then I used some washi tape to mask off the…
I always love it when I visit someone’s home and they have a welcome sign on their door or in their entryway. It just makes the home feel so warm and well…welcoming. I created this 11½” x 7″ welcome sign with just a few pieces of cards, the Grateful Heart—Cardmaking stamp set, and a piece of woodgrain…
The new Holiday Expressions catalog is here and it is AWESOME! It’s filled with 160 pages of pure creative happiness! You will get a free copy with your next online order. Or you can view and download a pdf version of the catalog here. There are so many fantastic new products that it is hard…