Hello Friends, How is your weekend going so far? I am a happy camper because yesterday I was able to complete a card from start to finish in one sitting. Ahhhh so happy! Sometimes you just need to give a little kindness and some wings to soar….that was the theme for my card today. Believe it […]
abstract fall leaves – GIVEAWAY
Hello Friends, How are you on this fall day? I have been trying to spend a little time during the day with my watercolor set and I tell ya’ it’s super relaxing and fun. Before I knew it I had several of these leaves painted with two different color palettes. ( The leaf stamp is […]
Lila Grace welcome :)
Hello Friends, Today is a special day because many of Jennifer’s friends are sharing cards to welcome Jennifer (McGuire’s) sweet baby Lila into the world and you can too! Please visit Jana’s blog to leave any message for Jennifer and or link your card. This ultra thick paper is wonderful for one layer cards. You […]
Coloring a shadow stamp & creating a dotted background
Good Morning Friends, Today I have a mini tutorial on coloring a shadow stamp instead of inking for more depth, color and vibrance. What I am excited about showing you is creating another background with dots and lines using a gel pen. I admit I have trouble finding the right ink for shadow stamps…maybe I just […]
More Purple Onion and lots of Copic coloring
Hello Friends, I have a quick post to share with you today with this card from Purple Onion Designs. You can purchase the stamps, see more designs and get all of the details here. Lots of Copic coloring and shading on this card. I added white dots with a gel pen and with enamel accents. […]
Creating a lacy underlay
Hello Friends, Anything new with you?? I’m just marveling at the speed the weeks are passing by. Today I created some lacy cards for the Penny Black blog. We are sharing our favorite stamps and this one is top on my list. For the more detailed card on the right I created a lacy overlay. The other two cards […]
creating lace with a spellbinder die
Hello Friends, How are you?? I love Wednesday’s because it’s the middle of the week and that means the weekend is that much closer. Today I have another catalog card to share with this sweet Mimi image called “Mimi’s Big Day”. I want to point out the background boarder using this die from Spellbinders called “Lace […]
Thank You Anonymous
Hello Friends, It’s me again 🙂 I want to dedicate this post to a very special lady ! I don’t know who “she” is but, I hope she follows my blog?? I want to give her a bucket of hearts because she left me a wonderful gift certificate for me at my favorite LLS. I can’t express […]
Happy Birthday Blog Hop
Hello Friends, How was your weekend?? I hope it was wonderful 🙂 It’s a special day today beause Joy Taylor is celebrating her B.D. and one of her sweet friends organized a hop. You should be arriving from the talented Jill Foster’s blog. To start at the beginning go here to Linda’s blog. Happy Birthday sweet Joy. […]
Finally … two winners & another giveaway
Hello Friends, Please accept my apologies for my delay in announcing the winners. In case you are NOT the winner of my big blog candy I wanted to give you anther shot at something that I use all the time. This Copic Shadows & Shading book….It really is wonderful and comes with some light guides […]