Masculine Cards I like to make cards. Masculine cards are typically defined by being more geometric, patterned and less flowery. In the Altenew class, For The Boys, the instructor gave a lot of different ways to interpret masculine cards. Most of my stamps from Altenew are floral so this course made me move out of […]
Altenew Ink Blending Techniques Class Todays post is on my inspiration from Altenew’s Easy Ink Blending Techniques class. I’m not new to ink blending but still have trouble with dark edges and selecting colors. My go to ink for ink blending is Distress Ink although any ink would do. Using a dye based ink helps
Clean & Simple Boutique Cards For my next Altenew Educator Certification Program submission, we were challenged to make clean and simple cards. Clean and simple can be tough because those embellishments are just screaming to be adhered to your project. The toughest thing with clean and simple is less is more. The Altenew class, Clean
All About Layering 2 This is my second course for Altenew’s AECP certification program. The second course showcased many of Altenew’s layering stamp sets. Many of the layering stamp sets are very large florals and due to the intricate designs, can really be the focal point of a card. For today’s post, I am building
Earlier this week I got some great news that my application for the AECP was accepted. I’m a big fan of Altenew products and have been wondering how to take my crafty passion to the next level. The AECP seems like a good marriage of increasing my capacity for learning stamping, connecting me with other
Personalizing Stockings …and their stockings were hung by the chimney with careFor Christmas this year, I purchased some stockings on Black Friday at Michael’s. I wanted to personalize them with everyone’s name.I bought these cute plaid stockings with a large red cuff. I also bought an extra roll of Cotton Linen Cricut Iron on vinyl.
Being crafty takes many forms and this month it is taking on the rehab of a vintage kitchen side table. I bought the table for the express purpose of housing my antique typewriter. The colors didn’t fit my craft room and the legs were a bit too wobbly. So enter my bright idea of fixing
Watercolor vs Colored Pencils Recently I’ve been using colored pencils as my go to coloring medium because I can take them on the go. I love the look of watercolor and have wanted to increase my practice of this medium in coloring my stamped images. In this post, I make two sympathy cards using the
It’s that time of the year… Ahh, new school supplies. For some reason I was compelled to go the second week of July to Staples and have the kids pick out their school supplies. Staples was also beginning their school supply deals with folders for $0.25 and such. So armed on a hot July day,
Personalized Birthday Gifts I love birthdays … from cake to presents to celebrating with friends and family; birthdays are just a lot of fun. Having two kids means lots of birthday parties which means lots of buying birthday gifts. For birthday gifts, I prefer to give something that is personal and can be used over
