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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 […]

Thank you cards Sometimes in your life, the right person comes around just at the right time to help you continue on your journey. I recently had this happen to me and it inspired me to do a series on Thank You cards. It is important to let those people in your life know what

Personalized Book Bag I actually started to increase my crafting when my children began attending a lot of birthday parties. I wanted to give gifts that were meaningful, personalized and would help parents out, too. One of the gifts I created was a library book bag. Using the tools and materials I had along with

A huge thank you, dear reader I am almost one year’s old on this blog and as people are want to do on this day of looking forward to another 365 days and backwards to the last 365 days, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you. I started this blog with the

Celebrating the season with some bling Holidays are all about the sparkle and magic of the season. The temperatures get colder, hearts fill with cheer and there’s something happy and magical about the time. The Tonic Nuvo Glimmer Paste and Newton’s Nook Snowfall Stencil I had used on a previous card needed to make another

Make your homemade cards stand out…  With Christmas approaching, I wanted to make some final cards that sparkled like the season. I had purchased some Nuvo Glimmer Paste and wanted to try it out. As well some Black Friday purchases from Simon Says Stamp came in and I wanted to use these to make some

The Start I have been avoiding Copics. I’ve only been card making for about a year and just couldn’t justify the expense. When I started, I did purchase the entire set of Tombow Dual Brush Pens because these could be used for: coloring, watercoloring, stamping and lettering. I figured a tool with that many uses

One Layer Holiday Cards On my continued kick to spread kindness, I thought that the holiday season was a great time to whip up some quick one layer cards with hand written from the heart sentiments to let people in my life know how much I appreciate them. I was looking for some simple designs

Texture play with ink and stencils What I have been discovering in card making is a sense of freedom to try new things. I am more willing as a card maker to attempt a new technique or practice with a product with the understanding that I will mess up but each mistake is a step

Stamp Kits Hero Arts has been putting out monthly stamp kits that include: stamps, dies, paper and some embellishments for over a two years now. It is a great way to get a set of exclusive stamps and accouterments for a great price. The Kits sell out quickly so you need to either pay for