I'm taking a moment out to bring you one more summer card (as fall quickly approaches...) The 'Growing Green' set is one of the new floral sets from Stampin' Up! this year. The clean, simple outline design makes it SUPER easy (and fun) to color, and in this case I used the Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi and Pacific Point watercolor crayons and an Aquapainter. The rose and the smaller flower were ... View Post
Archives for September 2010
Welcome Christmas Ice Skaters
Yes, I know... deja vu all over again! I added the skaters and their reflection to a very similar card that I did last December. The skaters are from the 'Welcome Christmas' stamp set (view it here). I saw the reflection technique done by simply stamping a piece of acetate in 'Going Gray' ink and then pressing it down to transfer the image in reverse. The gray makes a better reflection and ... View Post
Fall Stamp Festival – 5 spots left!
There are only 5 spots left for our Fall Rubber Stamp Festival! READ MORE now... The cost includes the 'Bells & Boughs' stamp set and you will be using AWESOME new accessories including the 'Deck the Halls' designer series paper, Vintage brads, Chantilly crochet lace, Smooch Spritz, Distressing Essentials, pearls, rhinestones, Champagne Glass Glitter, tinsel trim, Northern Frost Decorative ... View Post
Simple Birthday Gift Card Holder
This gift card holder is so easy to make and so much fun to look at--it almost makes me hungry! The 'card' part of it is actually only 5x7 to allow the giant cupcake to peek over the edge. I used the 'Perfect Polka Dots' embossing folder on the Real Red background. I stamped the giant cupcake stamp twice, once on Regal Rose and once on Chocolate Chip, and cut the top out of one--and the ... View Post
‘Welcome Christmas’ Victorian Card
Don't you just love the Vintage look of this card! I used some awesome new accessories such as the designer series paper "Newsprint" (with a cool musical score sheet), new crochet ribbon and Vintage buttons. To accent the 'antique look' I used the new 'Distressing Essential Kit' which includes four fabulous ink spot colors (Tea Stain, Charcol, Mahogany and Navy), in this case, applied with ... View Post