A few months ago as I was perusing Facebook, I saw the news that a brand new stamping company was taking the world by storm! and it was called what???? Altenew! Pretty cool name by a couple of pretty cool chicks…Tasnim Ahmed and Jennifer Rzasa who are very well known …
Color Washed Butterfly Card Making Video Tutorial
Our current challenge at StampNation is Colorwashing and WOWSAS what fun we are having! 6 Dream Team samples and 15 member entries – each and every one of them made my eyes bug out of my head. I haven’t been able to stop playing with this technique. The fun is …
Recycled Tags Copic Marker Video Tutorial
My friend Virginia has a new and wildly popular challenge blog and she invited me to participate. I jumped at the chance! The current challenge is Visit Virginia’s challenge site here! I hope to see YOUR creations entered! Tags & Scraplings with the twist of recycling….hmmmm….I thought about this for …
More stamping with newbies!
A couple weeks ago, I wrote THIS POST about going to my Mother-in-law’s retirement community with Anna and stamping some cards with the ladies. The ladies hadn’t stamped before, so I kept the cards simple. A white card base, a 3 x 4-1/4″ piece of patterned paper, a quick ribbon and …
KISS Card with Chevron Background
It’s time for the next KISS Card – Keep It Simple Stamper! This one is truly simple…it’s a One Layer Card, y’all! Change up the images…use florals or swirls or snowflakes or hearts or any graphic pattern and any greeting and you’ve got a basic card design for many occasions! …
Easy Thank You card with Studio Calico
Studio Calico has these super nifty card making kits! In this video, I will show you everything that comes in the kit and I’ll walk you through making this card. Want to WIN this kit? Subscribe to my youtube channel and leave a comment on this video ON Youtube. Winner …
Sponged Bird Greeting Card to make
Hi Friends! I hope you had an amazing weekend! Here in the US we had a long weekend for Memorial Day, so I swear today is Monday! No? Ok…I’ll go back for a second cuppa and maybe that will help. 😉 We are gearing up for an exciting week here …
Easy Ink Smooshed Watercolored Background Thank You Card Video Tutorial
I love the weekly challenges at StampNation. Maureen is our coordinator and always has something to get our Mojo flowing! Each week, our Dream Team shares amazing samples to inspire SN members and I put up a video of my challenge card. This week is my favorite type of challenge…it’s a …
Watercolor Clear Emboss Resist Card
Me on the Iron Crafter? When Chaitali Narla invited me to do an interview with her, I jumped at the chance. How FUN! We had an amazing chat which you can see here, and we each made a card using the same stamp set. Please pop over there, check out her …
Dipped-dyed Ombre Burlap Bags
Dip Dyed. Ombre. Burlap. Seriously this project is oozing with trendiness! View the video to see how I dip-dyed these bags. Fill these bags with chocolate, a gift card or a small gift. Great for teachers, neighbors, party favors… Supplies: My Favorite Stamp Set (Hero Arts), Simple Stems (Stampin’ Up!) …
Sponged and Splattered Butterflies
Today I have one of the make and takes from StampNation LIVE to share with you! This was a super fun card to make and was even easier with the really cool stencils and stamps from Hampton Arts. The stencils are made out of a vinyl material and are tacky …
Happy Friday! Embossed Penny Black Card
Happy Friday my friends! Today I’ve been hard at work after two days that had me out of the office a ton. Between me and two of the girls, there were four doctor’s appts. (nothing serious, just ear aches, chirpractor and cavity fillings). Good grief! I’m happy to be in …
Stamping with newbies & CFH early bird pricing ends soon!
My mother-in-law moved into a retirement community in November. When she moved in and Randall and I checked this place out, the first thing out of our mouths was “How old do you have to be to move in here?” Seriously, this place rocks. It’s brand spankin’ new, has amazing …
KISS Card – FIVE ways! and Cards For Him Blog Hop Winners!
Thanks to everyone that hopped along with us the other day to celebrate the release of our Cards For Him online class! It’s been a smashing success and the blog hop was incredible! You can still hop – start here! Read to the end of the post to find …