A Rainbow of Thanks
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but while a lot of the country is seeming sunny and warm, Seattle has been getting strange bouts of hail and snow. Rain, i would understand in Seattle in March, but snow?? Weird. Anyway, I needed to put together some thank you cards for some recent orders and I…
More Watercoloring Card Samples–crayons & markers
Today I wanted to share a couple more samples from my watercoloring class. In my last post, I shared a card we did using chalks and for today, I thought I’d show some cards using watercolor crayons and markers. As you can see, the medium you use for your watercoloring gives you totally different effects!…
Watercoloring with Chalks Card Sample
One of the things I love about teaching technique classes is that I’m often reminded of how cool a technique or a product is that I haven’t used in ages. In this case, it is using my Stampin’ Pastels (chalks). I ran a watercoloring technique class this weekend where we used 5 different methods for…
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a Special for You!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hopefully today finds you in your finest green attire; even if that just means green inky fingers! 🙂 It’s a day that I mostly get to celebrate these days by digging some green out of my closet and remembering to listen to some great Irish music…or at least Irish singers. Has…
Quick Mixed Bunch Party Favor
Can you tell, I like this stamp set? 🙂 I know, I get a little addicted to stamps that have matching punches; but it makes things come together so quickly! Well, for my recent show, I decided to make these easy little treats to hand out to people who stopped by my demonstrations. I put…
Scrapbooking Sunday: Using the Simply Scored Board
For the first time in I don’t know how long, I actually created a scrapbook page without copying a sketch or a sample of someone else’s. All because I got my hands on the new diagonal score plate for my Simply Scored and wanted to play with it! I had a ton of scrapbooking ideas…
Mixed Bunch: From Scrapbook Sketch to a Card
Last weekend, I did a presentation at the Northwest Women’s Show that was based around the idea that you can take one of the many scrapbook sketches out there and use them even if you are not a scrapbooker. I don’t know about you, but while I like designing cards, sometimes my brain just isn’t…
Sale-a-Bration Fun by Bethani!
It’s a new week and while I’m still trying to get photos together from the projects I demonstrated at the Northwest Women’s Show last weekend I thought I would share a fun card that my downline, Bethani Semple created recently. I find the Everyday Enchantment designer paper and Fresh Vintage stamp set often…
NW Women’s Show Day 1– Few Supplies, Great Cards!
Yesterday was the first day of the Northwest Women’s Show and the first of 3 days of presentations I’ll be running on the Home Style stage! It was a lot of fun and I’m excited to go back and share different projects for the next couple days. But I thought I would share the…
Butterfly Framelit Window Frame Card
If you are on my mailing list, you’ve seen this card with my last newsletter but I love it so much that I had to share it on my blog too! Now, I’ve done the window frame style card before (like this card) but I really wanted to play around with using the new Labels…
Scrapbooking Sunday: Mixed Bunch Color-blocked Page
So, this is my last weekend to prep before the big Northwest Women’s Show here in Seattle. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to present a crafting demonstration on their Home Style stage on each of the 3 days; so I’ve been trying to square away exactly what I’m going to demo. Well, this is…