Last week I shared how I swatch my paint and watercolor collections, along with showcasing Altenew Artists’ Watercolor 24 Pan Set and Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers Winter Wonderland Set. This week, I’m using these watercolors to create 2 simple floral cards. This is my go-to technique for watercoloring that is Continue Reading
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Creating a Swatch Book
I love seeing how fellow makers and crafters organize their crafty selves…it always gives me inspiration on improvements I can make to my own processes and collection organization. Whether it’s a swatch book, ink pad and stamp storage, or others cleverness – I enjoy seeing what others do! Naturally, I Continue Reading
Floral Birthday Cards
Bright pops of color are perfect for today’s floral birthday cards. For my November submission into Altenew’s Inspiration Challenge, I’ve opted for pink Gardenia’s layered atop a trellis background. See below for the inspiration photo, and keep scrolling to see how I used that inspiration to create 2 bright birthday Continue Reading
Quick Thank You
Today’s quick Thank You card is just that – fast to put together. I’m working with previously created backgrounds, some Distress Spray Stain, and a sentiment die to complete. Check you my YouTube channel to see the video tutorial – link is below! Let’s get started! For these quick thank Continue Reading
Fall Thank You
Autumn is my favorite season of the year – the perfect temperatures (especially the crisp air in the evenings), the gorgeous colors of leaves changing, the gathering of family and friends. In deference, my cards turn towards embodying what the season means for me. Today’s fall thank you is a Continue Reading
Floral Die Cut Card
Today’s floral die cut card is inspired by Altenew’s September Inspiration Challenge. This challenge is posted on Altenew’s Card Blog, and the inspiration photo is below. To see the full video tutorial, click on my video below. Stamping & Coloring To start, I stamped images from Altenew’s Pen Sketched Flowers Continue Reading
Script Hello Card
I love hand lettering, but don’t feel my skill is up to par for my cards yet. No problem for me as there are numerous stamp sets out there that have fabulous script sentiments. Today’s script hello card uses a lovely sentiment set from The Greetery that utilizes two layers Continue Reading
Simple Watercolor Flower Card
I enjoy watercoloring, though I have no trained aptitude for it. What I like from watercoloring is the color variations and the organic nature that water brings to the overall effect. Today’s simple watercolor flower card is a result of one of my favorite techniques using watercolors made even easier Continue Reading
Layered Floral Card
When I was a kid stamping, to achieve multi-colored stamped images I had to use specialized markers to color my stamps prior to making impressions. Now, there are so many options for multi-colored stamping, including layering sets and rotating sets. Today’s layered floral card is a simple introduction to layering. Continue Reading
Nuvo Shimmer Powder Floral Card
Nuvo Shimmer Powders are a fun product that result in beautiful watercolor-like effects that include a light bit of shimmer. Today’s tutorial utilizes a heat embossed background, the Nuvo Shimmer Powders, die cutting, texture embossing and Copic coloring. A fair amount of simple techniques that when layered produce great results. Continue Reading