Do you remember what was the thing that first caught your interest about rubber stamping? I think for a lot of us it was heat embossing. I remember watching the flat, powdery image begin to raise up and become shiny and thinking, that is magic! Lately I have not been doing much heat embossing so…
Ready for another sneak peek into the Summer mini? Sure you are! I am still working with the Fabulous Florets set and decided that I wanted to make more samples using this set and a similar color palette so my little card tree will have samples that all coordinate. Fortuantely my stand only has room…
I still had the supplies out from the Fabulous Florets sample I posted here. I wanted to share another idea with you using the rock and roll technique, the stamp set and the Beyond the Garden DSP. I used Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds on the flower to give it more texture and glitz. Sprinkle…
What a mouthful of a title! Are you wondering what the Blossom Bouquet layer punch is? Well, it is a new punch that will be available in the Summer mini catalog. The Summer mini begins in May and as demonstrators we are able to pre-order from the mini. This new punch has a selector lever…
Welcome to another Flashback Friday! Today we have a flashback to a technique called Rock and Roll and a Flash Forward with a sneak peek at a stamp set called Fabulous Florets. Fabulous Florets will be making its official debut in the Summer mini catalog. This set works really well with the Rock and Roll…
Late last night or I should say early this morning I finished this Nature Walk card. I could not get it out of my head so I decided I better just sit down and get it stamped. It really came together easily. If you are wondering how I did the coloring I used a cotton…
Today I finally got around to completing the Nature Walk make and take projects from the SU Regional. I changed the projects a little or a lot in some instances just to make them more my own. Stamps: Nature Walk and Wonderfully WornInk: Early EspressoPaper: Naturals Vanilla. Not Quite Navy, Chery Cobblerand First EditionPunches: Itty…
Today I finally got around to completing the Nature Walk make and take projects from the SU Regional. I changed the projects a little or a lot in some instances just to make them more my own. Stamps: Nature Walk and Wonderfully WornInk: Early EspressoPaper: Naturals Vanilla. Not Quite Navy, Chery Cobblerand First EditionPunches: Itty…
I wanted to try and make an easel card that was a different shape than the regular A-2 card. I had not used the large bird image in the Nature Walk set and thought he would look quite handsome standing among the flowers. Here is the card closed. Stamps: Nature Walk and Thanks for CaringInk: …
I am getting off my polka dot kick and on to stripes! This striped DSP is from the DSP Patterns Stack Brights Collection. I could not resist making a striped spool of thread and a striped tomato pin cushion-it must be an heirloom variety! I love the bright colors of Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and…