Last week I shared this stamped sunset card that used Distress Markers to create a watercolor background. I’ve had so much fun playing around with this technique that I need to share it. All you need to start is an acrylic stamping block and your Distress Markers. Make sure the block is nice and clean. I use a little bit …
I love sunsets. Is there anything more beautiful than an open field just before dusk, when the sky is bright orange and the landscape is cast into shadow? It’s a view that I’ve tried to capture more than a few times. I think I finally got it right. This background is so simple. Just use your Distress Markers to layer …
I’m so excited to announce that I’m now a member of the creative team for Pink Persimmon stamps! They make gorgeously detailed clear stamps that are so much fun to color. I’ve been playing with them all week! There are a bunch of extremely talented ladies on the team and I’m honored to be counted among them. I’ve added all …
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and Memory Box is one of my favorite stamp and die manufacturers. So you can imagine how excited I was when MLO got their whole Halloween line a couple weeks ago. It’s really too bad people don’t send Halloween cards the way they send Christmas cards, because I would be buying all of …
I made this card to demo Twinkling H2Os for the Tuesday make-and-take at MLO this week. The background and balloons, both from Hero Arts, were stamped slightly differently. For the background, I painted Twinkling H2Os in Bamboo and Bolivian Blue directly onto the stamp, then spritzed very lightly with water before I stamped it. For the balloons, I stamped regularly …
This is the birthday card I made for my Moredad. His birthday was on the 8th, so I think (hope) he’s gotten it by now. He’s not on the internet much anyway so it’s not like this will be a spoiler for him. A dancing toddler is probably a strange choice for a man’s 91st birthday card, but I like …