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 …
It’s all glitter all the time around here these days, isn’t it? You should see my house. I never get tired of this stuff, though, and I hope you don’t either. Last week I showed you this glittery card. And today I’m going to show you how I made it. First, the supplies. I have my piece of cardstock covered …
I made this card before I went on vacation. I’m working on a tutorial for it, but the baby’s still getting used to being home (read: not sleeping) so it might take a couple days. We’ll get back to our routine. Eventually. Right?
I have a real quick tutorial for you today on one of my favorite stamping techniques. I love using my stamps to create custom backgrounds, and I really love using “inks” that don’t come in stamp pads. For this background I used the Floral Brocade stamp from Hero Arts, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist. First, I …