Have you noticed I’m on a bit of a glitter kick? I’ve been furiously designing cards for my classes coming up at MLO. I’m taking a tiny break after this one, though. I need to switch over to sewing for a couple of days, and I have a fun stamping technique to show off. But today, we’re still on glitter. …
First off, this happened today, and I just about wept with joy. So while that was going on, I had plenty of time to do this. What I love about this card is the way the butterfly blends with the paper. It blends so well, in fact, that I added the curvy strip of orange glitter just so you could …
I took what I thought would be a quick trip down to MLO today to pick up some paper so I could finally get some cards designed for the class I’m teaching next Sunday. Of course I was there for over an hour. Picking paper is one of those rabbit holes that I’m all too happy to get lost down. …
I hope everyone had a happy Fourth of July. Ours was lovely. We started with a walk to the park to take Allie on the swings (I’m not sure who has more fun, her or me), then came home for a little cook out. I talked Jesse into making hot dogs for dinner. Such a guilty pleasure food. I don’t …
Templates. Some people call them stencils, but I guess that word conjures too many images of 80s kitchens with linoleum floors and colorfully “painted” flower borders. But whatever you call them, I like these things. They’re 6×6 inches, which is really the perfect size for card-making, since you can position them either way and cover an entire background. As far …
For Father’s Day, I wanted to show my Dad and Moredad just how much we love them. So I used some ribbon to make their cards open real wide. You know, like when you spread out your hands? Yes, I thought it would be fun to put my four-month-old’s handprints on our Father’s Day cards. I even thought …