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 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 …
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 …
It’s a strange anniversary card. I was coloring this adorable Marci stamp from La-La Land Crafts that I got on Wednesday. I took Copic: Skin Tones and Hair Color with La-La’s owner, Irina, and we got to use the new line for practice. While I was coloring, I noticed that an anonymous poster (who I strongly suspect is my mother) …
Here’s another thank you note I made, very different from the one I posted yesterday. This is actually the card I made on Saturday (World Cardmaking Day). I actually made two of these–one blue and one green. They’re simple, but they took me about as long to design as the other one took to make. Have you noticed I stopped …