Today I pulled out my Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks and made some fun backgrounds. Some of the backgrounds I turned into card focal elements. I did a video walkthrough explaining my process of making the backgrounds and how I turned them into focal elements. I include my own impressions of these inks. Video Length 11 min 55 sec.
Our propane door popped open on the last leg of our trek from Bend Oregon to Cottonwood Arizona. Hub came up with a fix after duct tape failed miserable. Video Length 3 min 23 sec.
After a very busy couple of months at home prepping for our winter trek to Texas, I finally had time to work on four alternative projects for the August 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit. This kit comes with a stamp set that is great for making backgrounds! Video length 17 min 24 sec.
I had a great time creating three alternative cards using my Paper Pumpkin kit and the die set Card Front Builder. The leftmost and rightmost cards in the image are what the instructions have you make. All projects are A2 size. I really like this kit!
Video Length 14 min.
It's finally here! Watch my unboxing video which includes some footage of our trek to go get it from the post office. Video Length 6 min 30 sec
This video starts where my stamp storage video ended. We move over now to the entertainment center. All the space except behind the TV is dedicated to my craft supplies and I show you everything I have tucked away in each cubby. Video length 5 min 56 sec.
I enjoyed my first set of Distress Oxide inks so well that I just bought the summer release, or set two. I bought the re-inkers and then had to buy more Stampin' Spots so I could get them ready for use! You actually can do alot with the re-inkers but in my opinion you end up wasting too much ink which I want to avoid. I was able to video my process of setting up useful indexes on the top of...
The project for this week's Creative Cat Crew Color Challenge #28 is loaded with a variety of colors! This weeks color range is Night of Navy, Real Red, Powder Pink, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, and white. Here is our inspirational image:
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Here is the next episode in my storage series. I talk about how and where I store my stamp sets with their matching dies in our fifth wheel trailer. The entire back space around the couch is my dedicated crafting storage space. I use the narrow end tables for the heavier items. In the long overhead storage I have 15 x 3" binders for stamps and dies, my crop bag, some paper, 4x zippered bags...
For the Creative Cat Crew Color Challenge #26, I used a new stamp set! I bought this set with Copic coloring in mind. It does NOT come with matching dies but I knew that the pillows would be easy to fussy cut and I would be using the cat since I am a cat person and it didn't look to bad to fussy cut. I list the Copic colors below and chose to mat with Real Red and Marina Mist on Whisper White...