I won a card kit prize for my Mushroom Fairy card, which came late last week. Yesterday I got together with my mom to do some crafting. I brought the pieces that I won and the second card I made was this card which used a nice blue and white stamped background with a matching blue ribbon from that kit. I added the thin back blue layer (it is an ombre recollections 12 x 12 sheet from Michaels) ...
I could not resist an "extra" valentine. I am living at my mom's and think this funky valentine card will hit the spot for her husband. He's very artistic and can appreciate quirky things. The pattern paper is from the inside of a business envelope. I had randomly applied Black Enamel Accents to this piece and did not end up using it for a prior project. I tore black card stock as an under...
During Christmas break, I discovered a cool tutorial (via Pinterest) using vibrant colors and thick die cut poppies: https://pennyblackinc.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/masterpieces-with-mimi-bl.... I immediately purchased both poppy dies used in the tutorial. But then life caught up with me and I...
I made two floral frames. This is the first attempt at using thick dies for coloring. The first one I made with stacked watercolor paper, a second stack of 4x dies using Neenah Classic Crest. I matched the watercolors I'd used on the first project to equivalent Copics for this project. Because I use Copice for all of my coloring, I found it much quicker and less messy to use them. I feel that...
This card was made from the spare parts bins. I save bits and pieces in 4 x 6 photo cases. Periodically I will sift through them to make a card from the extras. I finally had a nice collection to make this winter scene. The stitched frame is a leftover from a 25 card swap I did last fall. It has been challenging to use these up. I keep a barebones woodland stash as I like to have birch trees...
This card was made using the following tutorial: http://geschtempelt.de/technik-blog-hop-2/ that my friend Libby sent to me. I own the rectangle diffusers made by Tim Holtz but like the concept of making your own diffusers when you need them! I strayed from the tutorial in that the directions call for 2x 5-layered...