Summer themed cards

Depending on where you live and if you have school aged children, summer has already begun for you.   Summer will begin on Thursday for my family (and we can’t wait).  My son graduated high school two weeks ago and my daughter has 2 1/2 days left of middle school.  She will be beginning high school in September.  Time to celebrate!!!  I…

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Create a bold, graphic, watercolored graduation card

My son will be graduating high school in a few weeks and I can’t believe he’s old enough to graduate!  He towers over me in height, yet I will always think of him as my little buddy.   Today, I had a little time to spend in my stamp room, so I decided to combine this week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP086 with…

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Dreamy Dragonflies

It’s not quite dragonfly weather where I live (another 3 months to go), but that doesn’t mean I can’t create my own dreamy dragonflies in my home studio.  I immediately fell in love with the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and coordinating Detailed Dragonflies Framelits from the 2017 Occasions catalog, but it was winter and it didn’t feel right playing with…

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Fun Easter Cards & Treats

Easter has so many different styles, themes and color palettes.  Easter bunnies, eggs and baskets are often created using pastel colors.  This year, I wanted to go bold in making my fun Easter cards & treats.  I achieve this boldness with bright colors and whimsy. Easter Card #1 My first card focuses on two retiring In-Colors: Cucumber Crush & Tip Top Taupe.  These…

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Two Window Shaker Card

Shaker Cards are so much fun to receive and now you’ll see that they are so much fun to make too.  It’s like receiving an interactive toy in the mail.  I made a video showing you how to make this two window shaker card and posted it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/IZ7YABkMBFM. These are the supplies I used for the two window shaker…

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Using Framelits as Stencils for Watercoloring with Aqua Painters

Here’s a really cool technique for using Framelits as stencils to watercolor with Aqua Painters and ink pads.  I thought this technique and this card were a perfect match for this week’s Global Design Project Challenge #GDP075.  The challenge was to create a project using the theme “Winged Creatures”.  Here’s my finished card and step by step directions.Here are my steps: Tape…

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