Oh goodness.. another post! Can you believe it? I’m trying.. hehe! I started watercolor painting this late spring/summer on a whim. It looked fun so I figured why not.. so I pulled out the cheap-o Artist Loft brand paints from Michael’s that I used to use when I was with CTMH and started coloring stamped images again for cards. (Please bear with me as I re-learn formatting Blogger posts. They seem to have changed the way they do photos since…
I have not been diligent about blogging lately. I’m trying to figure out this house and get things settled in it so that it feels more like a home. We are also gearing up to put lights in the ceiling in my studio, so I’m packing up the goodies I just unpacked to make room for a little mess. Yes, I know, crazy, there’s not much out to put away.. just boxes and my main workspace to cover with plastic. …
I love my husband. He is my best friend and he brightens each and every one of my days. He also just celebrated a birthday… which meant I needed to make him a card. I always struggle with masculine cards so I went with something super simple but to the point. I gathered up some miscellaneous buttons and pulled out some my scrap paper bin and searched through the patterned paper for something fun and a little funky. I kinda…
Hey friends! I need to apologize for being away so long. No drama, just life, and when life gets busy around my place my blog is the very last thing on my mind and very first thing to get pushed to the back of the line. Brent took the last 5 days off of work and we’ve just been hanging out and enjoying having “nothing” to do. We have gotten some house projects done, took care of the car and…
Welcome to Skipping Stones Design’s Blog Design Team Blog Hop!! I’m so glad to “see” you here today! Today we are celebrating the release of two new stamp sets, Holy Carp and Home of the Brave. If you just happened upon my blog today, you’ll want to go back to the beginning at Skipping Stones Design. You should have arrived from Jen del Muro’s blog. Combined with the blog hop today, it’s also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means the…
Happy Easter, Friends! I hope each of you had a pleasant and blessed Easter yesterday! Brent and I enjoyed a peaceful and quiet day together. We listened to LDS General Conference and visited with each other. It’s been a long week and so it was nice to just chit chat and hang out together. 🙂 Brent made the most DIVINE chicken for dinner… Parmesan Crusted Chicken with a Sage Butter sauce and roasted rosemary garlic potatoes on the side.. nom…
Here’s a really simple little card… I was playing around with some scraps (from partial embossing the other day) while cleaning up my office this morning (I didn’t get very far in cleaning). We woke up to about 2.5″ of snow this morning and it’s been brrr cold all day. I used CTMH cardstock, I think it’s Crystal Blue. It got mixed in with some other blues, and I haven’t found my CTMH color ring (buried in boxes still somewhere)…
I am quickly becoming a fan of “semi homemade” cards! My Grandma loves to send cards and so Mom and I made a zillion cards for my grandma when she was here and we needed some “quickies”. I made these with DCWV’s preprinted notecards… a quick stamp and a few embellishments later and we have fun five minute cards! When you’re in a hurry for a hello or a thank you, this is the way to go. Materials Used:DCWV preprinted…
This weekend (before the head cold/flu bug from you-know-where set in) I did a little crafting and worked on the whole “brayer issue” again. Here’s my second attempt at a card done with the brayer and sponging. I used all CTMH ink colors and played with them on scratch paper until I got the color I wanted. The blues are Indian Corn Blue, Crystal Blue, and Heavenly Blue. The greens are Sweet Leaf, Olive Green, and Garden Green. The leaves…
This is way late… well late for posting, but you know how it’s been at my house lately… LOL! I made this card for my Mom in May, before The Great Flood. I played around with some Papertrey Ink papers and my Nestabilities Ovals. I also did some real stitching with my old machine across the center of the card. One tip for machine stitching: try to use as little adhesive as possible where your needle will be stitching. The…