Happy Friday everyone! Can you believe the weekend is finally here? Just in time to get in a crafty mood. I have a fantastic set to introduce you to. My Favorite Things Safari Friends. Oh these friends are the cutest, and the stamp set comes with 9 playful sentiments! Let me show you a couple …
Happy Monday crafty friends! I did a lot of background stamping this past weekend, and want to share my process with you. I used a variety of new Distress Oxide inks and The Stamp Market’s Painted Polka Dot background stamp. Background 1: Using my MISTI, I stamped the background onto watercolor paper, and heat embossed …
Happy Monday everyone! I have a pair of cards today to share featuring My Favorite Things Full of Sunshine stamp set and dies. Card 1: Let me first start off with admitting I’m completely addicted to word dies. Especially My Favorite Things word dies. Their fonts are always so fun! As soon as I saw …
Happy 4th Of July everyone! I can’t believe July is here again! In my house, that means windows are open, family is over every weekend, kids and dogs are running wild in the backyard, and the grill is on every night. Especially on the 4th. And it’s so much fun to watch the kids excitement …
A couple days ago I received an unexpected package. It was a fantastic surprise. My favorite YouTube/Podcasters sent me a shirt, coffee mug, and stickers with their logo on them. (A HUGE shout out to Nerd Soup. Check them out… especially if you’re a Westworld and/or Game Of Thrones fan!!) So of course I had …
It feels good being back in my craft room. I took nearly a month off. After helping my dad heal from surgery, I now have some free time again. But only a little free time… I now have a teething 8 month old daughter who is at the peak of her pain. Poor thing. So …
What a long month! So much happened for my family in December: my dad had a lifesaving heart surgery, which I brought him home to start his recovery, my 2 older sons traveled across the states, and my 7 month old daughter had her first Christmas. Now that my dad is more independent, the holidays …
The newest Hero Arts monthly card kit was delivered yesterday. I was excited when I pulled out all the goodies. So many ideas came to mind… I started right away last night on a card. I stamped the large snowflake onto white cardstock using Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. I cut it out with the …
I’m sure I’m late to the game… but I’m in LOVE with ink smooshing! This is my second card in a row using this technique. I’ve done it a few in the past, And somehow I forgot how easy it is to get this organic look. (Be sure to checkout the offered discount for drivebycrafts.com …
Simon Says Stamp came out with an beautiful selection of Christmas dies this season. After looking at each one, I treated myself to one die- this one. Pine Needle Wreath. It’s so fun and versatile. I decided I would stick to traditional colors for this card. I picked red cardstock for the cardfront, and two …