Hi Crafty Friends,
Every year I look forward to Halloween! It gives me a chance to use fabulous colors I love and let’s my inner self go wild. This year I am especially excited because I get to use Ink To Paper’s terrific stamps and dies. They are soooo innovative and fun. Check out one of their latest, Ghosts and Ghoulies and have ourself some “Happy Hauntings” fun!
Hi Crafty Friends,
I love roses and I think this “Painted Rose” by Concord & 9th is one of the prettiest ones available. It is very versatile too. You can keep it a single rose or you can accompany it with other flowers for a bouquet.
For this card design, I decided to add a second flower called Hydrangea from Penny Black and the “Just A Note” die, also from Penny Black was used for the sentiment.
Continue reading “A Watercolored Rose with Thinking of You Note”
Hi Crafty Friends,
Woohoo! Today we have a video featuring vellum flowers over an alcohol ink background. Follow along with me in the video below to see how these bright and playful backgrounds were created. Let’s get started!
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Hi there,
We are super excited today! We get to announce the addition of The Stamp Market to our online store – YAY! The Stamp Market has fresh, clean stamps and dies set that gives a simple and modern look to your designs. Here is our first design, with more to come from super talented guest artists and our own staff. Enjoy!
Continue reading “Simple and Modern Flowers by The Stamp Market”
Hi Crafty Friends,
I am back with a new floral stamp, Dreams of Love by Penny Black. It is a big beautiful blossom that you can use in so many ways. Since Mother’s Day is right around the corner, I thought that would be a perfect way to display its beauty!
Continue reading “Dreams of Love Blossom in Watercolor – VIDEO”
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I am featuring one of My Favorite Things fabulous stamps, Fresh-Cut Flowers. This stamp offers so much versatility. You can use it with any sentiment and nearly any recipient, making this stamp a real keeper!.
For this card design, I kept it simple with only the flowers, a background, and a border.
Hi Crafty Friends,
I am visiting you again with a new video. It demonstrates how you can use the beautiful stamp, Radiant by Penny Black three different ways. I guess I am a little obsessed with this stamp since I have used it before but it is the perfect bloom to fill a card design.
Take a look and see what you think. I love the use of the patterned paper and heat embossing to create a different look.
Hi Crafty Friends,
Butterflies are so beautiful and elegant and that is exactly how Alexandra Renke made these Magical Butterfly dies. These butterflies have expansive wings with delicate cutouts to create a lovely graceful look. This card design uses vellum and alcohol inks to capture this elegance.
Hi Crafty Friends,
We have another video for you featuring a trio of cards, each made using the Alexandra Renke Magic Flower dies and the Accentuation Circles stamp set, plus a bit of watercolor and inspirational sentiments from the Just Believe stamp set by Penny Black. Come join us for a look at how to create these elegant cards.
Continue reading “Trio of Magical Flowers and Inspirational Sentiments”
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As promised, we are featuring a fabulous card design by Heather Telford. She is using a new stamp by Penny Black called Rose Garden. Isn’t it gorgeous? Check out her background and coloring of the flowers. They are all colored with Inktense colored pencils and they are magnificent! Read how she does it, then pop over to her blog for oodles more inspiration!
Continue reading “Amazing Rose Garden Design by Heather Telford”
