I put together this tutorial showing how to mask your card stock in order to put a sun in the background.  Supplies: Stamps: Spring Solitude Paper: Barely Banana, More Mustard, Bravo Burgundy, scrap piece of Design Paper Ink: Stampin Up Summer Sun, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Bravo Burgundy, Basic Black Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, 1 [...]

I love making scenes with the emboss resist technique and I created this tutorial to show you the process.  If your up for a challenge, give it a whorl!  I would love to see your creations using this tutorial, please leave me a link to them in the comments section! Supplies: Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms – [...]

Oh, it’s not fancy, but it’s functional, lol.   This is a glimpse of my desk in my craft room.  I call it the craft room because I have many hobbies.   Can you tell I like to have my coloring tools very, very near me when I’m working.  Prismacolor Pencils on left in a bucket, ink [...]

Decided to get the watercolor paper out last night and play with a new set of stamps I bought from the Basic Grey line.  These stamps are Two Scoops/Flower Swash. Supplies: Stamps: Basic Grey Two Scoops/Flower Swash Paper: Watercolor Paper, Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky Ink: Stampin’ Up Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Always [...]

I can just about find inspiration for cards anywhere.  The inspiration for this was a cute animal sign by Homespun Sentiments I seen at the Flower Factor Store in Centerville, OH. Stamps: The Rummage Bin Primitive Beginnings, SU Trees Three flowers Paper: Whisper White, More Mustard, Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy Ink: Stampin’ Up Soft Sky, Not Quite [...]

Flourishes are all the craze now.  You can get flourish stamps by just about every stamp company out there.  I love flourishes!  They can add so much to a piece.  I get comments on my cards saying “I can’t believe you cut those flourishes out”.  Well I didn’t and today I will show you how to make [...]

Well, I’ve went on a little spending spree as you can see.  One of my favorite new places to shop for rubber is Cornish Heritage Farms, here is the link, if you would like to check it out http://www.cornishheritagefarms.com/intro.php?osCsid=dtmnia8l444rr6anm95hm03995 I love realistic stamps and they have them! Anywhoo, I’ll be spending the morning cataloging my [...]