I have so many stamps that have not seen ink yet.  This wheat stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms is one of them.  Here is their wonderful website:  http://www.cornishheritagefarms.com/intro.php?osCsid=dtmnia8l444rr6anm95hm03995  check it out. Let’s get started. Supplies: Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Wheat Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, More Mustard, Really Rust, River Rock, Basic Black Ink: Stampin’ [...]

  Well we have already been to the beach in a tutorial, so let’s go to the lake. Supplies: Stamps: Stampin’ Up Embrace Life and Holidays & Wishes (sentiment), Water stamp by A Stamp in the Hand Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Going Gray and Blush Blossom Ink: Adirondack Aqua, Stonewashed, Lake Mist & Pesto, [...]

I came home from work last night to find a wonderful package filled with new stamps sets waiting for me at the door.  Thought I would try one out.  This set is from See D’s at www.InqueBoutique.com  named “Nightingale.”  I love those flourishes! These are my first sets from See D’s and they are probably [...]

No card tutorial for today.  I really needed to work on this fish.  I’m off to the Art & Soul Retreat in California in a couple of weeks.  Apparently, when you sign up for the retreat they send you a white ceramic fish and you are suppose to alter it and bring it with you [...]

Each month Jami puts together a Split Coast Stampers Dirty Dozen Design Team challenge for the Current and Alumni Design Team.   Here are the rules for this months challenge that we had to follow: Everything Old is New Again!We all tend to get so caught up in the latest and greatest stamps, papers, embellishments, etc [...]

I used this technique in yesterday’s tutorial and I found it to be fairly quick and easy, but still has a great wow factor.  Here is another tutorial on alcohol inks and transparency film. Supplies: Stamps: Stampin’ Up Wonderful Wings and Toile Blossoms Paper: Old Olive, Basic Grey Design Paper Ink: Adirondack Alcohol Inks Butterscotch, Caramel, [...]

This card is an experiment with Alcohol inks and transparency Film.  I found this great on line tutorial (here is the link:  http://ironorchiddesigns.typepad.com/iod/2008/03/clear-paintable.html)  and decided to play around with the technique. Supplies:  Stamps: Basic Grey Two Scoops/Flower Swash, Stampin’ Up Sincere Salutations Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Basic Grey Two Scoops Ink: Adorpmdacl Alcohol Inks – Cranberry, Currant, [...]