I’m proclaiming this week “Art Inspiration Week” here on my blog. Why you ask?  Because I can, lol.  I love art and find so much joy in trying to recreate a masterpiece with rubber stamps, ink and embossing powder.   My pieces always fall short of the original, but I learn tons along the way.  So join me this week and [...]

Last night I decided to challenge myself and use a fairly complicated piece of art as inspiration.  The original art was created by Megan Aroon and it’s titled Blue Essence.    Isn’t it beautiful! My card doesn’t even come close, but it was a learning experience. Here is tutorial #40. Supplies: Stamps: Stampin’ Up Trees Three [...]

Happy Sunday!  I took a break from blogging on Saturday in order to meet, for the first time, a fellow Split Coast Stamper, Karen Barber, (aka on SCS as Karen B Barber) .  We started by meeting for lunch at Twin Creek Tea Room in my little country town of West Alexandria, OH.  Here is the link if you [...]

I created this card this morning to show you the effect you can get using Prismacolor Pencils & Odorless Paint Thinner on dark colored card stock.  I love this look and it is very easy to achieve.  Supplies: Stamps: Stampin’ Up Stardust Paper: Stampin’ Up Not Quite Navy, Soft Sky & Night of Navy Ink: [...]

Hello fellow stampers!   We have had such beautiful weather here in Ohio, but I’ve not had a chance to be outside this week, so this card represents that feeling.  Let’s start with the tutorial. Supplies: Stamps: Stampin’ Up Lovely as a Tree, Marble Texture Cube Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom, Purely Pomagranate & So [...]

My post today is not very exciting, but I have received so many questions as to what kind of sponges I use in my tutorials that I thought it warranted a posting. I use to be caught up in using Stampin’ Up sponges, but after much frustration and money, I threw them all away, YIKES!  [...]

I think my mind is still at the beach in California, lol.  Why don’t you join me and follow along on this tropical tutorial? Supplies: Stamps: Clear Stamps Happy Hour, Stampin’ Up Embrace Life Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise, Basic Grey Pheobe DP Ink: Stampin’ Up Cool Caribbean, Tempting Turquoise, Brilliant Blue, [...]