I'm playing along with the Ellen Huston Pin Site Challenge for April. Here is my card I made using this gorgeous new Mondo Sakura. I stamped the image on watercolor paper and heat embossed in gold. I then took my Zigs and watercolored the images focusing the darker color on the shaded areas. I love... Continue Reading →
The Flower Challenge #20 Acetate/Vellum
It's the beginning of May and with that comes a new challenge over at The Flower Challenge. This month the challenge is to use Acetate/Vellum. I hope you enjoy my card and are inspired to play along with us. For this card I decided to make a shaker with some acetate in my stash. I... Continue Reading →
So Suzy Family & Friends Blog Hop
I've been a fan since since I started my card making journey, almost three years ago. I found out about So Suzy through the Stamp Junkies Facebook group and entered a contest So Suzy was having and I actually won! (Hint hint you should play along too for some fabulous prizes!) As my prize, I... Continue Reading →
Purple Inspiration
Today I'm playing along with the Altenew April Inspiration Challenge with some new stamps I received this week. The first card I made for the challenge is using this beautiful Persian Motifs set. I love these flowers and they are gorgeous heat embossed in gold. I stamped the flowers using Versamark ink in my MISTI... Continue Reading →
Magnificent Magnolias
I'm playing along with The Ton's Challenge and having fun with some spring colors. I love The Ton's floral images and decided to make two cards for the challenge using this gorgeous magnolia set. For my first card, I stamped the magnolia on some watercolor paper in Antique Linen Distress Ink to do some no-line... Continue Reading →
Exciting News!
Wow February was a busy month for us and I can't believe that it is already March. I have some very exciting new, well at least for me. I've been selected to be on my first Design Team for A Blog Named Hero and I'm thrilled to be able to a part of such an... Continue Reading →
Wildflower Spotlight
Its no secret that I love coloring flowers. So I decided to ink up my very first Concord & 9th stamp set Wildflowers. There are some great images in this stamp set and its easy to create your own unique bouquets. I started out by stamping and masking the flowers in Hero Arts Soft Granite... Continue Reading →
Painting with Alcohol Inks
I've been having fun playing with alcohol inks and backgrounds and then I saw Jessica Frost -Ballas from All The Sparkle post where she had the most gorgeous flower painted with alcohol ink. Find her post and video tutorial here, it is awesome. I started out stamping the magnolia on some Yupo paper in Versmark... Continue Reading →
Dalhia
Playing along with The Ton's May Challenge. My first card, I choose the challenge line with no-line coloring, non rectangular, and watercolor. I used The Ton's Close Up Dalhia and my Zigs to watercolor the image I stamped on some Bristol Smooth paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink. My plan was to do a circle... Continue Reading →
Thank You Cards
My daughter just turned 3 so I made three Thank You cards for the MarkerPop Challenge to give to family and friends. I just received this awesome Honey Bee Hello Gorgeous stamp and die. I used the die to cut out the thanks sentiment and then stamped it in Aquamarine Ranger Archival Ink. I cut... Continue Reading →













