It’s a snow day here in Wilson, NC…a rarity in eastern North Carolina. We moved here in June 2020 and have only had one other snow in the four 1/2 years we’ve lived here. I love it. I miss seeing snow each winter…although, when we lived up north we didn’t feel that way! Because it’sContinue reading “Snow in “Southtown” – Winter Bird’s Eye View”
Category Archives: Creative Expression
Enduring Beauty – Bokeh Style
Over at Stampin’ Through the Catalog (social media group and tag) today they are celebrating the Enduring Beauty Bundle. I made these three cards using the Bokeh technique. The backgrounds are made with the Bokeh technique: you first watercolor wash the entire background layer (I used Fluid 100 watercolor paper) with 2 reinker colors, thenContinue reading “Enduring Beauty – Bokeh Style”
Share a Milkshake Valentine Techniques
Valentine’s Day is only a week away in the U.S. and since Valentine’s Day is a big occasion for papercrafting…after all, the doily paper heart is a staple for homemade cards to give to your loved one. To that end, I’ll be posting each day for the next week to help blanket the interwebs withContinue reading “Share a Milkshake Valentine Techniques”
Spreading the Love – Week 1: Bee My Valentine Sentiment
Happy Friday! I’m joining in a hop on Instagram for Valentine’s Day that kicks off today. A bunch of papercrafters (not just Stampin’ Up!) are gathering together to spread the love on the social media every Friday today through the end of February. To kick us off for week 1, the theme is Sentiment. IContinue reading “Spreading the Love – Week 1: Bee My Valentine Sentiment”
Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop – Color Challenge
The AWOW team and I are hopping today — here on our blogs, and on Instagram — and this month’s challenge is a color challenge. Grab a cup of coffee, and take a trip around the world with me to see what all of my global stamping friends have done with this challenge! For thisContinue reading “Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop – Color Challenge”
Delightfully Eclectic Scraps!
If you’ve been following my blog, I’ve been using the Delightfully Eclectic DSP. I used it in a class last Sunday and during the class, I had this pile of scraps on my desk. One of my class attendees asked if I was really going to make a card with those scraps. Well…challenge accepted. IContinue reading “Delightfully Eclectic Scraps!”
Creativity Now!
Last Saturday Stampin’ Up! hosted an online event called Creativity Now. The event is virtual. There is a suggested bundle to use and you get together for a few hours with other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over to make three projects, get inspired by hearing from artists and product folks from the home office,Continue reading “Creativity Now!”
Masculine Beautiful Balloons
Today is my brother’s birthday and I sent him this card using the Beautiful Balloons bundle. I’ve been working with this bundle all week, and this project I made it just a little bit more masculine with my color combo. Let’s take a look: Just like my post on Monday, I decided to feature theContinue reading “Masculine Beautiful Balloons”
Tea Boutique – Flower Background
These two cards using products from the Tea Boutique set both have a scattered floral background. I used the floral images in the stamp set and stamped a random background in the same color as the cardstock. Here’s one in Fresh Freesia: And here’s a second one using Crushed Curry: The Fresh Freesia card onlyContinue reading “Tea Boutique – Flower Background”
You Are Legendary
Yesterday was my father-in-law’s birthday, and he is indeed legendary! Like yesterday, I used a panel from this piece of Ready to Ride DSP: I added a motorcycle that was die cut from the Ready to Ride DSP — the largest motorcycle (shadow) from the Legendary Ride Dies cuts out this motorcycle perfectly! Add aContinue reading “You Are Legendary”