Heart Balloons for Valentine’s Day
Heart Balloons for Valentine’s Day Happy Valentine’s Day from me to you! Heart Balloons for Valentine’s Day Supplies Used: Stamp Set: Bee My Valentine Ink: Real Red, Pool Party Paper: Petal Pink, Real Red, Basic White, Sunny Days (Sale-A-Bration), Most Adored (Sale-A-Bration) Accessories: Bee Builder Punch, Baker’s Twine, Iridescent Discs, Mini Dimensionals, sponge, scalloped circle […]
Sharing Sunshine Card
Sharing Sunshine Stampin’ Up! Winter is here. Brrr…. This sweet hello card will help shake off those winter blues and bring a smile. I used the stamp set Sharing Sunshine, pairing it with a basic borders die for the clouds. The clouds were cut out of Snowy White Velvet Specialty Paper and have a nice […]
Snow Front and Hand-made Masks for Easy Sponged Landscapes
My stamping ladies recently asked me to feature hand-made masks to be used for creating landscapes at an upcoming class. This is one of my favorite techniques as it gives you control over the landscape allowing for endless possibilities! It’s an easy technique using torn copy paper as the masks and sponges for adding […]
Christmas Gleaming Ornaments and Shimmer Paint
I created a series of cards featuring Christmas Gleaming stamp set and Gleaming Ornaments Punches (both are retiring on January 4, 2021) using Frost White Shimmer Paint, combined with different inks. The color combo possibilities are endless! Shimmer Paint and Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow accents Shimmer Paint with Pretty Peacock and Melon Mambo, Pretty Peacock, […]
Sponged Embossed Vellum
Here’s another idea using vellum card stock using an embossing folder. Then, add color to the back of the vellum using sponges. Easy to do. Here’s how: Emboss vellum card stock using the Big Shot and Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder. Sponge Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo, Rococco Rose, and Poppy Parade inks […]
Northern Lights Background
Recently, I shared a card inspired by the optical phenomenon, Light Pillars. This happens when light is refracted by ice crystals. I used this photo taken of light pillars as the inspiration to make my own. The card above was my first go at it. While I really like how it turned out, I think […]
Spooky Full Moon Halloween Card
Spooky Black Cat Halloween Card This is the Halloween card I created for our granddaughter. She loves kitties, so I used the fun cat punch from Stampin’ Up to create a spooky cat on a full moon night card. I hope it will bring a smile. This card was very easy to create. Here’s how: […]
Lovely as a Tree Fall Sponged Sunrise
Here’s one more fall-themed project using the perennial favorite stamp set, Lovely as a Tree. This is a clean and simple, 5-minute card creation! Here’s how: Stamp trees from Lovely as a Tree and greeting using Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Heat emboss with a heat tool and clear embossing powder. Lightly […]
Sponged Sky Party Panda Valentine’s Day Card
I created this Valentine’s Day card for our one-year-old granddaughter using the cute Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Party Pandas. This set just brings a smile! I combined it with the easy sponged sky background technique. Here’s how: To create the sky, I used a scallop circle template that I’ve had in my crafting stash for years. […]
Sponged and Masked Background Wild About Wildflowers
For this card, I decided to create a mountain meadow landscape using the Sponged and Masked Background Technique, along with the 2-step stamp set Wild About Flowers. My inspiration came from the wildflowers that are starting to bloom in all different colors here in the mountains of southern Colorado! The Sponged and Masked Background is a super easy […]
Crafting With Paint Chips-Sponged Cloudy Background Technique
One of my favorite things is to use paint chips in my crafting. For this card, I combined paint chips to make a colorful backing for the hot air balloon found in the Up & Away Thinlits die from Stampin’ Up! And to complete the card I created a sky background using the sponged Cloudy […]
Lovely as a Tree-Masked and Sponged Background
We were fooled again! We thought spring had arrived here in the mountains of southern Colorado. After a few days of warmth and sunshine, we are now experiencing cool, misty/rainy/snowy weather. This card reminds me of the scenery as I look out my living room window. Wintery looking! To create this card, I first created […]
Masked Pleasant Poppies-Nacho Average Color Challenge #94
We have a soft and cool color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average challenge site: Pistachio Pudding, Island Indigo and Pool Party Here’s my contribution: For this card, I started by making a square mask out of a piece of computer paper using the Big Shot and a square framelit. I placed the […]
Sponged Christmas Tree-OLW Scene It Challenge
This week, the ladies over at One Layer Wednesday have presented a great challenge! The challenge was to create a one layer “scene.” Here’s my contribution. Here at our little house in a big forest, this is pretty much our daily view out of our front window! For this challenge, I started out with this […]
Sponged Sky-Less is More Challenge Tearing
This week’s challenge over at Less is More is “Tearing”, in any form, bold or subtle. As I was sitting at my dining room table this morning thinking about this challenge, I looked up and this is what I saw out my window! Someone asked me the other day where I get my inspiration. Oh […]