While looking at Beate’s inspiration challenge yesterday I noticed her sketch challenge and loved the layout. I decided to play along this week. I wanted to use a set I hadn’t used recently and came across Embrace Life. I have seen several blogs where they used the the stem and colored in the flowers with a gel pen. I decided to try this and see how it worked for me. Here is the sketch and…
I have noticed lately that I felt I was always using the same colors. Several months ago I read that some ladies keep sketch and color combo notebooks to jot things down in as they run across ideas to use in their stamping. I decided that I would like to do this for color combos just to get some different ideas. I had a small notebook that I had not used so I designated it…
Each week Beate posts an inspiration challenge. Earlier this week she posted a black and white pillow as the inspiration. I knew I wanted to give it a try since I love black and white. Here is the inspiration piece I love this pillow and so many things went through my head. On her blog you can click on the image and make it larger. When I did that I realized there was stitching on…
Well I blew it after all. I was supposed to used Sahara Sand on Monday as my color and I had picked Real Red to go with it. Needless to say I focused on the Real Red and forgot the Sahara Sand. To make up for it I used Sahara Sand in today’s card. I had wanted to create a summer scene using flip flops or other summer wear. I needed the Adirondack chair and…
Candice’s Crafty Corner – Summer Stamp Camp Schedule First Event June 23rd – 26th 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Second Event July 21st – 24th 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Third Event August 11th – 15th 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Spark your child’s creative thinking. I will be hosting three Summer Stamp Camps at my home for children ages 8 and above. Drinks and snack will be provided. Parent’s you may drop off your…
Did you ever have one of those days where you had an idea and when you finished your idea was nothing like you had planned it? That is what happened with this card. I had Real Red and any other colors I wanted to use. Since I hadn’t used the Loads of Love set in a while I thought it would be good to do the truck. I also missed using my Prismacolor pencils so…
