Stampin’ Up has regionals scheduled throughout the country. This year we are lucky that they are having a regional in Baltimore on October 1 and 2. Regionals are only 1 day so I am going on October 1. Regionals are very similar to convention so there is swapping involved. Since it is 2 weeks away I knew I needed to get busy with my swaps. I ran across some cards this week that were my…
Well I saw something on a blog (sorry can’t find it now) that I wanted to try for our 1 layer challenge. The lady used Stampin’ Up supplies to create the grunge technique that Tim Holz is famous for. I read how she did it so I decided to give it a try also. What Tim does is he applies ink to a craft mat and sprays it with water. This lady applied ink from…
I am planning for my technique class next week and thought it would be fun to use the faux plaid technique on some leaves. I tried it first with the Paisley Prints set but did not like the look so I pulled out the Autumn Splendor set and love how they turned out. I used the color challenge from The Paper Players. You were to use …
Happy Wednesday! I played on Sunday and made this card so I would be ahead of the game. I had class last night and time was short yesterday so I worked ahead. I do not have any plans for today so I will play today with a card for tomorrow. I ran across a blog that I loved the artists work and she had a card that I liked the layout of. I decided I…
Good Morning Everyone! I played on Sunday as I had a meeting on campus yesterday and knew I wouldn’t have time to get a card made. Trying to work ahead when I can. I began with the color challenge at The Color Dare. Color Dare #75 Very Vanilla Pretty in Pink Cherry Cobbler Garden Green I combined it with the sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday. When I saw this sketch I immediately thought…
Good Monday Morning Everyone! I suggested a one layer challenge at Late Night Stampers. I thought it would be fun to try this. All last week I was working on my layout in my head. On Saturday I played a little to see what I could come up with. I began with the sketch challenge at Cards and Things. I decided to stamp my image in the center. I then punched out a circle from…
