Do you keep your paper trimmings when you work on projects? A lot of crafters and makers do, and I’m sure you will too after I show you a fast and easy card set I made today. With the warm weather in full swing and the kids out of school here in Texas, I’m back…
Do you keep a set of everyday notecards? I carry a couple of simple ones with me because you never know when you’ll need them. I think it’s always a good idea to have some ready to go at a moment’s notice. Emails and texts are great, but nothing really measures up to the feeling…
Whew – I almost missed the Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge! This one was a little rough, I gotta tell ya. Do you have trouble making dark colored cards too? I am so used to white, bright colored cards that I had a really hard time trying to figure out a gray background. Here’s the inspiration photo. It’s…
I love the look of white die cuts on a painted background. My cards are usually white with color designs added. Watercolor paint has caught my attention over the summer, though. I created a TON of backgrounds that are now stacked on my desk. I’m just waiting for them to tell me what to use them…
Have you ever painted a rather boring watercolor background for one of your projects? Maybe you went a little too light on the pigment, and it didn’t entirely turn out the way you wanted it to? It happens to me more than I’d like to admit. The idea seems great in my head until the…
I couldn’t wait to make this wreath Christmas card. I already picked up my supplies for my Christmas card endeavors this year, in the hopes that I would actually be finished making them in time to send them out over the holidays so they could, you know, get there before the man in the red…