Playing with Pastels
ahhh… it feels good to back at the blog. I just getting over a yucky cold and just in time because my technique night was last night. We were playing with pastel chalks and between my cold and my half-cleaned craft room, I got a bit of a late start preparing for it. However, I’m…
Using Crystal Effects
So tonight was our Crystal Effects night, and I think everyone learned something new – myself included! I ended up staying up late last night as I kept finding new ways to use crystal effects that I wanted to try. If you haven’t heard of crystal effects, it is this great thick clear liquid laquer…
Decorating a Birthday Gift with Stamps
I’m always looking for ways to use my stamps in different ways. Sure I love making cards, but sometimes you need something different and its fun to use your stamping supplies to add that personal touch. In this case, my sister-in-law’s birthday is 2 days before Christmas. So, when I bought her a gift at…
Finally able to post pictures
So, while away on my trip, I tried posting the pictures from last week. Unfortunately, my internet connection was apparently not good enough to make that happen, so I wanted to get out a quick post this morning. Like I said last week, we had a great time getting ready for the holidays by making…
Fun with heat embossing
Last night was both a technique tuesday and a historic presidential election. So, we ended up combining the two events into an election watch party in the living room and technique tuesday in the dining room. 🙂 We had a small group but had fun trying out a few different ways to add texture and…
November’s Technique Tuesday is Heat Embossing!
Every first tuesday of the month I offer a technique class to give you a chance to try new things and learn more about some of the techniques you have seen in pictures or on samples. This month we will be trying out heat embossing. With embossing, there are two methods – dry embossing and…
Getting Punchy
Last night I started playing with my word window punch some more and one of the ideas I had was to create a flower using punches. This quickly turned into a card challenge to myself to see if I could make an interesting card that was almost entirely based on punches instead of stamps. It…
Using the word window punch
Yesterday I was asked by someone about ideas for different ways the word window punch could be used. Now, one thing I love about paper punches is that they tend to be pretty versitile and the word window is no exception. As I started brainstorming all the ways I’ve seen this punch used and new…
Upcoming Classes and Events
Now that I’m a bit more settled after my move to Portland, I’m starting up some classes and events. These events are a great way to unleash your creativity and learn a new technique or two. I hope you can join me! Holiday Stamp-a-Stack – October 25th Ease some of the stress of the holidays…
Mounting your stamps
I recently discovered that while I had been scrapbooking and stamping a lot, I had a lot of stamp sets that I had never mounted. For those of you who have never bought stamps from Stampin’ Up! before, let me share with you what to expect. You will recieve a plastic storage box with lots…