Love on Repeat

Love on Repeat

by | Jan 31, 2019 | Stamping, Techniques, Tutorials

This was the first card that the Essex stamp club made earlier this month. One of the members had asked for some time to learn more about the Stamparatus, so I designed this card to teach the group about the hinge technique, which is unique to this particular stamp...
Bummer!

Bummer!

by | Jan 29, 2019 | Announcements, Stamping

This is my sad face due to product unavailability. Is it the end of the world, not by any stretch. But, since stamping is part of my happy place, and I know that it is for many of you, too, this is indeed a bummer. So… let me give you the details. These two...
Swinging Heart

Swinging Heart

by | Jan 25, 2019 | Big Shot Ideas, Stamping, Techniques

I’m not going to blog about “swinging” in the 70’s sense (if you know what I mean). I’m using that word here to describe a bit what is going on with this card. You can’t tell from the picture, but the right side of the heart is...
So Many Dies!

So Many Dies!

by | Jan 23, 2019 | Color Combo, Sketch Challenge, Stamping

I was inspired to play last evening so I could participate in two challenges this week; more on those challenges in a bit. For this card I decided to focus (mostly) on items from the Annual catalog. When a new seasonal catalog has come out, it is so easy to overlook...
Cake is Great!

Cake is Great!

by | Jan 21, 2019 | Sketch Challenge, Stamping

At the Essex stamp club gathering last week I devised two projects that made use of the Stamparatus (aka the Stampasaurus 😉 ). This was the second, simpler project that we made. There wasn’t any fancy tricks with the tool for this card, but I did have the stamps...