by Andrea | Jul 21, 2017 | Sketch Challenge, Stamping
I had a lot of fun playing with some items from the Eastern Palace Suite when I created this card. I mainly used the colors in this panel of the pretty DSP in the coordinating paper and added Soft Sky flower diecuts to tone it down a little bit. This is actually a...
by Andrea | Jul 12, 2017 | Stamping
I created this pretty card using a new stamp set from the big catalog that started in June. I absolutely LOVE the gorgeous, extra large sentiments that are part of this set. This card is all about the stamping – there are no other embellishments on here. I...
by Andrea | Jul 11, 2017 | Color Combo, Sketch Challenge, Stamping, Techniques
I received the new catalog when I was at the Savannah On Stage event back in April. After they handed out the catalogs, they gave us a few minutes to pore through it and ooh and ahh over all the new things. Every so often you would hear an outburst when someone...
by Andrea | Jul 3, 2017 | Punches, Sketch Challenge, Stamping
I created a few of these cards a couple of weeks ago so that I could send Thank you notes to some people that had recently placed orders with me. A few years ago I used a stamp/punch combo to create some black-eyed Susan flowers and I thought it would be great to do...
by Andrea | Jun 29, 2017 | Sketch Challenge, Stamping
Colin Hay and the group Men at Work was part of the music soundtrack of my youth. Yes – I do know that I’m showing my age here. I fondly remember listening to “Down Under” and “Who Can It Be Now?” while I was hanging out in my room...
by Andrea | Jun 26, 2017 | Stamping, Techniques
This was the more involved card that we made at the June session for the Essex stamp club. I wanted to tech these ladies about the masking technique so that they would have it in their papercrafting “toolbox”. Also, I wanted to create a summery card since...