Tea Anyone?

Tea Anyone?

by | Feb 25, 2019 | Stamping, Techniques, Tutorials

I decided to show the Essex stamp club the hinged die-cut technique as well this month. This time I featured the tea set from the Occasions catalog and the Ovals dies. I have to confess that I went a little crazy with coloring projects this month, but this pretty tea...
Cupcake Fun!

Cupcake Fun!

by | Feb 16, 2019 | Stamping, Techniques

This was the more involved card that the South Burlington stamp club made this month. The picture is a little deceptive, but we used a new technique for this card. When you look at the photo, it isn’t obvious what is going on. First, we used the Stamparatus to...
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...
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...
Snowflake Tree

Snowflake Tree

by | Nov 28, 2018 | Sketch Challenge, Stamping, Techniques

I created this card for two purposes. The first is to give the South Burlington stamp club group an opportunity to play with some of the products from the Snowflake Showcase. The second was to submit a card to the active technique challenge on the TGIF Challenges!...
Flamingo Art

Flamingo Art

by | Nov 7, 2018 | Stamping, Techniques

I signed up for an organized swap at the Orlando OnStage event, and this is the card that I’ll be trading. I wanted to use the Fabulous Flamingo stamp set as a highlight of the location for the event. Swaps are a fantastic way for demonstrators to share ideas...