Happy Fautumn!

Happy Fautumn! That's a word I made up for fall and autumn, because shouldn't both of them be happy?! 😊

For today's card, I was totally inspired by the color combo on the Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge #96. Plus, I just received the Gina K. Designs Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set, and I was chomping at the bit (did I really just use that idiom?!) to make a fall/autumn wreath!

I really like candy corn!

Hey all! I'm back with another card - a shaker card! I love making interactive cards like these, and Lawn Fawn has made it super easy with the Shaker Add-on die to the How You Bean? stamp set. Since Halloween is coming, I decided to use the Candy Corn Add-on stamps and dies.

Spread Love, Kindness, and Good Vibes!

Today’s card is an inspiration from the very talented Suzy Plantamura and her More Good Vibes stamp set at Simon Says Stamp. These images were previously released as Watercolor Prints (which I also have!), but now with the stamp set, I have so many more creative possibilities. Suzy's work is so beautiful, and she really inspires me to take my cards back-to-basics with just stamping and coloring.

A big, bold (but super easy) background!

I have to admit that before creating this card, I had never colored a mandala before (GASP! I know!). I'm so glad that I decided to give it a try because this Center Cut Burst background stamp from Simon Says Stamp is such a beautiful stamp and really fun to color. (And with this stamp you can even remove the middle part to make even more designs!)

Back to School!

It's back to school time! Well, not for me. I can proudly say that last December I graduated from Sac State with a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition and Food concentration (a mouthful, yes, but I don’t mind because I am so freakin’ proud of myself! Toot toot! That was just me tootin' my own horn for a quick sec! 😋).

Kindness is the Way!

I love watching YouTube! I especially enjoy watching coloring videos, and I found that many of these videos use images from Power Poppy. I was so intrigued by how beautiful these images were, I just had to see more for myself. And, oh my, was I excited about what I discovered?! Power Poppy's online store has so many beautiful stamps, even a huge array of digi stamps. Digi stamps are digital images you can download, print at home, and then begin coloring right away!

But even more exciting for me was that I stumbled upon not only a FREE digital stamp from Power Poppy, but also a FREE coloring class from Kit and Clowder to go along with it. I immediately signed up for the class, and I was completely blown away. The video tutorial was so incredibly informative, and really created a safe place for me to develop my coloring. There's also a step-by-step guide that includes a color blend chart of different kinds and brands of coloring media.

Distress It: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Entry #2 plus a BONUS card!

Here's another card I made for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Distress It. I used the Mandy's Flowers Stamp Set from Simon Says Stamp and the coordinating dies!

I wanted to create a "shabby chic" type of card, so I chose soft pinks for the dominant color. First, I laid down a light wash of watercolor using Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections: Pastel Dreams watercolor on Blick watercolor paper. I used a #12 round brush from the Silver Brush Company and lots of water to achieve a very soft background.

Distress It: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Entry #1

With some projects, I have the idea all mapped out. I'll even draw a quick sketch and jot down a few notes about what I want to create and how I want to create it. This time, however, I just sat down at my craft desk and let the creative juices flow!

It all started with the CZ Design DUDE wafer die. I totally love this die! They only thing I knew going into this crafting sesh was that I just had to use this die. I began by die cutting the word from black card stock and cutting the shadow from lime green card stock from the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow 6x6 Petite Paper Pack. The die cutting machine I use is the Tim Holtz Vagabond 2 and I absolutely love it!