Playing with shapes – circles, squares, triangles – yields great graphic images. Well, maybe not every single time, but when it happens, it pops! I’ve seen this Split Circle Technique and spent a couple of afternoons with a desk full of circles. … More Split Circles
I’m at it again with the Acrylic Block Technique and Rooted in Nature stamps. I’m very pleased with this version. This is a single layer card with very limited embellishment, but the background technique catches your eye. … More Rooted in Nature with the Acrylic Block Technique
I’ve struggled with creating watercolor backgrounds, but recently discovered this simple technique that yields great results. If I can do it, you can do it! … More Watercolor Backgrounds on Blocks
You’ve probably seen it – stamp once, split the results, and BOOM! two cards. It’s been on my list of things to try, and today I can share the happy results with the Beautiful Friendship stamp set. … More Technique Tuesday: Split Card
These cards have been everywhere – I’ll bet you’ve seen them too. Kylie and Bruno Bertucci in Australia popularized this technique they call #ScrappyStripTechnique . It’s just as easy as they say! … More Cutting and Pasting: Scrappy Strip Technique
I made a big stack of cards to swap at an event…that has been deferred. This was to have taken place a couple of weeks ago, but cards will keep. I used the Triangle Fun Fold to showcase our beautiful papers. … More Triangle Fun Fold Swaps
It’s been a delightful summer in my craft room, and I’m ready to get the show back on the road and share some of it with you. Would you like to see what I’ve been doing? … More The Woodland is Rooted in Nature
This technique has been making the rounds again as the Press’n’Seal Floating Frame card, and if I had Press’n’Seal I would have used it…but my entire kitchen is Furnished By Costco, so it’s the Kirkland Cling Wrap technique today, my friends! … More SO MUCH NEWS. But first, the Cling Wrap Technique
One of the serendipities of the Cling Wrap Frame technique is that it’s a two-fer: when you cut the frame, you get an extra piece that functions as a beautiful focal point on a second card. … More Cling Wrap Part Two: Wonderful Romance
The bokeh technique has been a very hot look for quite a while, and I wanted to try to create it on my own. Stampin’ Up! does have a stamp that creates this technique, but it’s not quite a full card size and I’m stubborn about things like that. Stamps: Daffodil Wishes Color Palette: Whisper … More Making my own Bokeh
