Vintage Inspired Rubber Stamping - Cards and Tutorials
Hello there and happy new distress color day!! Have you heard the news? There’s another new Distress Color in town! It’s called Prize Ribbon and believe me, it could win the top prize at the county fair..sorry, couldn’t resist..but I gotta tell ya, it is exactly that, a first prize color! Man, can Tim pick the names or what? I…
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Hello there friends! It’s been a good bit since I’ve posted here, all is well, just been a bit busy with summer. I hope that you are well. I am back today to share the first of a few creations that I made with the recently released Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3. Did you catch the Youtube Live on Saturday…
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Hello friends! Happy Monday! I am back again with my final make created for the big Salvaged Patina Distress Ink party that happened a few weeks ago. This time, I created a small vignette box all gussied up with the new color and inspired by an adorable little girl that I found in the new pack of idea-ology paper doll…
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Happy Assemblage Week! Have you been following along on instagram and all the beautiful inspiration provided by Tim, Paula, and Suzy? Tim has been sharing them in his insta-stories. If you haven’t, be sure to Click Here and follow along. There are so many ways to use assemblage to create jewelry, or use it to embellish mixed media or card…
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Hello all! I am back again with more creations that were made for the new color release for Salvaged Patina. These cards were created with a couple backgrounds that I made while playing around with the inks and spray stains. One of my favorite background techniques is mono-printing using layering stencils. The inks and sprays are inked directly onto the…
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Hello friends! Well…have you heard the news? There’s a new distress color in town and DANG, it is AWESOME! When I say that I love this color, it is a complete understatement, in fact, I know that I have said this with each new color that has been released, but this one, I think, is my favorite favorite! 🙂 If…
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Hello all..I hope that you are doing well. I am back today with another project that I created for the recently released Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 2. One of my favorite sets from the release was the Funky Cactus thinlet set. They are absolutely ADORABLE…and were perfect to use to create a little garden crate! The Cacti… All the cacti…
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Merry Christmas! Ho, Ho, Ho, oh, I’m just kidding…Happy Wednesday! I am back again this week with another tutorial, this time it’s focusing on a make that I created for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 2 that was released this past Saturday. Oh, what a fun time it was…not sure exactly how it happens, but even though the release only…
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Hello friends…I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. I am back today with another project that I created for the 2021 idea-ology release that Tim hosted a couple of weeks ago on his youtube channel. To check out the replay you can click HERE. It is such an awesome release! I had an absolute blast creating for…
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Hello friends… Today, I am back with a good bit of grunge! Ahhh…there’s nothing like some grunge in the middle of the week to make your soul happy, at least mine anyways! 😉 This project was created for the newest idea-ology release for 2021. I combined my love of all things grungy with some aged and well worn brick that…
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Hello there! Happy Monday! I hope that you are tarting your week off well…I am back today with a short tutorial for a card that I created for the Sizzix Chapter 1 release. This card is a bit spring inspired. Even back in January, I was looking forward to some spring weather. The flowers and leaves were cut using the…
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Hello friends! I am back again…Wowza, I’m on some kind of roll here, LOL! I’m so happy to be back again with another tutorial, this time for a make that I created for the Sizzix Chapter 1 release a few weeks ago. Tim had a Youtube Live where he shared the new products and some inspiration and I was so…
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Hello friends…I hope that you are well. I am back today to share a make that I created for the newest Tim Holtz idea-ology release. Tim’s Youtube live was Saturday where he shared all of the new products and beautiful creations by the makers. I was so excited and honored to participate and create for the release alongside such an…
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Hello all and welcome! I hope that you are well…as some of you know, we moved a couple months ago so I have been busy unpacking and rearranging my little nest, which has been a bit tattered lately.. who knew that moving your creative space could be so time consuming. It’s been a lot or work and my creative spark…
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Hello friends! I’m back today with a new project that I created for the new distress color release that Tim shared over on his youtube channel yesterday. It’s called Kitsch Flamingo…a beautiful pink inspired by those kitschy pink flamingo yard ornaments, that some might say are tacky but also so lovable and fun. Now, some of you might think, “how…
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especially one with Distress Inks and Cracker Candy… 😉 am I right? Well, hello there and happy Monday! I’m back today with a new tutorial for some tiny gift tags. Who loves making Christmas tags? Well…I do! Even on the busiest of years (and you know how busy this year has been) I always try and make at least a…
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