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WWC301 – Dawn\’s Challenge: All About Occasions

 Don\'t you just love \"twofer\" cards?  This card is the second from a pair of mixed media thank you cards that I made.  Click here to see the first card.  I created this one for  Watercooler Wednesday\'s  All About Occasions Challenge and Dawn is this week\'s hostess.I was wanting to make some thank you cards to use this… Continue reading WWC301 – Dawn\’s Challenge: All About Occasions

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WWC294 – Marsha\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

 Hello, hello and welcome!  This week we are creating masculine cards at Watercooler Wednesday.  I\'ve made a fun mixed media card using Altenew\'s Mega T Aphabet die and thanks die.My Process:I started with a 140 lb weight watercolor panel and then die cut the T. With a wide rough brush (I used a house painting trim brush) I applied a… Continue reading WWC294 – Marsha\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

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WWC292 – Dawn\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist

 Hello, hello and welcome!  I created this card for this week\'s Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  I recently took Altenew\'s Artist\'s Watercolor 101 course taught by Emily Midgett and the last class was on painting \"white\" flowers.  Such a pretty look but I had never attempted anything like it. I started by heat embossing these big beautiful blooms… Continue reading WWC292 – Dawn\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist

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Finding and Incorporating Inspiration Into Your Project

Hello, hello and welcome!  Today I am blogging about a fascinating class I took at Altenew Academy called Mission Inspiration. Nicole Watt was our instructor and instead of focusing on technique, this class was all about finding inspiration for our creations.  For this post I wanted to use a combination of color and layout inspiration for… Continue reading Finding and Incorporating Inspiration Into Your Project