Butterfly Inspiration Card

This butterfly card was inspired by a beautiful framed panel Emma Williams made for a Tim Holtz release video. I used her idea of coloring the new Impresslit butterfly using distress glazes. Such a neat idea! Hope you like it. The finished card is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Materials Used Tim Holtz/Sizzix Impresslit butterflyContinue reading “Butterfly Inspiration Card”

Graduation/The Professor

It’s the time of year for graduations! This card is for the son of a friend of mine, who is graduating high school this year. It’s a shaker card that came together fairly quickly. The finished size is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ . Materials used: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous The Professor CMS395 Tim Holtz/Stampers AnonymousContinue reading “Graduation/The Professor”

Rupert and His Treasure Part 2

Originally I was going to talk about the “Treasure” portion of the tag, but quickly realized I needed to have directions for the actual background pieces first so I am switching Part 2 and Part 3. Part 2 will now have directions for the background piece and the ledge that Rupert and his books areContinue reading “Rupert and His Treasure Part 2”

Bunny Band

When I saw this die, I immediately thought the carrots would be cute musical instruments. I guess my brain just works in weird ways…lol. Anyway, I thought it would be a fun project. I took lots of pics this time, because even though it’s not hard, it might be hard to explain without pictures. Materials:Continue reading “Bunny Band”

Snarky Cat Birthday

For this card, I thought the Stamptember snarky cat image paired well with this sentiment from the original Snarky Cats stamp set. My card swap group had “humor” as the theme this month, so I thought this was perfect. Materials Used: Tim Holtz Stamptember 2020 stamp set Tim Holtz Snarky Cats -CMS392 Crazy Talk stampContinue reading “Snarky Cat Birthday”

Vintage Santa

I decided to do another reverse painted acrylic piece this week. It’s really fun and I can see it becoming addictive. Materials Used: Distress Paints– Mermaid Lagoon, Speckled Egg, Festive Berries, Ground Espresso, Carved Pumpkin, Black Soot, Rustic Wilderness. Picket Fence Distress Ink– I inked several pieces and I am not 100% sure which endedContinue reading “Vintage Santa”

Mr. Bones

I’ve been fighting a stomach bug this week, so my project this time is fairly simple, but fun. With all the new Halloween products coming out, I decided to go through my stash and use some of the older items up, because once you use it, you can get more, new, stuff right? LOL HopeContinue reading “Mr. Bones”