I'm here today with a quick post to show off the 2023-2025 In Colors for a Crafty Challenge. Keep reading for the details. The Challenge - In Colors Cardmakers love challenges as it stretches our creativity. I love these dice challenges because trying to fit all the elements is fun. Alas, I only managed four out of five. In Color Challenges are perfect for this time of year as Stampin' Up! introduces new In Colors on May 1. Of course, demonstrators get them a month early to begin ... Read More about In Colors for a Crafty Challenge
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Beautiful Thistle for a Mother’s Day Blog Hop
The demonstrators in Crafty Collaborations are hopping today to inspire you with Mother's Day cards. I chose to use some soon-to-retire products - Beautiful Thistle, Marigold Moments Dies, Fancy Flora DSP, and Potted Succulents Dies. The Marigold Moments stamp set is already sold out! So if you like any of the other products I'm using today - get them while they're still available! Today's Projects - Beautiful Thistle I wanted to use the sentiment from Marigold Moments because it's just ... Read More about Beautiful Thistle for a Mother’s Day Blog Hop
Using Dies as Stencils
Hi all. Today I'm in another blog hop with Stamping with Friends. We are a group of demonstrators around the world who love to share our creative ideas with you to spark your creativity. Today's theme is using products from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog that are retiring. I'm mixing that theme with a tutorial on using dies as stencils. Stencils which Stampin' Up! calls masks, are a trendy thing in the cardmaking world. And, although Stampin' Up! doesn't have a lot of stencils they have a ton of ... Read More about Using Dies as Stencils
Crafting with You Sampler
It's another blog hop with Crafty Collaborations a worldwide group of demonstrators who love to inspire each other and you to be creative. Today's theme is anything but a card. And, it's also demonstrator preorder where demonstrators get to order products from the new catalog which premiers on May 2. Stampin' Up! is also doing a color refresh with the new catalog. It has 5 new InColors, 7 returning colors (former InColors), and 4 brand-new colors. I am so excited about all this newness. So, I'm ... Read More about Crafting with You Sampler
Watercolor Techniques for Technique Tuesday
It's Technique Tuesday for Crafty Collaborations and today's hop is about watercolor techniques. My projects show a different twist on it, instead of stamping an image and then watercolor I watercolored the paper and then stamped and die-cut the stamped images. Today's Projects - Watercolor Techniques I was in a box-making mood when I started this post, so I went with it. Boxes are really quite easy once you've done a couple and know where to cut and fold. I also like making my walls ... Read More about Watercolor Techniques for Technique Tuesday