Here’s what happens when I make cards. I color an image, then I go through my paper stash to see what patterns and colors I have to go with that image. If the answer is none (as it often is), I make my own. We’ll get to that in a second. Once I have 2-4 papers to work with, I …
Coloring With Distress Inks: A Video
Fact: Attempts to save time rarely end in actual time saved. Case in point: I have a bunch of cards to make today, so I wanted to make the one for this post quickly. So, I decided to color my image with Distress Ink rather than Copics. Then I remembered that I’ve been meaning to do a video tutorial on …
Windy City
For this week’s Hambo project I used the Skyline stamp. I love this stamp, because the entire thing is seven and a half inches long. That makes it great for larger projects, like scrapbook layouts and 6×6 cards. And of course, you can always cut the image down to fit on a standard card, which is what I did. The …
Hats
I made a whole bunch of hats recently. My friends are having babies at an alarming rate. The top two hats are my own design. Not that it’s a difficult design, I’m just saying I didn’t get a pattern from anywhere. The monkey hat is adapted from The Happy Hooker. I followed the pattern for the monkey face, but the …
Card Cupids Donor Appreciation Blog Tour
Happy Valentine’s Weekend from Card Cupids! As a Thank You to all of our fabulous followers and card donors, we’re hosting hosting a little blog tour. If you’ve just hopped onto the tour, you’ll want to go back to the Card Cupids Blog to get started. If you’ve just arrived from Jade’s blog, then you’re on the right track. Thanks …
Ladybug
We all know by now how much I love my clean and simple cards. I’ll be teaching this one as a make-and-take at the MLO Anniversary Crop next Saturday. I feel weird saying “teaching” when the steps are stamp, color, glue. So I don’t know, I’ll be, providing materials and guidance, I guess? Anyway, how much do you love this …