More Glitter Ritz Techniques

It’s all glitter all the time around here these days, isn’t it? You should see my house. I never get tired of this stuff, though, and I hope you don’t either. Last week I showed you this glittery card. And today I’m going to show you how I made it. First, the supplies. I have my piece of cardstock covered …

Copics on Glitter Ritz: A Tutorial

This rainbow fish is my pride and joy. I’m sure you’ve seen him on the blog before. This is a technique I could do all day. It’s so much fun, and the results are gorgeous. I won’t say it’s easy, and I won’t say you’ll get perfect results on your first try. But with a little practice and patience you’ll …

Glitter Ritz Burnished Velvet

I made this card before I went on vacation. I’m working on a tutorial for it, but the baby’s still getting used to being home (read: not sleeping) so it might take a couple days. We’ll get back to our routine. Eventually. Right?

The Best New Toy Tuesday Ever

We’re back from vacation. I’m going to apologize in advance for the bad pictures. I’m being lazy about unpacking the camera and uploading pics, so iphone photos will have to do. We had such a great trip home and really did not want to leave. Of course, I had big crafting plans for while I was gone and (almost) none …

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

On Wednesday afternoon we’re heading east to spend a week and a half with family and friends. My younger brother and Sister-in-law will be in town before they move to Italy, and my younger younger brother will be moving back home from Sacramento, so we’ll get to sece all the grandparents, and all the aunts and uncles on my side. …

Cutting and Pressing

Tonight is sewing class, also known as my favorite night of the month. And! In an unprecedented display of preparedness and organization* I got all of my fabric cut and pressed ahead of time. In fact, not only did I cut and press everything, I also basted all of the fabric pieces to their corresponding interfacing pieces, and then pressed …