This is the 2nd installment of the Makery Challenge between Barbara Miller (FSJ Coach & team member). This month, we decided to use the Good Karma Stamp Set and the Coffee Helps Stamp Set (will be posted tomorrow). For the Good Karma Stamp Set, suggested items were! River Stone Ink pad, Black Licorice Ink pad, Denim Days Ink pad, Colorburst Pencils, Fashion Gold, embellishments, Twine, Whip Cream CS, Huckleberry Fusion… Read More »
Day 3 of coloring with the Journey Color Splash Watercolor Pencils. I am absolutely having so much fun coloring with our pencils. I tried it after looking at Shannon Smith’s video on coloring with watercolor pencils. It’s where you brush the color from the pencil onto a acrylic block and then transfer it to the image. It is blends so smoothly! I used the Tea Time Stamp Set Bundle for… Read More »
Every time I use the Love Paris Stamp Set, the song “I love Paris) comes into my head. It is one of my favorite sets and it’s retiring! (see details below) I cased this from a card I saw on Pinterest. I say cased but I did change a couple of things to make it my own. The River Stone Card Stock was embossed with the Love Letter Embossing Folder… Read More »
Ends tonight! Splish, Splash, Sparkle – Whatever your creative style – we’ve got you covered. Take 20% off a la carte silks and splashes this month and fill your media cabinet with bold bright colors – Ends 30 April 2018! Splish Splash, Sparkle New Recruit Special – In addition to choosing a starter kit, a new Coac in April will also receive a Splish Splash Sampler – A selection of… Read More »
This probably one of the most popular stamp sets from Fun Stampers Journey and it was one of the first one I purchased when I joined FSJ last year. The set is called Dear Rose. The image was stamped with the Pretty Pansy Ink onto the Butter Cream panel. The leaves were stamped with Green Olive Ink. You can faintly see it but I scored a line around the card… Read More »
One of my favorite kind of card is the vintage flowery card. I love it when I can add lace or bows or any antique looking items such has hat pins – I love hat pins. I lightly sponged the background panel with the pink and yellow in the Confectionary Days Panpastels. I then inked up the poppy from the Poppy Days Stamp Set and stamped with Bubble Gum Ink. … Read More »
The dictionary describes “Sassy” as lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. And that’s exactly what these images are! The Stay Sassy Stamp Set makes a perfect card for teenage girls or when you want to send out a word of encouragement. Today’s card uses the Shaving Cream Technique using the Pool Play Reinker and, of course, shaving cream. I also did the paper piecing technique and cut the dress… Read More »
One of the hardest cards for me to make is the sympathy card. Usually you wait until something happens and then you struggle with making the right one. Having a supply on hand is a good idea and will save you a lot of stress. Sending a handmade card gives it that special touch and shows the receiver that you care. For today’s card, I chose the A Better Place… Read More »
Today’s card features the Lovely ATS Stamp Set. I made it to enter into our teams (Inking the Way) weekly sketch challenge. The images were stamped with Black Licorice Ink and the pistil of each daisy was colored in using Summer Days Reinker, Fusion Blender and a Blending Brush. The bee is from the A Better Place Stamp Set and it was colored using the Summer Days Reinker. I also… Read More »
Today’s card features the Stay Sassy Stamp Set from the Celebrating Life’s Memories. The girl image was stamped in with Black Licorice Ink and colored in with the Watermelon Fusion Reinker and a Blending Brush. The hair was colored in using the Banana Cream Reinker and a Blending Brush. Note: Always add Fusion Blender to the liquid when using to color the images. I added flowers from the Good Karma… Read More »
