The most talented Julie at Land of the Lost Luggage is now offering the most amazing online class, along with Chris Cozen, one of the working artists with Golden. Project DeConstruction: Colour – Beyond the Basics. It includes choosing color for your art, mixing color, lightening up your art, creating beautiful aged papers, building your [...]
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20 Dec
Christmas Cards finally posted!
This year my Christmas card design included a background made using the Credit Card Technique, with some Inque Boutique Stamp swirls and sentiments cut from my Pazzles Cutter. I was very pleased with the results.
10 Jan
Birthday Hanger
It’s my Auntie’s birhtday next week, so while I had a lull between crafting projects, I decided to make her present. I’m pleased with the end result, using several of my cheap beads from Spotlight (my bargin of the year – an A4 size bag of bits and pieces for $2. Should have bought more [...]
10 Jan
Card Folder as Gift
For my Grandma’s birthday, I wanted to give her something practical. As she loves my cards so much (she has kept everyone I have ever given her or Grandpa – she puts them into a folder) I thought that giving her a set of mixed cards, that she could give to her friends, was a [...]
10 Jan
Shopping Lists
This year I made some (last minute) shopping list for my Grandma’s, using my Zutter binder. I had a lot of fun with the covers. To make the covers, I took some chip board and painted with Gesso. Added some stamping with Staz-on (and heat set, just in case!). Then I collaged with some paper [...]
3 Mar
VicStampers Grungeboard
I got to attend the VicStampers meeting this month. We had a great demonstration of Grungeboard by Monica, of Beachhouse Boulevard. I had read a bit about the stuff and seen what Tim Holtz could do with it but it was fun to touch and play (and buy) it. Here is the 4×4 I made [...]
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