I’m kind of excited about Shimmer Sheetz. Shimmer Sheetz are not new, but they were new to me and I wanted to share a quick and easy way to use them for cardmaking. Shimmer Sheetz are iridescent, metallic plastic Mylar—yes,…
Category: Project Wednesday
I love my Distress Stains. I usually use them for making quick backgrounds on my art journaling pages, which are matte paper. This week I decided to see how they work on glossy cardstock. The stain is not as vivid,…
My big yummy box of Gelatos has been out on my work table for a couple of weeks now since I’ve been working on my Cardmaking Techniques with Gelatos e-book. (Coming soon!) I wanted to make my mother a card…
I haven’t played with pigment ink for a long time—I mean, a really long time. I’ve gotten so used to quick-drying dye-based ink and forgot how lovely it is to brayer and blend and even stamp with slow-drying pigment ink….
I live in Poland, where the current temperature is -4 degrees. Yes, minus four. Yesterday it snowed from breakfast to dinnertime; add in strong winds and you have zero motivation for going outside with a two-year-old. (Getting a two-year-old dressed…
This week I’ve been busy working on my first column for CardMaker magazine, which will appear in the Winter 2013 issue. Yes, I said Winter 2013…magazines work far in advance, so designers work far in advance too! This card will…
Earlier this week I got an email from a lady who had just started journaling and wanted to find sarabinders. Unfortunately, that line (produced by Hot Off The Press) is no longer available—it’s actually been something like 5 years since…
This week I got out the Gelatos, bubble wrap and the Eclectica stamps for my playtime! (Okay, I didn’t really get those things “out” per se, since they were already out, along with a lot of other stuff…but you get…