Wow my friends.. I’m so super excited to share this background technique with you!! I’ve heard of baby wipe and reinker techniques, I’ve heard of watercolor background techniques, but had never combined the 2 to create gorgeous and super easy and colorful backgrounds!!! I saw this demonstrated by Natalie White (from Stampin’ UP!) in a …
As a part of my Poinsettia Place Suite presentation for my team of demonstrators this month, I showed a few “bonus card” ideas. This Poinsettia Petals card painted with Wink of Stella was one of the bonus ideas I shared!! Poinsettia Petals set available HERE online. For all other Stampin’ UP! supplies online, scroll …
Thank you for your very kind comments on my previous Grace’s Garden card! While I was stamping and watercoloring the images, I die cut a few extra flower images and made these 2 Scalloped Note Cards! Retiring Info: Scalloped Note Cards are on the retiring list HERE – available while supplies last the …
This is a super fun technique featuring ink refill bottles, a piece of felt and the Wild Rose stamp set!! Watch the Video! You can see the live video from this morning HERE on my Facebook Business Page, or watch the video below from Youtube. I learned this fun technique a year …
Many of you know that my dad, Jim Burns, is a watercolor artist… wait.. I mean an AMAZING watercolor artist, and I recently used one of his paintings as inspiration for my card featuring the Grace’s Garden stamp set. This painting happens to be hanging in my stamp loft, so I used it for inspiration …
Warning.. TONS of card ideas featuring Stampin’ Up! Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards, to use with your April Customer Thank You Gift card kit from Patty! I am so excited to share dozens of tips and ideas with you today so that you have plenty of card ideas to create with your free …
Thank you for your kind words across all of my social media platforms about my watercolored Flowering Foils paper!! I DID cut up the 3 full 12×12 sheets and made 27 cards that I’ve mailed out to my customers this week! If you missed my previous post about watercoloring the Flowering Foils paper, …
I know you are loving the Flowering Foils Sale-a-Bration designer paper as much as I am, because I’ve been tracking your Sale-a-Bration gift selections on your orders since it released on March 3rd, and it’s been the most popular item out of the 5 new Sale-a-Bration gifts!! Whohooo!! So here is a watercolor idea for …
I have been enjoying using my custom Spectrum pad, that I inked with Stampin' Up! ink refills (see this post). Today I am sharing a different way to use your rainbow pad… I used "direct to paper" technique with my watercolor paper, spritzed it, added more ink with my refills and blended with the …
I had loads of fun yesterday demonstrating how to use the new Stampin' Up! Embossing Paste and Party Pattern Masks to create so many different types of backgrounds!! We had a Luv 2 Stamp Group (demonstrator) all-day event and learned so many wonderful new tips, ideas, techniques, and saw tons of new products! I'll …
Craft Room Organization Tip! Organize your Stampin' UP! ink refills (re-inkers) by putting a Stampin' Up! Enamel Shape on the lid! I organize mine in color families, and then place the Enamel Shape on the lid. This system makes it So easy to find the right color when I need to re-ink my pad! …
Roses Roses Roses… I love roses.. Roses in my Garden, Roses on cards, Stamps, Rose Patterned paper.. Roses in a Vase.. you name it, I love them, so I am sure you can see why I love this Rose Garden Thinlit die NEW from Stampin' UP! on pg 18 of the 2016 Occasions Catalog!! …