Club 52 week 6: Splattering Techniques with Watercolors and Die based Re-inkers and Inks.

Today I wanted to share with you all the techniques we did for week 6 (last week) of Club 52 (which you can read about here) and Paper Crafter’s Library members. This week I’m working on  splattering techniques  featuring dye-based re-inkers or watercolor paints.  This technique is based on watercolor painting techniques and is a fun way to …

Halloween Candy Box Dispenser Featuring The Silhouette SD

Today’s cool treat dispenser is a new favorite of mine!  Perfect for any occasion, but fitted out for Halloween, I created this using my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software.  For Papercrafters Library members, you will recieve both my Silhouette files so that you can cut it out on your Silhouette machine, or if you do …

Halloween Themed Decorated Lunch Bag, Featuring Gorjuss Girl Image & The Paper Tole Technique

  I love stamping, and I love coloring.  Sometimes though, you just don’t have time for either.  In this case, I wanted to feature some of the Beautiful Artwork of Suzanne Woolcott who does the Beautiful Gorjuss Girl Stamps.  While it is not always easy for me to get ahold of her stamps (shipping from …

Silhouette Cauldron Card

    Today’s card perfectly highlights the wonderful versatility of the Silhouette machine! For this card, I purchased and imported this adorable graphic from the Lettering Delights Spooky Soiree set.  Using the Print and Cut features of the Silhouette Studio Software, I was able to make layers for my image and then create a welded …

Happy Harvest Pumpkin Basket on the Silhouette

The weather is definitely cooling off, and today’s project is meant to celebrate the change of the seasons.  I love this little rustic basket, and the 3-D pumpkins which inhabit it!  Of course, my trusty Silhouette was part of my project lol.  I simply can’t get enough of this machine, and I know that when …

Product Spotlight: Dr. Ph. Martin’s Radiant Watercolors

  For any of you who might know me, you will know that I am an absolute art junkie!!  I love art supplies and colors, papers and pens.  I adore sketching and playing, and most importantly, I LOVE to color!  I think my favorite coloring method is watercolor, followed by pastel, Copic/Color pencils, then everything …

Sweets for the Sweet

  Today’s card was designed with sweet lovers in mind! This card is glossy, and sparkly, and has such a fun pattern to set off this whole design. The candies have a thick glossy coating to simulate the hard candy of the lollipop.  This coating was achieved with lots of layers of UTEE, and this of course …

Strawberry Box

Well we are finally back!!  CHA was a blast!  there are so many fun new lines and products coming out.  It was amazing to see all the vendors together, and all the samples which were displayed.  There were papers of all colors and patterns, new die releases, new products for trying out new techniques, and …

Pop-up Fruit Drink Card

Today’s card is a cute little pop-up card.  I originally designed this half cylinder pop-up about a year ago for an online class.  The original one that I did was a pop-up princess in a tower.  This time I wanted to alter it to be a fruit drink on a sandy beach.  The card is …