Hello, March!

Welcome to a new month.  In the Phoenix area, March is the time of Major League Baseball’s Cactus League Spring Training, and lots of snowbirds/spring break visitors all jamming the roads.  And spending lots of money, which makes it possible to build those roads, so I guess it all evens out, LOL. In the Stampin’ …

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Watercolor “Smooshing” part 4

The other week I taught a technique class featuring different methods of transferring ink and water onto paper for backgrounds.  See my first, second and third examples here, here and here. The final technique we explored was pressing 3 or 4 stamp pads directly on the acetate/Window Sheet, spritzing with a good amount of water, then turning …

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Watercolor “Smooshing” part 3

Last week I taught a technique class featuring different methods of transferring ink and water onto paper for backgrounds.  See my first and second examples here and here. ​The third try on making watercolored backgrounds by transferring ink from acetate/Window Sheets to paper was very similar to the second, but with the goal of having the color concentrated …

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Watercolor “Smooshing” part 2

Last week I taught a technique class featuring different methods of transferring ink and water onto paper for backgrounds.  See my first example here. The second method we used was to add color in splotches to a piece of window sheet slightly larger than the piece of background paper.  This was done with a fairly …

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Watercolor “Smooshing” part 1

Most of my week has been spent getting caught up on life after several days of just lying low with my stomach flu over the long weekend.  This included getting ready for a special technique class for a few of my customers on Watercolor Smooshing to create backgrounds. We explored 4 methods for getting ink …

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A little late Valentine for you

Sorry this is late…I was struck with a stomach virus from Thursday night on. Ugh! This is a cute little holder for one Fererro Rocher candy.  I’m sure you can put other treats in it, or adjust it for larger candies, but since it fits these perfectly, why mess with it, right?  Who knew a …

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