Love is in the air (at least I’m pretty sure that’s what I’m smelling these days!) and I wanted to create a simple Valentine’s Day card featuring a few easy techniques and one big-assed Ampersand die. A little messy watercoloring with Distress Ink gave me the colorful ampersand and a bit of dry embossing using a stencil added subtle detail … Read More
Emboss Resist Rainbows
Today I’ve got some colorful card projects to share featuring a fun new stamp set from Gina K. Designs called Be the Rainbow, designed by Emily Loggans, (who has the most wonderful Instagram account!) It’s been a while since I’ve painted with Distress Ink, and this cute little rainbow, along with its sweet encouragements seemed like a good stamp set … Read More
Hey Bestie Blog Hop (Simon Says Stamp!)
It’s blog hop day for the brand new Hey Bestie release from Simon Says Stamp! Today I have fun floral-y stencil card project featuring a word and shadow die and a cool, pre-printed sentiment strip! I used the Peony Bouquet Stencil and a few dye inks to create this simple background, and then topped it with my Miss You word/shadow … Read More
Rainbow Stamping (plus it’s new release day at Simon Says Stamp!)
Today I’ve got a card project to remind my long distance bestie(s) that really… it’s not that far and all we need to do is to connect the hearts, so to speak! It’s all part of the brand new Hey Bestie release from Simon Says Stamp! I’ve got a slew of new adds to my CZ Design collection, beginning with … Read More
Paper Fashion Watercolors—swatching and creating a card project
Hello and happy new year! A new decade is here and I have a fun, colorful watercolor card project that I want to share with you as we kick off 2020. I recently acquired some new watercolors, brushes and paper from American Crafts, part of their Paper Fashion line. I was excited to try out their Basic Watercolors set because … Read More
Watercolor Ampersand Encouragement Card
Today’s card project is for any font junkies who love BIG type and especially ampersands. Ampersand Words is a new stamp set I created for Simon Says Stamp designed to cover multiple card sending occasions, but all revolving around a big assed ampersand. For a bit of added texture, I dry embossed a heart stencil onto the card panel. Love … Read More
Rainbow Wreath Anniversary Card + fun stamps for your envelopes!
There is a brand new release out from Simon Says Stamp today called Love You More, and I’m excited to share the products I’ve designed for this release! But before I get to that, I have to share the cards for today’s video on my YouTube channel, because I’m feeling two things: 1) I’m channeling a bit of one of … Read More
Art Supplies Die Set (A Simon Says Stamp Diecember Exclusive!)
Welcome to Day One of the Simon Says Stamp Diecember Blog Hop! It’s a magical time of year in general, friends, but Diecember makes it just a bit more crafty with all the wonderful exclusive dies from Simon Says Stamp! I had so much fun creating this tiny little paint palette and brush. I’m thinking of a few crafty friends … Read More
Proud of You Word/Shadow Die Card (a DieCember® Exclusive from Simon Says Stamp)
Welcome to DieCember® my wafer thin die loving friends! It’s that merry month of the year when Simon Says Stamp releases all manner of wonderful dies and today I’m sharing one of the newest ones in my CZ Design collection: the Proud of You Word & Shadow set. This die set is part of my series featuring a wonderful slab … Read More
A trio of modern, monochromatic trees
Today I’m sharing another clean and relatively simple Christmas card design featuring my favorite thing ever: monochromatic color schemes. When you pick a single hue to work with, in this case green, it takes the guesswork out of will these colors blend? For this project, I used my Clean Line Christmas stamps and the coordinating dies but you could also … Read More