Craft Your Life: Fragrant Florals Blog Hop and Giveaway

This is really a beautiful set of stamp, embossing folder and coloring stencil! see more about the blog hop and fun prizes below. Here’s the official link: https://wp.me/p6Dps1-fMy Here’s my sample card. This stamp is so beautiful it makes any card look good. I used Altenew’s Artist Markers to color the image. I used these

Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 5 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes!)

Here’s the Altenew blog link: https://wp.me/p6Dps1-fK3 I wish everyone at Altenew a very happy anniversary! 8 years is quite an accomplishment. To celebrate , the guest designers are having a fun blog hop! Before I share my card, this is what my hand looks like. I had surgery last week because of a staph infection

Belladonna Lily

This is no joke, you’re going to love this blog hop! Brighten a loved one’s day with stunning Belladonna Lilies. These gorgeous summer bloomers produce multiple fragrant flowers on each impressive stalk. In this stamp set, we have brought this exotic plant to paper through a delicately drawn outline image. The flowers have four coloring

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway 2022

I am very grateful for all of those people who have Mothered and Fathered me in any way.  Sometimes all it takes is a smile and a hug. Welcome to the hop!  Here are the links you will want to visit:  Altenew Card Blog https://wp.me/p6Dps1-fHr  Celebrating Parents Card Drive blog post: https://blog.altenew.com/2022-celebrating-parents-card-drive/  We have chosen

Welcome to the Altenew “New Favorite” Blog Hop! Here’s my favorite… What’s yours?

You should have arrived here from Nenette’s blog. The next blog post is Susan’s. The links are below.Nenette S. MaderoSusan Stagno Here’s my new favorite: the Mega Rose stencil! I also used the Feathered Leaves stencil. First I added color by using a large blending brush and ink. I held the stencil in place with

Coloring White Flowers

This is my first attempt at coloring white flowers. I used Altenew’s Build-a-Flower: Larkspur set. Here’s the card. To color it I used alcohol markers, dye ink, and Prismacolor pencils. I’ll post more about the technique after I have more practice at it. Stay safe and thanks for visiting!

Altenew AECP Level 1 Final Challenge

For this final challenge of Level 1, I was asked to make His and Her card sets. Before I began making cards, I needed to make a few design decisions. I needed to choose 3 techniques that I learned from the 10 classes on which to focus my card designs; I needed to decide which

Altenew Cardmaking Virtual Workshop

Here are the 2 cards I made today during the workshop with Lydia. It was so much fun! We used the Anemone Coronaria stamp set.

Hand-Drawn Blooms Creativity Kit Virtual Class with Pam Boedecker

On December 3, 2020, I took a live class wih Pam from Altenew. So much fun! We used the Watercolor Blooms stamp set, the Hand Drawn Tile stencil, and the Framed Thanks die. Here are the cards I made during & after the class. Below is the slim line card that we made. Below is