It’s October! The best month of the year, in my opinion. The cooling temps and changing colors make me feel refreshed, revived, and creative!
It’s been a while since I had an opportunity to sit down and paint. I have friends with October birthdays, so I made time to make them hand-painted cards. It felt great to get the brushes and paints out, plus I enjoy showing my love with something handmade.
Once again I took advantage of the Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set. The more I use these paints, the more I love them! The colors are so rich and vibrant. I painted their names first, then built in leaves and foliage around the names.
It’s almost the end of the school year for me so I like to keep some motivational cards around to share with friends of mine that I know are struggling through the end of the semester and finals like I am!! This beautiful glitter paper and glitter cardstock were perfect to pair up for some motivational inspiration!!I…
Who doesn’t like a butterfly card with a sweet sentiment?I, too, was inspired by the challenge, and although I changed the purple for pink, I kept the turquoise and butterfly inspiration. I used an emboss technique for the sentiment of the card. First, I used a turquoise A6 folded border card with a pink border. I stamped…
5 Tips for Proper Envelope Addressing As a professional calligrapher, a large percent of my job consists of envelope addressing for formal events. With over fifteen years of experience, and sending out thousands of envelopes literally, there are several questions about addressing which come up time and time again. Below are a…
Hello! Niki here and today I have another birthday card idea for you. You can never have enough birthday cards tucked away, am I right? This one is for someone a little extra special since it takes a bit of time to color. 😉To start, cut an A2 sized piece of Classic Crest Solar White…
Before we welcome our new Design Team, we’d like to give a big thanks to our outgoing team! These gals have shared wonderful, creative projects with us over the last six months. Thanks to Eli, Lizzie and Carol for all of your creative contribution and for being a part of the team!Our incoming team is…
With the cooler weather here, a terrific way to say thank you is with a gift card for coffee. Lisa M. here today with a great way to say thanks with a gift card. I started with Flavours Gourmet Cardstock in Smoked Sea Salt (5″ x 7″ and 5″ x 7.5″, this piece was scored at 7″…