Top of the morning to you! This morning (last night really), I was having a conversation with my friend  +Anna Varela  (I think) telling her that I'm in my "collecting" phase with my stamps and that I don't really use them...really bad habit (you should see my closet--clothes with tags still on them AND they don't fit).  So I decided that that was going to change.  How is that going to change you might ask?  Well...I decided that at least once a week, I will use a different stamp set and design at least three different cards.  This week, it's Stampin' Up!'s Paisleys and Posies  (Item# 142196).   It's an 18 piece stamp set that IMHO allows your creativity to flow.  In this card, I used Stampin' Up!'s inks from our  2016 - 2018 In Color collection:  Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy and Peakaboo Peach. Card base in Night of Navy cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"' layered with a piece of Whisper White at 4" ...

Shaving cream and card making you say? Finished card project Why, yes I say!  I love trying new things...especially new techniques and mediums.  Being new to paper crafting, there are soooo many things I still have yet to learn about this crafty outlet of mine.  In one of my Facebook groups (yes, I'm in many Facebook groups--card making, jewelry, Pampered Chef, Thirty-One...you name it), the shaving cream technique was posed as a challenge.  At first, I looked at it and was like...doesn't really float my boat, plus I don't have any shaving cream in my house (who says that, right)...who doesn't have shaving cream at home you ask...well, that would be me.  Anyway, I rose up and accepted the challenge.  Materials: - Shaving cream (must be the foam type--NOT gel) - Reinkers (I used Stamin' Up! Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango ) - Whisper White card stock I used two different techniques:  "smooshing" (...

Just for You! Every so often even us creative types need some inspiration.  In one of my Facebook groups, led by  +Connie Stewart   , we are in a quest to find and maintain the flow of our creative juices.  Challenge # 7 was to visit the Stampin' Up!'s Stampin' University and try a new technique.  I had been wanting to try the Watercolor technique using acrylic blocks so I took advantage of that opportunity. This technique is so easy it'll make you wonder why you haven't done it before. Stamp sets: -World of Dreams (retired) -Thoughtful Branches Paper:   Very Vanilla  (#101650) Stampin' Write markers:  Lost Lagoon, Tangelo Twist, and Gumball Green   Want to make cards and live in the Austin, Texas area?  Leave me a comment or join my meetup group .  Visit me on  Facebook , especially on Tuesday's as I typically have Try It Tuesday's.  This is where I find a technique, or card fold or something awesom...