Hey, Stampers!  It's time for another blog hop...so welcome and thank you for joining us!   If you are new to my blog, Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators who share our love of card making with you through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, then you'll have just popped over from  Angie McKenzie's Nature's INKspiration blog.  I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it just as much as I will. If you are starting the hop with me, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy what I and the other hoppers have prepared for you today! This month, our hop focuses on the masking technique. What is masking you may ask, well...masking is  a way of protecting an area from ink when stamping or blending . In its simplest form, masking with low-tack tape can create a straight line or a frame. Masking an image before stamping another image gives the appearance of one ima...

  Hello, Stampers!  The ROTD team is back again this month to share with you what we created with the elements from the Roll of the Die. Who's creating with me?  Michelle Hollings and Kathy Jones Ervin...that's who.  Check out the video to see what they've created.   It was totally appropriate that one of the elements was water coloring...did you know that July is World Watercoloring month? World Watercolor Month, observed annually in July, celebrates art and creativity through the use of watercolors. Watercolor (watercolour, aquarelle) is a beautiful medium that has captivated people around the globe for centuries. Today, artists produce amazing paintings each day. In addition, sketchers continue to popularize water coloring as a wonderful way to add life and color to drawings of the world around them. This monthly observance encourages people to paint with watercolor. It’s also a good time to raise awareness about the importance of art and creativity ever...

  Hi, Stamping Friends, and Hello June!  Welcome and thank you for joining me for another Stamping with Friends Blog Hop!  If you are new to my blog,  Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators who share our love of card making with you through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, then you'll have just popped over from Candi Suriano of Stamp with Candi's   blog.   I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it just as much as I will.  If you are starting the hop with me, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy what I and the other hoppers have prepared for you today!  I just got back from a visit with my family in St. Thomas, USVI for nine glorious days but I'm totally going through withdrawals because I forgot my project kits right on the kitchen counter...go figure! But this was a good thing! It meant I got to be present and in the moments with family...amaz...