Senior Years – Humorous Sentiments

Here is another card we’ll be creating at my card classes this month.  Sign up here. When I color an image, I usually reach for my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers.  I love that they blend easily and I can create highlights using light and dark shades of the same color along with the Color Lifter.  Other options for coloring this image are the Watercolor Pencils and the Aquapainter or Blender Pen with ink from the…

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Waterfront Stamp Set – Masculine Card Idea

Who needs a card for a man or teenage guy?  This card will be perfect for either. Vary the sentiment for an occasion besides birthday. I chose to stamp the trees and mountains in Seaside Spray so it is monochromatic,  but you could stamp the trees in shades of green to give it a slightly different look. Stamp Set – Waterfront, Well Said Ink – Seaside Spray, Night of Navy Cardstock – Seaside Spray, Night…

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Celebrate Sunflowers!

I used the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set to create another sunflower card which you can see below. A few years ago, my husband and I went to see a field of sunflowers.  It was SO cool. Acres of sunflowers….. It was cloudy, but after our photo op – the sun broke through.  Sometimes, that’s the way it goes.  But it was a great day and not too hot. Here’s a close up photo of sunflowers…

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