June 12, 2024 My supply of masculine cards is dwindling. Maybe you need some guy cards too? This month we’ll temporarily leave the flower stamps behind and pull out some summertime themed stamps and dies that lend themselves to cards for the boys in our lives. Card #1 Supplies: Caribbean Life Stencils Caribbean Dreams Die…
April 2024 Each month Altenew has an Inspiration Challenge which can be found at www.blog.altenew.com. This month’s guest designer, Bridget Casey, provided a gorgeous sunset photo consisting of beautiful shades of blue, red-orange and gold-orange. I’ve never used this combination before and look forward to the challenge. The Sunset Horizon stencil set’s unusual design intrigues…
Bridget Casey’s Free Saturday Workshop on Wednesday! Tune up your singing voice to sing Happy Birthday. Bring candles, confetti, cake and ice cream. We will have a fun, unpredictable afternoon celebrating Bridget’s birthday and her son’s wedding. Gift Wrap is the inspiration for our color choices. You choose a favorite wrapping paper or gift bag….
April 13, 2024 I had been asking and wishing for Altenew to come out with a Window Die. And they did! In class I will be using Through the Window Die, Cloud Stencil, White Cloud Pigment Ink and Acetate. What’s in Your Stash? Dig deep into your stash and find products for your unique window…
Coloring with Alcohol Markers The inspiration for this workshop is from Erum Tasneem. However, she used water colors and we will be creating our rainbow with alcohol inks. Supplies: Sweet Lillies Build-a-Garden Stamp the large 7 1/2 x 4 1/2″ image with Altenew Permanent Black Ink or any ink that is alcohol-ink friendly. Heat set…
March, 2024 I like to use Altenew’s monthly Inspiration Challenge as a fun way to bring both older and newer Altenew products together. This month’s challenge presented by Emily Midget is all about shades of pink. To see the details of this and former challenges go to blog.altenew.com . My monthly Craft Your Life Kit…
I entered this card in the February, 2024 Altenew Inspiration Challenge at blog.altenew.com. There were so many nice comments about it that I decided to use it for this workshop. You may sign up by emailing me at grammy2bo@gmail.com. Put April 10 in the subject line. Please type out your email address. I will ask…
Techniques with Layering Stencils Photos to be added In this class you will be learning even more ways to use layering stencils on your projects. A variety of supplies will be used including watercolor, ink blending, heat and dry embossing, background dies, splatter and sparkle. Altenew’s Dreamy Daylilies die, stencils and embossing folder will be…
Februarty 21, 2024 Bokeh Bubbles Goldfish Pond is one of my all-time favorite Altenew Stamp Sets. This Animal Instagram Hop was the perfect opportunity to create with it once again. I never tire of finding new backgrounds for this graceful fish. This hop also gave me an opportunity to experiment with my new Artist’ Watercolor…
March 9, 2024 Call Bluemoon Scrapbooking (877) 525-0888 to sign up. Cost is $25 Coloring with embossing folder, stencils and blending brushes will give you gorgeous, realistic flowers the easy way. We will be making 3 different cards demonstrating the versatility of this stencil set. The class includes stencil and background techniques you will use…