• Cards
  • Sketched Flower Birthday Card

    A few weeks ago, I shared this card on the Silhouette blog where I used alcohol-based markers (Spectrum Noir in that case) to color designs created with the Silhouette sketch pens.  At the time, I had sketched and cut out a ton of designs because I wanted to try a variety of styles.  Today’s share […]

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  • Magnetic Wall Chess or Checkers

    The project I have for you today is not quick, but I do think it’s a fun way to incorporate some cute, functional decor into your living space and it comes together very easily using Silhouette Stencil Vinyl and some of the specialty media.  As you may remember from this post, I have been working on filling up […]

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  • Snow Princess Birthday Card

    Did you know that your sketch pens are compatible with alcohol-based markers?  With any of the major brands of alcohol markers that I tested, the regular sketch pen ink does not bleed when colored over and does not leave a residue on the nibs (I would be cautious when using the glitter or metallic sketch pens, however, […]

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  • Watercolor Inchies Card

    I wanted to try Shari’s technique today from Day 1 of OnlineCardClasses.com’s “Stretch Your Stamps 2” class…and I did.  I don’t love how this turned out, but I think the colors are pretty and at least I have several more watercolor backgrounds I created alongside it to play with at a later date when I […]

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  • Do What You Love Canvas

    This week’s free shape is a perfect one for some quick DIY art.  Here I took a store-bought primed canvas and turned it into a bright and cheery home decor piece with a little acrylic paint, vinyl, and my CAMEO. Start by selecting your background color palette.  I wanted my colors to look like a sunset I’d recently […]