Masculine birthday cards used to give me a hard time, but now I go for a clean and simple card and use them to practice techniques! For this card I did a super easy technique that I always forget about — and that’s splattering a watercolor wash with clean water. I love the look this […]
Hey There, Dumpling! (+ ink chart!)
Hey there dumpling — I’m SOY into you! wink! This new Catherine Pooler stamp set totally cracks me! I’m also into how the new do-si-do and pucker up inks go with the rest of my collection! Here’s a lil color chart I made so you can see how they compare: And one more thing I’m […]
Be Mine, Valentine! (+ a Giveaway!)
Valentine’s Day will be here before ya know it! Do you have plans yet? We’re staying in — because you know, pandemic and all — but I’m thinking of getting takeout from our favorite Thai place! YUM. So I whipped up a card with the new Hey There Dumpling set from Catherine Pooler and I […]
Made My Day!
What makes your day? For me lately it’s been long hikes in the sunshine, baking these chocolate zucchini muffins and new Catherine Pooler inks! There’s something about new inks that just spark me, and these new additions to the Catherine Pooler party collection are just so good! Here I stamped them using the heart from […]
Happy Festivus!
Happy Festivus, one and all! Wait, what? You haven’t heard of Festivus!?! Well then, check out these Seinfeld clips! Joan Bardee asked me if I’d like to join a Festivus instagram blog hop and I immediately said YES! I posted my “airing of grievances” over on there (@sideoats), and I’d love it if you joined […]
12 Tags of Christmas Day 12!
Yay we made it! Are you feelin’ the merry? I sure am! Julie chose the “12 Days of Christmas” as her carol for today and believe it or not I had no stamps to go with ANY of the days…so here’s my “partridge in a pear tree”! lol! You may recognize this lil guy as […]