I’m busy editing photos of cards I stamped for tomorrow — they are to go with some made by Kryssi — aka sugarbuffet — who won a “Day on the Hero Blog” — wait until you see the super duper projects she came up with, wow! As my pictures loaded into iPhoto, I caught a […]
Spring cleaning…
I finally had a chance to do some spring cleaning here on the old blog-o. Really does feel like spring here now, yeah! The banner is from a picture of some buttercups (Ranunculus macranthus), one of the first wildflowers to bloom here in the spring. Love them, they are so bright, sunny + cheery! I […]
CI #42: A tale about a tail…
When Kristina Werner posted her color challenge this week, I thought “oh no, I don’t have any of those colors”. Here they are — not my normal color combo: I was bummed I wouldn’t get to play. But then as I was cleaning my super grande mega huge mess from doing the Hero Blog this […]
Yay for friends!
I’ve had a great time as the featured blogger on the Hero Blog this week — so fun! AND, I got caught up on making some cards for friends at the same time! This one is for Sally — her birthday was yesterday, but I didn’t find out in time to make her a card […]
A joke on a friend…
For today’s video on the Hero Arts blog, I wanted to show my colored pencil technique — I just use colored pencils — no gamsol or anything like that — gamsol is odorless mineral spirits, and I read bad things about it — seems like nasty stuff both for humans + the environment. I needed […]
It’s a chocolate chip cookie day…
Actually, what day wouldn’t be good for a chocolate chip cookie? Ha ha ha! I made this card based on a design + color scheme by the newest member of the Hero Arts team — Kelly Rasmussen! She is super duper talented. More here on the Hero Blog! Now I’m off to re-shoot a segment […]