sideoats & scribbles

Here are three quick thank you cards — I think it took less thank 10 minutes to make all three! And I love the look of the new textured square background! Supplies: Hero Arts textured square (E3819), message flowers (LL074) and tiny gemstones (CH112) — the gemstones have adhesive on the back so you don’t […]

My Dad sent me an awesome hat to wear under my cycling helmet and I made this card to thank him! I’ve never seen one of those hats in Austin before, but it’s been getting cold lately — was down in the 40’s last night — makes early morning rides kind of chilly! Brr!! Thanks […]

I got to go to Paper Place today — an awesome Austin stationary store! I usually only make it there once a year, so when I do get to go I stock up! They have cardstock by the pound, tons of cool blank books, photo albums, stationary, and more! Got some paper and some way […]

Here’s my next post in the series on watercolor crayons! Be sure to click on a photo to see it larger. In this post I thought I’d show a fun way to use watercolor crayons to make a background. This is a pretty simple technique — easier than the one from yesterday — I haven’t […]

I love using watercolor crayons so I thought I’d share what I’ve learned about them in the next few posts. For those who’ve never heard of a watercolor crayon, I’d describe them as very soft crayons that are activated like watercolors by water. You can draw on paper with them and then go over the […]