French Foliage Shimmering Poinsettias

This morning, I learned that it was Poinsettia Day!  Didn't know there was such a thing, but… Happy Poinsettia Day, Everyone! To celebrate, I decided it was high time that I CASEd a beautiful card that I saw on Gretchen' Barron's Inspiration In Action blog: Amazing Poinsettia. You can see her card shown as a …

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Just Believe Shimmer Resist

I'm still on a Convention high and have already been booking workshops, featuring the Holiday Mini items, like crazy!  I can tell that YOU are just as excited about the new stuff as I am—woohoo!  If you are thinking you may want to schedule, let's get you on the calendar soon—my dates are filling up …

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Fifth Avenue White Washed Flowers

I experimented with another beautiful background technique this week.  I'm not sure if it has an official name, but I'm calling it white washing.      I think it turned out beautifully, don't you?!  The flowers are washed (painted) with White Craft Ink and Aqua Painters, to give them a lighter, semi-opaque look.  Although the …

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The real wedding card—and what a wedding it was!

I can tell you that I've never been to a more spectacular wedding!  So unique and so many surprises!  I just have to share a few of the details with you. But first, I wanted to show of the REAL wedding card I ended up giving Scott and Devin.  I needed a bit more color …

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