21st Century Pillow Book

Hello! This is an exciting post for me because I am part of a 2 week "Earth Day" blog hop between Stampendous and Arnold Grummer . If you have visited my blog before, you know how much I already love Stampendous. But Arnold Grummer was new to me. They make paper making supplies. This is something I have never done before. And truthfully, I was never interested in doing. I thought it was so much work to make one sheet of paper, it would take all day, etc. But, when I was asked if I wanted to be a part of this hop, I thought about it and decided that I love trying new crafts, so I should give it a shot. And guess what? I had a blast! My daughter (who is 10) and I decided to tackle this project together, and we came up with 4 beautiful sheets of paper in just over an hour.  I think that once we play with the process a little more, and organize the flow of our work space, we could probably make the sheets a little faster, but I was really happy with what we accomplished in a ...

Greetings! Today I am sharing a card that features the new " Mardi Gras Parade " Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground , along with 2 of the " Sweet Treats " stamps from Stampendous.  I stamped the ice cream cone and doughnut  repeatedly all over my background with VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturne . Then I used Koi Watercolors to paint them. I mixed a few of the colors myself, like the pistachio ice cream and the frosting on the doughnut. That's always something I love to do, no matter the medium. I used some " Crushed Grapes " Nuvo Drops on the pistachio ice cream to add a bit of shine and dimension beyond the sequins I was going to add.  The "Mardi Gras Parade" Sparkle Blend is filled with shades of purple, green, and gold. It even has glitter sequins and day-glow sequins! As perfect as it is for Mardi Gras, don't pigeon hole it for just that purpose. It will work for many occasions. You can see some of the beautiful colors i...

Greetings! Today I am sharing one of the newest Sparkle Blends from Doodles Paper Playground with you, and it has quickly become a favorite of mine. It's called " Cozy ", and it has such a fantastic color combination! I'll give you a close up below, but first....let's take a look at my card.  If you follow me on social media at all, you'll know that one of my favorite stamp companies is Ink Road Stamps.  Ink Road has fabulous, snarky, trendy, and amazing stamps, all wrapped up into one fantastic company. One of my most used stamp sets from them is called Mug Life . I thought that the travel cup was perfect for a shaker, so I decided to stamp it 3 times.  I cut out the wrapper area with an X-Acto knife, and painted the cups with my Koi Watercolors. The stamps were all inked with VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturne. Now, check out those fabulous colors n the Cozy Sparkle Blend! It's like a muted rainbow, and it's really quite refreshing. I am over the...