As you can see, I can't get enough of that masking technique.  I tried using Distress inks this time, but had a harder time.  Not sure i...

Back in April, the Paper Crafter's Library blog featured the new Distress Stains by Ranger.  After just coming off of my Tim Holtz Onlin...

 When I signed up for the Hero Arts Tech"neat" class, I was so excited and was really looking forward to it.  After the first clas...

So you are probably wondering if I took any classes while at CHA?  Well, I managed to get into 2 Hero Arts classes and dragged my sister alo...

Every now and then I like to treat my students to a bonus project. Its fun to give them something extra when they least expect it. I had b...

In between Sister Stamps stuff, I've been working on ideas for my Christmas Card class series. Here's one that I think will be save...

I didn't realize it until Debi told me the other day... "You like wreaths yah?". I guess I do. I didn't think I did, but ...

Well, not really... but I must say that summer is almost over in Hilo- there's been a lot of rain and not that much sunshine considering...

Hope you are having a nice weekend so far. Celebrated my last furlough Friday (for now anyway) by teaching a class on stamp layering. I go...

Guess I forgot to post this one... Made this a few weeks ago while getting ready for one of my classes. I really like using words as an ac...

Since I had my embossing gun out, decided to get a few more embossed cards done for the fair. I wasn't sure if I could stamp and embos...

Finally sat my butt down to make some cards for this weekend's craft fairs. Decided to do simple cards so I don't stress myself ou...

While making cards for the craft fair, I decided to make either Birthday or Thank you cards. That way, if they don't sell, I'll ha...

A few months back, I saw this post on Donna's blog. Since then, I've been totally inspired by her work and have bought many of th...

Have you been inspired by other crafters? I'm sure we all have... I'm inspired all the time by fellow bloggers too. Awhile ago, ...

Woah! Didn't realize I scheduled so many classes this month! I have a break this weekend but then I teach one or two classes each wee...

Finally getting around to practicing more of the stamp layering technique. I used the distress/watercolor technique by putting some distres...

I wanted to get in the girl's day mood, so I searched for some of my japanese girl stamps. Forgot about this Hero Arts clear set and d...

Yes, I'm a copy cat. I couldn't help myself. I saw a card made by Robin ("cardrageous") on the Hero Arts blog, which to...

I couldn't wait for this new Hero Arts cling stamp to come in. Ever since I saw Donna Mikasa use it, I knew I had to have it (thanks f...