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Hello Hugs!

Posted by Cathy on Jan 8, 2010 in Card kits, Copic Marker tips, Stampavie, tool tips | 3 comments

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2010 – can you believe it? I know I have not posted in a while – things have been so busy – with you too I’ll bet. One thing I want to mention up front – I had a total hard drive failure on my main computer over the holidays and I’ve spent the last 4 days trying to restore everything from back up (yikes! what a mess!). If you contacted me by e-mail and I have not responded,...

Copic colored lighthouse

Posted by Cathy on Jun 23, 2009 in Impression Obsession, Quick Tips and Techniqies | 4 comments

Here is the Father’s Day card I made for DH. Making cards for guys is challenging for me – I sometimes have a hard time choosing an image. For this Father’s Day, I chose this lighthouse from the Impression Obsession Lighthouse Cling Set. Life here has been so hectic – I thought this might look peaceful. I stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored it with Copics. Here are the colors I used. (oops… E-31 is upside down!) I wanted to...

Free Shipping – Yay for Summer!

Posted by Cathy on Jun 1, 2009 in Eat Cake Graphics | 0 comments

Paper Garden Projects is celebrating the start of summer with free US shipping on orders over $35! The lazy days of summer are perfect for crafting with the kids or working on all those project ideas you’ve been collecting all year. We’re keeping it simple, no need for a code – just go ahead and shop. Can you believe its June 1? We’ve been to the pool several times (although I will NOT get in that freezing water – it needs to warm up for me – the kids...

Are you a history buff?

Posted by Cathy on May 28, 2009 in Impression Obsession, Uncategorized | 4 comments

I love history. Not so much the “who defeated who in the battle of what” kind of history – I’m more interested in how people actually lived day-to-day. When you start to learn some of that stuff, it boggles the mind. You can’t help but have enormous respect for people living then (especially – in my humble opinion – the women). And to think I gripe about doing laundry!! So I was excited to find these Colonial Williamsburg historical stamps from...

Playing with Impressibilities – Post 2

Posted by Cathy on May 20, 2009 in tool tips, Tutorials | 1 comment

I tried a couple more techniques with my Impressibility dies. Both involve getting inky! First, I tried the “Letter Press Technique”. I first saw this on the Spellbinders blog, but since have seen it other places as well. Basically, you just coat your Impressibility die with ink before you do the embossing. The “debossed” (pressed in) part of the paper ends up coated with ink. I have had the best success with opaque pigment or chalk ink. I like to use...