After almost four and a half years and 225 different stamp sets, today is a sad day as we say goodbye to the What Will You Stamp? Challenge. I've been a member of the WWYS Design Team since September 2016 and have loved every minute of it. Using stamp sets that weren't necessarily my style has really pushed me creatively, and I will be forever grateful for the friendships I have made. So for the final What Will You Stamp challenge we chose WWYS225 - Good Morning Magnolia. NEW WATERCOLOR ... VIEW POST
Magnolia Memory
Today's project is another one where I changed focus part way through. I'd planned to bring you a proper sneak peek of the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper (DSP), but in the end it was the Magnolia Memory Dies that stole the show. THE HEXAGONAL BOX Some time ago I was given this little hexagonal wooden box. Each side is a 2-1/8" and the box is 2-1/4" high. I began my project with a 2-3/4" strip of one of the pretty magnolia designs from the Magnolia Lane DSP. Instead of ... VIEW POST
Magnolia Discovery
The new Magnolia Lane Suite that will be available to customers from June 4th (next Tuesday) is simply lovely. There's a very large Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set and coordinating Magnolia Memory Dies. There's also an embossing folder and 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (DSP). It was while deciding which of the DSP patterns to use that I made a discovery. One of the dies matches one of the sheets of paper! Well the idea of a patterned background went out of the window and I ended up ... VIEW POST
For Someone Special
After yesterday's masculine gift tag sneak peek, today's project is more feminine. There's so many good things in the new 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue that I ended up using product from two different suites for this card. Don't you just love it when products play nicely together. SLOW WATERCOLOURING STAGE 1 I began by stamping the large and small magnolia images from the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set onto some Watercolor Paper using StazOn Jet Black ink. While that was drying I ... VIEW POST
