Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques
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Learning to Color a Beach Scene
Hi everybody! I’m sharing another class I took from Barbara Sproatmeyer on Tuesday night. I think it so important to do something for yourself and to stretch yourself a little bit. In this case, I may have stretched too much? I don’t know, I am my worst critic, but I promise I cannot draw a…
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A Scenic View with Trevor and Bailey
Hi friends! I’m getting a little therapeutic coloring in today! I recently went to a retreat and learned a simple scene taught by Barbara Sproatmeyer and wanted to see if I could replicate it by memory without cheating to see the colors we used in class. I think I did okay. I will let you…
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Bon Voyage Gnomie!
Hello friends! I’m glad you stopped because it’s my favorite day of the week, DigiChoosday! Not only does a new challenge start, but there’s a new discount code for the Polkadoodles shop!! Yay! Who wouldn’t want this cute little gnomie floating around in their garden? I think he’s as darling as can be! I stamped…
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Your Existence Pleases Me
Hello friends! I recently went on crafty retreat where Barbara Sproatmeyer was a guest instructor, and she is amazing. You may know her from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, and also as an illustrator for Whimsy Stamps, and if you don’t check her out. Barbara has started a new endeavor teaching live coloring classes via Zoom,…
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I Miss Having You Around
Hi friends, I have a quick card to share with you, that I started on vacation, and then I quickly realized I didn’t have a die cutting machine. As many of you know, I despise fussy cutting, even the simplest of images, isn’t that sad? Anyhow my card features the My Monthly Hero Arts April…
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This One is For The Guys: AECP
Most of us, including me struggle from time to time to make masculine cards, but if you stop over thinking them they can be really fun to make. I think of my husband as a large child with more expensive toys, and that’s how I approach making cards for him most of the time. He…