I thought I was probably done with this series of Variations on a Theme when I finished the textile version. However, quite some time ago I purchased a piece of linoleum for carving a stamp for printing and also a set … Continue reading
Category Archives: Stamping
The Documented Life Project art challenge for week 13 was to make a custom element. Melinda, the grandkids, and I each rode in a different direction in pursuing this challenge which fit in well with the journal prompt quote: “Ride the … Continue reading
Last week Melinda and I opened up our creative play time to some other ladies who were longing to do something creative. We first read through our Declaration of Creativity to get in the right mindset for creating. Our activity … Continue reading
The challenge for week 20 in the Documented Life Project was to “Use a rubber stamp in a new way.” Since I have very few rubber stamps (about 6) I was not sure what I would do with this challenge. … Continue reading
I have been needing A LOT of Thank You cards lately, and the other day I needed some made up quickly. I wanted nice looking cards without spending a lot of time making them. I decided on a design and … Continue reading
I recently needed a lot of thank you cards for several people, male and female. I realized in my stash of cards that I had made with my family that they were mostly flowery and girly looking. I think they … Continue reading
I’ve been inspired to make cards lately. Since Easter is coming up soon, I decided to get a head start with Easter cards. I had some Easter scrapbook papers but started first with some eggs that I cut out of … Continue reading
This week doodling was given a little press in the news. You can watch the CBS News report here. Though the dictionary may define doodling as “drawing made absentmindedly” according to the news report, Sunni Brown, the author of The Doodle … Continue reading
Before Thanksgiving, mom transformed a few of the blocks she has for my kids to play with and turned them into Thanksgiving decorations. We planned to use them again as Christmas decorations, and I decided to be the one to … Continue reading
I have a bunch of three inch square blocks for my grandkids’ imaginative play. They were actually decorating blocks with letters printed on one side to spell “S-P-R-I-N-G.” I bought a lot of sets of SPRING blocks on clearance a … Continue reading