It’s almost spring!

It’s Tutorial Thursday! Here in the Studio it’s all about Spring!

Today’s feature is the Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper! It is gorgeous, colored or not. I am featuring two cards today. Please leave in the comments which one you like best.

For the card on the left you will need…

  • Thick Whisper White Card Stock cut to 4 1/4″ X 11″. It is scored on the 11″ side at 5 1/2″.
  • Rococo Rose Card Stock cut at 5 1/4″ X 4″. Attach to the card base with Snail Adhesive. Tip: Cut out the oval before attaching.
  • Cut the Foils paper at 5″ X 3 3/4″. Use a Sponge Brayer to color the background. Attach with Snail Adhesive.
  • Cut out oval with Stitched Shapes Framelits and then emboss with Subtles Embossing Folder. Attach with Dimensionals.
  • Cut out with Snips the flower from the foil paper. Color with Sponge Dauber with Pear Pizzazz, Rococo Rose, and Crushed Curry. Attach with Dimensionals.
  • Happy Easter is stamped inside with the Welcome Easter Stamp Set.

For the card on the right you will need…

  • Thick Whisper White Card Stock cut to 4 1/4″ X 11″. It is scored on the 11″ side at 5 1/2″.
  • Rococo Rose Card Stock cut at 5 1/4″ X 4″. Attach to the card base with Snail Adhesive.
  • Cut the Peacock Foils paper at 5″ X 3 3/4″. Run through Heirloom Frames Embossing Folder. Attach with Snail Adhesive.
  • Cut out with Snips the flower from the foil paper. Color with Sponge Dauber with Pear Pizzazz, Rococo Rose, and Crushed Curry. Attach with Dimensionals.
  • Happy Easter is stamped inside with the Welcome Easter Stamp Set.

For the full video on how to create these cards please go to https://youtu.be/ViW4ajQ1EZA.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

When a flower center becomes a tail of a whale.

It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended!

Have you been getting in the habit of looking at your products backwards, sideways, and upside down?

So the other day I was creating (go figure) and a remnant from a leaf came out. To me it looked much like a whale’s tail.

So don’t just look at what your products are but sometimes also look at the remnants after using them.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Using a border punch for an accent.

It’s Technique Tuesday! Today I am using a border punch to create an accent.

So grab your Braided Border Punch to make a border, a cross. or a climbing vine for flowers. Today we are using the punch to create a cross.

Insert the card stock in to the punch. You will want to go in the middle to not have any edges.

After punching once then line up the card stock with the foil pattern.

Here’s a close up of how to line it up.

Continue lining up and punching until you have the desired creation.

I attached the pieces with the Snail Adhesive to Highland Heather card stock for a mat. After I used the Embossing Buddy to pull the stickiness out of the accent.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Cheryl’s Class and Card Class!

It’s Management Monday! Here’s what’s happening this week.

Cheryl’s Class is this Saturday from 10-1 in 29 Palms! To reserve your seat please contact me before Wednesday night. We will be creating three cards with themes from Easter, St Paddy’s Day, and Spring! You will also get your bonus pack and punch card.

Save the date for Card Class on Tuesday, March 10 in 29 Palms or Thursday, March 12 in Yucca Valley or Saturday, March 14 in 29 Palms.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Rest is sweet after a road trip.

It’s Sabbath Sunday! Today is the day to rest and recharge.

So yesterday I was on the road most of the day travelling back and forth to San Diego for a friend of my husband who was retiring. Yes, I had fun. I can usually figure out how to make it an adventure. The best part was the taco truck and being around fellow military again. Some of this life I miss but most of it I don’t.

So the plan for today is to not move. No cars. Instead I will be shortly baking a few potatoes and making my “famous” twice baked potatoes along with the rest of our late lunch. Maybe catch up on some laundry and mop a floor.

What plans do you have to set yourself up for the week?

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Happy Leap Year Day!

It’s Sale Saturday! And it’s Leap Year Day!

Have you seen the Leap Year Promotion yet? If not please let me know and I will forward you the email. This is while supplies last. Some are gone but not all.

If you would like to order online for the Leap Year Promotion please use host code 7V7DAVP6 to qualify. Once I see the order I will ask you what you want for your bonus. To ensure that the bonus is still available you might want to message me first. If you prefer to order in person simply contact me.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

P.S. Remember that the second release for Sale-A-Bration goes live on Tuesday. If you need your copy of your brochure please let me know.

Living Water Chapel

It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward.

Today I want to announce to you who will be the recipient of the remnants from the Rummage Sale on March 20 and 21. The youth group called “Refuge” comprised of junior and senior high school students from Living Water Chapel will get what is not purchased or picked up in March. They are an active group and have recently begun crafting as one of their creative outlets.

So we are helping them to keep costs low and still have creative impact.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

St Paddy’s Day Card

It’s Tutorial Thursday! You are in luck…I am creating a St Paddy’s Day card with full instructions and video today. (Did you get the pun? Pretty funny, huh?) So here is the card with instructions and video to follow.

  • Cut Thick Whisper White Card Stock with the Paper Trimmer to 4 1/4″ X 11″. On the 11″ side score at 5 1/2″. This is your card base.
  • Cut Country Club Designer Series Paper to 5 1/4″ X 4″. This is your mat. Adhere to your card base with Snail Adhesive.
  • Cut Call Me Clover Card Stock to 5″ X 3 3/4″. This is your inner mat. Adhere to your mat with Snail Adhesive.
  • Punch out four scalloped hearts from the Heart Punch Pack. You will use the Country Club Designer Series Paper again. Adhere with Snail Adhesive.
  • Die cut four medium hearts and four small hearts from the Be Mine Stitched Dies. You will use the Country Club Designer Series Paper and the Call Me Clover Card Stock. Adhere all with Snail Adhesive. If you want to pop up the smallest heart make sure to have Mini Dimensionals available or cut regular Dimensionals in half.
  • Stamp sentiment from the I Say Hello Stamp Set in Night of Navy Ink on the Call Me Clover Card Stock. Punch out with any label punch or die. The Story Label Punch was used here. Attach to the inner mat with two layers of Dimensionals (4 total). (You need the height.) Tip: Place the Dimensionals on the card instead of the label to work around the hearts.

To view the video please go to https://youtu.be/IdYhS2h3w3k.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

See the corners.

It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended!

When you are stamping and the only clear block left is just a little too small for that last stamp…don’t do it. Don’t use a block that is too small. You won’t be able to see the edges of your stamp so placement may be a bit goofy. Instead find a block that is a bit bigger so you can clearly see the edges of your stamp. If this won’t work then go diagonal. The most important thing is to see those edges.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Cut out for an accent.

It’s Technique Tuesday! Is your card or project lacking that oomph you are looking for? Maybe the answer isn’t to add more…more bling, ribbon, words, stamps…maybe the answer is to add less.

Use your punches or dies to create notches or accents for your projects. By doing this you are forcing the eye to gravitate towards that missing piece. That makes someone look at that accent piece that would have normally been lost on the creation.

This is one of the very few times that I will tell you that being negative (or taking something away) will help you to be positive (get the result you want).

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂