Tuesdays with Traci– week #36

Stash Buster's IG Hop Welcome to the Stashbusters 2024 Paper Crafting Hop! Stashbusters 2024 Hop is hosted by Armen @armenscraftroom, Hilary @hilarygreek, and Ave @avedamontedesigns. Every other Tuesday, the Stashbusters post 3-6 creative, paper-based projects to share. Our goal is to use the items and supplies we already own to create between 81 – 162 …

Bird of the Mountain

Altenew's April Inspiration Challenge, 2nd submission! Yes, I'm back again with another submission to this month's Inspiration Challenge over at Altenew! Bridget Casey was the person who had the honor of choosing the colors to inspire us--from a photo. These are the colors she chose from her son Ryan's photo of the beach: Burnt Red, …

Altenew’s Inspiration Challenge–April, 2024

Hi! I am playing along with Altenew's Inspiration Challenge this month! Boy, was this photo inspiring! I LOVE the beach---the ocean is so magnificent ---So big! It makes all of life's challenges seem small. I LOVE that! I digress. I used the photo as inspiration for my background and with the colors! I embossed the …

Check This Out—BOLD Color!

AECP Level 2: Beyond Basic Backgrounds I am so excited to share my card that I made for the Altenew Educator's Certification Program! I have started Level 2 (Finally!) I started with the Beyond Basic Backgrounds taught by the one and only Lydia Evans! It was an awesome class with lots of great ideas! Check …

Wacky & Obscure Holidays IG Hop

Hello everyone! Welcome to the #wackyholidayscardhop for March, hosted by @missmissamakes! If you want to join us, please message her for the details. We want to give some love to the other and often overlooked holidays throughout the year. I decided to highlight Learn About Butterflies Day! You may not know that my husband and …

Stash Busters Hop

Tuesdays with Traci--Week #28 Easel card with gouache 2024 Hop is hosted by Armen @armenscraftroom, Ave @avedamontedesigns, Barbara @bkeeleycrafts, Hilary @hilarygreek, Kelly @kellysantidesignes, and by Kim @touchofmagik. Every other Tuesday, the Stashbusters post 3-6 creative, paper-based projects to share. Our goal is to use the items and supplies we already own to create between 81 …

Cards for Letters I and J Challenge Cards!

Tuesdays with Traci--Week #22 What a busy week it has been in the card making world for me! As you may know, I am finished with the classes of Level 1 of Altenew's Educator Certification Project. Finishing the three levels of classes and becoming an Altenew Educator is a big deal to me! I am very excited about …

THE Project is done!

AECP Level 1 Final Project My Level 1 Cards Hi Everyone! I am very excited to tell you that I have completed all of the Level 1 classes in Altenew's Educator' Certification Program! In fact, tonight I am ready to share my Final Level 1 Challenge! Woohoo! This was the next step before starting the amazing Level 2 …

❤️Billowing Peonies

Tuesdays with Traci-- Week #20 Last year I won the Grand Prize over on Bridget Casey's website, Bridget Casey Designs. I won this amazing stamp set---this is only a third of it! I received the entire set. It is magnificent! It is by Altenew and it is monstrous and gorgeous and any other good "ouses" I believe I water …

Altenew’s Inspiration Challenge–January, 2024

Tuesdays with Traci--Week #18 I had so much fun playing with the Ambridge Rose set a few week's ago that I pulled this Altenew stamp set out again! I used the Cool Summer Nights and Green Fields Artist Alcohol Marker sets to color up all three of these just divine, full flowers! I actually fussy cut …