• A Pair of Prickley Pear Flower Cards

    Michelle here again! Today I’m sharing two flower cards.  ๏ปฟI have been enjoying making rosettes and decided to go vintage for my first card.  The sentiment is from the Prickley Pear Clearly Beautiful Flowers set.  The coordinating dies are the Flowers Die and the Scalloped Circle Die.  Other items on this card include Prima Botanical Collection patterned papers, vintage buttons,…

  • Sketch Challenge #2 Reminder

    Hi folks! Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful July. Canโ€™t believe itโ€™s soon to be over. Yikes! Where did summer go??? Well, the end of July is also the end of our Sketch Challenge #2 and we would love you to participate. The cards entered so fare are absolutely FAB! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ and…

  • A Pair of Clearly Beautiful Birdcage Cards!

    Michelle again….and if you haven’t noticed….I’m loving the Clearly Beautiful Birdcage Set and this Birdcage die is to DIE for!  I love the lacey clean cut…and the fact you can personalize the bottom of the cage!  How cool is that?!  Also very fun is the very different SIX cards I’ve now posted from this ONE set! I cut…

  • Clearly Beautiful Card Set

    Hello! Michelle here sharing a Clean And Simple set of cards featuring two stamps from the Clearly Beautiful Birdcage Set.  I stamped my tree image in brown ink and then added some fun seasonal details with a tiny coordinating swirl. Winter: glitter and a sakura glue pen added snow to my scene Fall:  I used…

  • Distress coloring tutorial and a little tip!

    Happy Thursday folks! Hope your week is a good one! Dawn has presented a couple of great Copics coloring tutorials the past weeks (here and here) and I thought Iโ€™d chip in a Distress ink tut too since that is my personal favorite technique of coloring and I know there are still a few of…

  • A Koala Coaster with Dawn

    Start with a tumbled marble tile… wipe clean first with a damp cloth… let dry. Stamp the image with black stazon and color with C4 copic marker. be careful as the copic marker can smear the black stazon and erase it some. Add some C6 and some light pink in the ears Sponge the edges…

  • It’s Your Day Card

    Here is a beautiful little card that DT Michelle created using our newly released Clearly Beautiful Build a Bird 2 set. She did such a lovely job – we just had to share. Happy Sunday Everyone! Nicole

  • Happy Anniversary Card

    Here is a beautiful card that we wanted toshare with you done up by DT member Angelica. It features our new orchids, which are quickly  becoming one of my favorite slowers stamp! Supplies: Size: 6″ x 6″ Stamps: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps (Spring Scalloped Circles, Orchids) Inks: Ranger Archival ink (jet black), Distress ink (dusty…

  • Sketch Challenge #2

    The monthly sketch challenge with Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps continues with a new sketch and inspiration from the Design Team! Show us your take of the sketch and your use of the PPRS goodies by July 31th and you are in for the draw of the prize. The Prize is one Clear Stamp set of…

  • Copic Coloring Tutorial with Dawn

    Color the ears and the areas over the eyes with E23… add some to the nose as well. Using E25, feather some contrast aound the edges and where shadows would be… like under the eyes and around the muzzle  Using E27,reinforce the shading for extra depth to blend the edges… use E23 again and lay…