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I loved the sentiment on this card! How many times have we done things that seemed great before we did them, but, uh, oh, didn’t go as we imagined. Those times . . .

This card and card 4 are almost identical. Both are done with the same Stamping Bella stamp but this was focused on blue backgrounds. . . .

This is a cute, little “mice hanging on a clothesline of hearts.” The coloring is a beginner’s attempt at Copic markers. However, just about any . . .

This is another trial run at using water colors but this time I used brush pens in which the color is already loaded into the brush. The set I had is Arteza Brush Pens, and I like using them. However, my set was almost 10 years . . .

This is a stamped flower image which I think was made by Rubber Necker. If it is made by them, it’s no longer on their website. When I was first starting card making, I did not keep up with where I bought supplies or who made them. It’s stamp on cold press . . .

This was my first attempt at alcohol markers (Copic markers). Normally I never make any card identical to something I see online, but this was an experiment to see if I could duplicate the coloring. . . .

This is a stenciled design of various types of leaves including holly leaves with red berries. The coloring is done with various shades of Altenew crisp dye inks brushed using soft blending brushes. The sentiment . . .

Not sure if this image made it, but I was trying to create a cat that was afraid of a tiny spider without realizing what it’s about to run into–like some of my childhood nightmares! Anyway, . . .

Many of these cards are my first trial runs at something. This was a stencil of holly leaves and paper glaze spread with a palette knife. How easy is that? Well . . .

This was another attempt at using Copic markers. It looks like I might have used regular cardstock because you can see some of the marker bleeding past my stamped line. If you use . . .