Debi's Crazy Life;

I have been neglecting my blog again but I had a really, really good excuse. A new mudroom FLOOR!!! For those of you that don't live in the north or are city dwellers a mudroom is where we enter the house, in our case through the garage, and shed our muddy boots and coats so as not to spread the mess to the rest of the house. Much needed since even though it feels like July outside snow (ick!) is not that far away. So they started laying the floor on Saturday and finished on Sunday but because the mortar had to be laid really thick on the stairs I wasn't able to walk on it until Wednesday morning. Not a big deal right? Wrong! The only way to get to my office is (you guessed it) through the mudroom. Needless to say I had a ton of emails to sort through yesterday and a workshop to input as well as all that nit picky little stuff that you need a computer for like paying bills. Did a bit of stamping this morning and this is what I came up with. What I used: Autumn Harvest s...

After a week spent rearranging my whole house I am back to stamping. I had a lot of fun playing around with the "Gamsol Magic" technique this morning and I thought I would share a little tutorial with you. Now I usually use Stampin' Up! © products exclusively but we don't carry everything, so this technique does use some different stuff. I used Prismacolor brand colored pencils but you can use SU's pure color pencils or any colored pencils you have in the house, to do this technique, and Mona Lisa brand odorless paint thinner but you can use Gamsol (or any brand your hubby has in the garage) odorless mineral spirits or paint thinner and I understand that baby oil and rubbing alcohol also work though I have not tried them. I use a rolled paper blending stump but you can try using a q-tip in its place. What I used: Give Thanks stamp set basic black and basic gray classic ink basic gray, rose red, ballet blue, confetti white card stock and rose red prints design...