by Janice Daquila-Pardo on February 15, 2013
When it came time to make a Valentine’s Day card for my mommy, I pulled out this big rose stamp and started coloring with my Copic markers. As a beginner with Copics, I found this image very fun and satisfying to color. The shading marks provided in the design of the stamp really helped me [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on November 22, 2012
First things first, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US! I decided to participate in the challenge at A Blog Named Hero to use one of your old cards to inspire you to make a new one, with a different style. I wanted to create a card with a detailed fall scene in the foreground [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on June 15, 2012
Today my mom is flying back from a 10-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This is a trip she has always dreamed of taking, so when she found out that one of her favorite priests in town was going to lead a small group of people there, she didn’t even really have to think about [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on April 5, 2012
I made this Easter card for my mom with two challenges in mind (Young Crafters Unite called for stitching, and A Blog Named Hero for using Hero Arts stamps): I stamped the background with watermark ink and clear embossed it. Then I applied four colors of distress ink to make the background design pop. [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on February 14, 2012
Yesterday I posted a layout I completed about Matt participating in the Austin Gorilla Run in January. While making that page I thought I would use more banana embellishments than I did, so I had a few extras scattered around on my craft desk. In a bold move I decided to challenge myself to use [...]