​Feeling a Little Colorful Today 🌈

I’m feeling a little colorful today! I’ve always loved tie-dye. There’s just something about all those beautiful colors swirling together that makes me happy. And wow—people are SO talented with tie-dye these days! They’re creating all kinds of incredible designs that go way beyond the traditional tie-dye patterns we made back when I was in high school in the ’70s. 😆

That colorful inspiration made me want to create something fun, so today I’m sharing my raccoon card! 🦝

For this card, I used a stamp from @hellobluebird, and I have to tell you—I absolutely LOVE their images. Their little animals are beyond adorable, especially their sweet faces. There’s just something about them that makes you smile.

And there’s an extra-special reason I love using their stamps: Hello Bluebird was created in Montana, where I grew up! ❤️ That little connection makes their stamps even more special to me.

If you haven’t checked them out yet, you really should. The wife is the artist and the husband handles shipping and all the behind-the-scenes details. I think it’s pretty wonderful to see a husband-and-wife team creating something they love together.

And their customer service? THE BEST! Seriously. They are incredibly talented, and they truly care about their customers. I’ve had such a great experience with them, and I’m always happy to support a small creative business that puts so much love into what they do.

So there you have it—my colorful little raccoon card, inspired by my love of tie-dye and made with one of my favorite stamp companies. 🦝🌈

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and checking out what I’ve been creating! I’d love to know what you think. Leave me a comment and tell me—are you a tie-dye lover, too? And what do you think of my little raccoon?

Until next time…keep creating and adding a little color to your day! 💕

Here’s some of the supplies I used

A Little Tranquility: Creating a Masculine Woodland Birthday Card

A Birthday Card for a Hardworking Friend: Tranquility in the Woods

I wanted to create a birthday card that felt masculine without being harsh—something with a little strength and structure, but also a soft, peaceful feeling. When I started gathering the supplies for this card, I knew exactly the mood I wanted: quiet woods, cool colors, texture, and a little bit of rest and tranquility.

And that is where the paint chip came in.

A Little Tranquility from the Hardware Store

I love collecting paint chips from places like Home Depot and Lowe’s. They are such a wonderful—and free—source of color inspiration for cardmaking and mixed-media projects.

For this card, I used a paint chip in Tranquility, MAG102, from Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines. The name immediately felt perfect for the card I had in mind. The beautiful muted blue-green shade became the foundation for the forest scene and gave the card that peaceful, almost restful feeling I wanted.

Sometimes the perfect color palette is hiding in the most unexpected places!

Creating the Forest

The trees were stamped using Tim Holtz Distress Ink, with a beautiful tree stamp from Stampscapes.  The artist behind Stampscapes. Kevin Nakagawa is incredibly talented. He has a Youtube channel too, definitely follow him! He illustrates all the stamps himself. 

If you have mostly used clear stamps, you know how difficult it can be to go back to traditional wooden stamps. I am so used to being able to see exactly where I am stamping! With a wooden stamp, there is definitely a moment of, “Well… I hope this is going where I think it is going!” 

But somehow, I managed to get the trees where I wanted them, and I really love the way the forest came together.

The layers of trees create a quiet, wooded landscape that feels both peaceful and masculine. The shades of blue and green also work beautifully with the Tranquility paint chip.

Adding Texture with Corrugated Cardstock

For the card base, I used corrugated paper from Joggles.com. I love the texture it adds to the card. The ridges immediately give the project a more masculine, rustic feeling, and the warm kraft color creates a beautiful contrast with the cool blue-green forest.

I layered the corrugated paper over a deep navy card base, which helped frame the design and add even more depth. The combination of navy, kraft brown, and muted blue-green felt like the perfect color palette for a peaceful woodland birthday card.

To finish everything off, I added a few metallic adhesive embellishments from Stampin’ Up!. The little touches of metallic color add just enough detail without taking away from the simplicity of the forest scene.

A Card Made with Someone Special in Mind

This card was made for a friend who works incredibly hard—tirelessly, actually—and rarely seems to stop. He truly deserves time to rest, relax, and enjoy the things he loves.

I know he enjoys the forest, so I wanted to create a little piece of that feeling for him. A quiet woodland scene. A peaceful place to pause. A reminder that sometimes we all need to step away from the noise and simply breathe. I probably need this a lot too! 

So, in the end, this card became more than just a masculine birthday card.

It became a little wish for tranquility.

And maybe that is one of my favorite things about handmade cards. You can choose the colors, the textures, the stamps, and the embellishments—but sometimes, without even realizing it, you end up creating something that carries a message far beyond the paper itself.

Happy Birthday to a friend who deserves a little rest, a little peace, and maybe a quiet walk through the trees. 

Supplies Used

• Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines paint chip — Tranquility MAG102
• Corrugated paper from Joggles.com
• Stampscapes tree stamp
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink
• Metallic adhesive embellishments from Stampin’ Up!
• Navy cardstock
• Adhesive

Thanks so much for checking out by blog! 

Long Time Ago I had a Blog

Hello again!

It’s been a while.

Life has a funny way of pulling us in different directions, and before I knew it, months had passed without writing a single blog post. But today—Sunday, July 5, 2026—I’m changing that.

I’m still creating. Some days I’m making handmade greeting cards. Other days I’m filling journal pages with collage, vintage papers, and little pieces of inspiration. And sometimes…I’m just following whatever creative idea catches my eye.

This blog has always been about creativity, joy, and making beautiful things without worrying about perfection. So I’m dusting everything off and starting again.

I’m so glad you’re here.

I started this card yesterday and finished it today! Sunflowers always reach toward the light! 

Three Wise Men

Christmas cards are so fun to create, you have funny ones, winter ones, religious one, and so much more... pretty much anything goes! Traditional colors and non-traditional colors, you can use any color combo you want and people will love your card! That's the beauty of Christmas!

For this card I use the Wise Men digi from RG Studio 360 and I grabbed a bunch of gelatos! you can see I didn't have to color within the lines since I was cutting them all out!
For the back gound I used gesso on a card panel of Tangy Gum cardstock and then colored over it with a stencil and gelatos, the same colors I used on the wise men. Gelatos are fun cause you can smooth them over and blend them. Let me know what kind of Christmas card you are making!

Sugar Cubes!

Super Gorgeous our Sugar Cubes! These are our new 2x2 ink pads ... straight dye ink! The Black Taffy is a different  kind of ink, kind of a hybrid so you can use it for watercoloring and/or copics!
These luscious colors come in five families of sugar! Yummy!

Basic Confectionary Sugar Cubes: Black Taffy, Powder Sugar, Nectar Stone, Gray Stuff I Vanilla Cream are their names (L to R).  The Powdered Sugar and Vanilla Cream are both pigment inks so you can use them for snowflakes and embossing, pigment ink takes a little longer to dry and are sticky!

Tangy Sugar Cubes is one of my most favorite sets... here are the names from left to right: Tangy Apple, Tangy Watermelon, Tangy Orange, Tangy Grape, Tangy Gum!

Sour Sugar Cubes: Sour Guava, Sour Pineapple, Sour Watermelon, Sour Mist and Sour Crush... swoon on the Sour Mist... love it!

Rich Sugar  Cubes: Rich Honey, Rich Tangerine, Rich Cactus, Rich Blueberry & Rich Cherry                                                                                                                                                          

Sweet Sugars: Sweet Cane, Sweet Lavender, Sweet  Banana, Sweet Pink, Sweet Blue

You can pre-order all the Sugar Cubes now... they are expected to arrive right after Thanksgiving... they coordinate with our 100 lb cardstock and you can refill them with our Sugar Drops. The cool thing about the Sugar Drops is we can use them for splattering, and/or mixing with our coming acrylic paint!  When ordering from me please add my name in the Studio Designer Box! https://rgstudio360.com/product-category/sugar-cubes/

Thanks for stopping by my blog! 

Winter Wonderland

This set is so gorgeous...we are getting into the Christmas card making season, where everything is simply gorgeous. Although some people do start creating theirs like in June. I usually start making them and then I send them out really super late so that’s kind of funny! This set is called Winter Wonderland, I enlarged the poinsettia super big because I just love that image! I painted it all the same color even the leaves... the flower in  real life is actually the leaves of the plant and they range  color ... we see them in all shades at Christmas ... did you know they grow in to tree size!

I used glitter water and tombow markers to watercolor the flower, the back ground is a lovely shade called  Siesta Key, a spray by Art Anthology... if you are ever at the Expo... take her mixed media classes... super fun! And that lovely card base is our super duper new color Tangy Gum...swoon I am in love with it! 100 lb cardstock dyed through and through, carried by RG Studio 360! It's part of the Tangy Sugars, one of the 5 Color Pallettes of Sugar Stock! Coming soon will be the Sugar Cubes and the Sugar Drops ... all to matchy match!

 

You can purchase Stamp Set here: Winter Wonderland

You get the stamp and the digi in 5 different ways! PDF's, JPEG, SVG plus!

You can purchase the lovely sugar stock here: Tangy Gum

Please add my name in as your Certified Studio Designer at purchase rosecurtis

 

Winter Stitch

Awwww love this digi Winter Stitch! So super adorable and I made a sweet little gift card holder which of coarse I inserted a Starbucks gift card into... hello…everyone needs one of those ...right! This is a make-in-take for my Team meeting on Saturday! 

I hope they like it!  I used Tombow markers to color with and the paper ... sigh... really cheap, sad to say, only printed on one side, so I won't recommend purchasing it from where ever I found it lol, paper stash right, we all have one!  

You can purchase the digi here: https://rgstudio360.com/product/winter-stitch-exclusive-digital-download/  

If you choose to purchase from me please add rosecurtis for the Studio Designer name

The download comes 5 ways ... you can see I resized the sweater... that's what I love about digi's ... you just can't do that with the common stamp! 

Winter Stitch Digital Download purchase includes files in 5 formats; Regular PDF, Outlined PDF, Mini PDF, SVG & JPEG! Instantly after checkout, you will receive the digital files so you can start creating projects right away! If you have a digital die cut machine you’ll love our digital downloads.

Beautiful Rose

I used the digi version for Beautiful Rose, for this card but now you can also purchase the stampset! I love having both of them because you can resize the image and use it how you like that’s the beauty of having a digital image!
With every stampset you purchase you also recieve the PDF, the JPEg, the SVG the mini pDF and the outlined PDF of the images so you can use them in your machines, like the Cricut and the Brother Scan and Cut. If you don't have those machines you can use the JPEG version and cut and paste the image you want into a word document... that's how I did my trades of the record player from Nostaglic Boho!

I watercolored all the record players, then fussy cute them out! I used Jane Davenport color pencils and a #79 copic on these too! You can see from the stamp size version... I resized them! Plus I was able to take the phrase I used and add the jpeg of it to one piece of card stock to print out! 

I usually just take my cardstock and images on a flashdrive and have Office Max print them for me ... that way I don't use up my ink or have to worry about heat setting my images because I think by laser printer... the heat part must have burned out lol... cause smoke doesn't come out of it anymore! 

Love our new cardstock ... the base of my ATS is our Tangy Gum... super gorgeous color!

 

You can find all these products on my site: https://rgstudio360.com/#rosecurtis

You can join here: https://rgstudio360.com/certified-studio-designer/ for $25, make sure you save the code to save $150 on the teachable site ... the code comes on your receipt from RG Studio 360

where you take your classes to become a Certified Studio Designer!

Scrapbook Expo Ontario CA!

 

Look for this photo on RG Studio 360 FB and Intragram...like the pages and post #sharethelove... they are giving away 10 stamps on both sites! WOWza I want one! 

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Check out this darling card/Make n’take we will be hosting at the last show of the year in Ontario California Stamp & Scrapbook Expo ❤️❤️❤️ create this make n’ take for $3 meet RG and Team and you get this stamp for FREE!!!!! (While supplies last) but if you are not attending the show.... here is how you can win this stamp too!!!

Beefy for Sure

Beefy Guy... other wise known as Jack... Love Jack, is the stamp/digi for the Card Kit by RG Studio 360! what's totally awesome is you get the digi right away and the kit comes later ... you don't have to wait to start creating! Whoo hoo!

That's what's so awesome about Richards new stamp line! 

You can purchase the kit here: https://rgstudio360.com/product-category/card-club/

You can also join RG Studio 360 by becoming a Certified Studio Designer, free to join and no quota... 25% as soon as you join ... WOWza! You get to take awesome classes first and then you are certified... read more here: https://rgstudio360.com/certified-studio-designer/

There is a $25 fee for the classes which are taught by creative genius Richard Garay ...these are well worth it when you find out the whole package! Join me and my team, use my code rosecurtis in the join under me box!

About the program:

What is a Certified Studio Designer?
–  A Certified Studio Designer (CSD) is a paper crafter who has completed our online certification program and has obtained an exclusive CSD number for personal use (Discount on RG Studio product) Commission Generation (Personal and team monthly commissions)
Who can become a CSD?
–  Anyone who would love to have exclusive access to RG Studio product and has a passion for creativity.

Sounds like so much fun right!!!

Watch for a giveway tomorrow Friday Oct 26th on FB and on Instagram! Whoo hoo! 

Our guest will be asked to: - LIKE 👍🏽 our pages 
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