It’s Technique Tuesday! Today I want to show you a quick and easy technique called spotlighting. Grab a die, stencil, or punched out piece of scrap card stock and place it on your card front after stamping an image (basic gray used). Then color only inside the stencil (with gray watercolor pencil and then blenderContinue reading “Spotlighting.”
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Bunny card for Easter.
It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today’s creation is this cute, flowery bunny! To create this card here are the steps. Cut a piece of Thick Whisper White Card Stock with a Paper Trimmer to 4 1/4″ X 11″. On the 11″ side score at 5 1/2″. This is your card base. Cut a piece of Terracotta TileContinue reading “Bunny card for Easter.”
Using a charger to stamp.
It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! I have to give credit to Elissa Powell for this photo. When I saw it I gave a giggle because I have done similar things. Imagine, if you will, that you are finally comfortable in your chair. Everything is spreadContinue reading “Using a charger to stamp.”
Add color to make the texture come out.
It’s Technique Tuesday! Have you ever purchased a product and it was less than impressive? I recently had that with the new embossing folder from the Ornate Garden Suite. I had run it through on a few solid colored pieces of card stock and it just wasn’t hitting me. Then I decided to run itContinue reading “Add color to make the texture come out.”
Making a background from dies.
It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today is the day I am creating a background from several cut out die labels from the new Ornate Garden Suite. Take a piece of Thick Whisper White Card Stock and cut with a Paper Trimmer to 4 1/4″ X 11″. On the 11″ side score at 5 1/2″. This is yourContinue reading “Making a background from dies.”
When tags become backgrounds.
It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! Do you ever wish you could have one of those elegant backgrounds for your cards? You probably already have it and you don’t even know it. Take a tag, label, die, or framelit and cut it several times to createContinue reading “When tags become backgrounds.”
Adding layers with the new Ornate Layers Dies.
It’s Technique Tuesday! Today I want to talk about the new Ornate Layers Dies. When you can’t figure out what sentiment to stamp, don’t. You heard me, don’t. Instead put an extra layer with an opposite image. In the middle is an opposite image in white cut to fit the frame. So before you tryContinue reading “Adding layers with the new Ornate Layers Dies.”
Creating with a drip.
It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today I am giving you directions on how to create three cards all with the same technique called the drip. For this technique you will need a card base, mat, a piece of white card stock, scrap of card stock for words, aqua painter (paint brush and water), and adhesive. For theContinue reading “Creating with a drip.”
How many licks?
It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! Do you remember the Tootsie Roll commercial with the owl and the kid? And the question is asked how many licks does it take to get to the center of the tootsie roll pop. Did anyone ever figure it out?Continue reading “How many licks?”
Drips can be art.
It’s Technique Tuesday! By now many of you are probably thinking my closet is clean, I’ve dusted, and finished my pile on my desk…now what? So I thought I would give you something new and easy that even the kids could do. So grab a piece of white card stock, shimmery white card stock, orContinue reading “Drips can be art.”
Stamping With Joni and the Red Door Crafters 