It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today watch the video as I create a bookmark within a card. This card uses the 6X6 Feels Like Frost Specialty Paper as a focal piece. For full instructions and a tip on how to stick the bookmark temporarily please go to https://youtu.be/mo83nTQ8FbE. Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂
Category Archives: Technique
Acetate box is for more than cards.
It’s Technique Tuesday! Today’s technique is more of a tip. Soon it will be time to dash out the door and head off to Grandma’s for that infamous turkey dinner. What will you bring? Grab an acetate box and tape it shut on the bottom. Then grab a clear bag. Fill the bag with someContinue reading “Acetate box is for more than cards.”
Frosted Flossing
It’s Tutorial Thursday! We are talking about frosted flossing today and it’s not the dance. I am taking the Feels Like Frost Paper and creating an elegant card. The floss comes in when I am gathering the ribbon. To learn more on how to create this card and the middle of it too please goContinue reading “Frosted Flossing”
Thread to bunch it together.
It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended. Usually thread (or sometimes dental floss) is used to stitch something together. But, in this case, it is used to create a new look. Take our thread (if you don’t have any then use dental floss, just not the mintContinue reading “Thread to bunch it together.”
When a sharpie is your best friend.
It’s Technique Tuesday! Today’s technique is more of a tip. When using your Heirloom Frames Dies and Embossing Folders take a sharpie to them. Take the embossing folder and run your cut card stock through it. If it is lined up perfectly then, before you move the card stock, grab a sharpie. Take the sharpieContinue reading “When a sharpie is your best friend.”
How to be the same but different.
It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today we are creating Christmas cards with the Peacock Foils and the Perfectly Plaid paper with the Pine Tree Punch. They are super easy to create and look how fast they come together. To watch the video and learn how to create these cards please go to https://youtu.be/V88OOeL5m-M. Happy Crafting! With inkyContinue reading “How to be the same but different.”
How to offset the same paper.
It’s Technique Tuesday! Today I want to ask you have you ever really liked a certain color or pattern of paper? You want to use it all the time but it often gives your card or project all the same look. Nothing seems to stand out. Well, then offset it. Take your background and yourContinue reading “How to offset the same paper.”
Getting hammered.
It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today we are creating from the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder. Remember that you want to pay attention if you want the front or back of the folder. If you want an image that is raised you will want the front of the folder where the logo is. If you want anContinue reading “Getting hammered.”
Using tape to remove something.
It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! Did you know tape can not only stick things together but it can also take things apart? If you have ordered the Mercury Glass Designer Acetate then you should know there is a film on it to prevent the foilContinue reading “Using tape to remove something.”
Becoming part of the background.
It’s Technique Tuesday! When you are not sure if you want something to stand out then don’t let it. Instead glue on your accent and then emboss it. By embossing it you will give the illusion that it is all one piece. Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂
