Three textured cards.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  Today I have three cards for you.  They are all done with the same products but in different ways. The first card was done by running the white mat through the embossing folder and then laying the accent pieces over top. The second card was done by gluing the accent pieces beforeContinue reading “Three textured cards.”

Faux Bokeh Card

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Today’s technique requires a bunch of water and drying time.  It comes out different every time.  You will need aqua painters, some ink, dies, and a stamp for this. To create this card please watch the Bokeh Video (https://youtu.be/cITPRFyiqRw). Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂

Mastering the swipe.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  The swipe is not a hard technique but it does take some practice.  If you push too hard you get too much ink or you could damage your pad.  If you push too lightly then you don’t have enough background and have to start over.  There is definitely a sweet spot. SoContinue reading “Mastering the swipe.”

When you becomes joy.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  Here is the card that is created with the Celebrate You thinlits. To learn how to create this card please watch the Video (https://youtu.be/B_oXzMZfuEs). Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂

Masking with dies.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  Dies can also be used to mask and create a background.  There is a little bit of finesse with it as you will see in the video when masking.  (You can’t forget that the die has been moved as you will cover what you just did.)  So here is the card IContinue reading “Masking with dies.”

Marbled background makes for a spooky card.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  The Marbled Background stamp makes for a great spooky sky. To learn how to create this card please go to the Facebook Live Video (https://youtu.be/PZxAi0Wtxgg). Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂

How to shimmer.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  Here is the finished card with all three methods of using the shimmer paint.  If you would like to learn these techniques this will be one of the cards for card class. Here is the video if you prefer…Shimmer Paint Video (https://youtu.be/fNCA2NNIfS8). Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂

You never know…

It’s Friendship Friday and this is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward.  I have to say you never know when you will be impacted by someone’s “small” deed.  Between Joel (hubby) and I we had asked for about two weeks to help with the marching band specifically.  Funds were downContinue reading “You never know…”

When leaves fall.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  This card was created with the gradient effect.  It can be done with a sponge dauber or baby wipe. For the video please go to video of falling leaves (https://youtu.be/wyxwWmyNadI). Happy Crafting! With inky fingers, Joni 🙂

Making leaves into flowers.

It’s Tutorial Thursday!  I know that you can figure out how to create a leaf background by randomly stamping leaves all over your card stock.  So here are some other ideas to create with that same leaf stamp.  I made a sunflower and a layered poinsettia. To view the video on how to create theseContinue reading “Making leaves into flowers.”