Flamingos must be the “it” animal this summer, I see them popping up everywhere. I’ve seen lots of fun stamp sets with cute punny saying with them too. Laura Bassen used the Let’s Flamingle stamp set from Pink Fresh Studio … Read More ...
Project: Vellum Floral Patterned Card
Sandy Allnock has a great tip for stamping an all over pattern on your card using vellum using a stamp positioner. She also talks about coloring with pencils on vellum, making a thin knot and how to hide the adhesive… Read More ...
Bear and Ducklings Card using Colored Pencils on Kraft Paper
I love the look of colored pencils on kraft cardstock! Wendy McGaffy used colored pencils in just the right places for color and shading on this adorable bear and ducks card. I also like her tip about placing all her … Read More ...
Technique: Easter Cards with Colored Pencils on Kraft Paper
I love the look of colored pencils on kraft cardstock, the colors really stand out and pop! Echo Noble from Unity Stamps has a great tutorial showing how to coloring on kraft with colored pencils with an emphasis on adding … Read More ...
Tip: Mixing Media – Copics and Colored Pencils
When I’m coloring a stamped image I always pick one coloring medium and stick with it. But I’m limiting myself and maybe you are too? Many types of coloring mediums can be combined and used together, try mixing and playing … Read More ...
Project: Bold Flower Acetate Card
Jo-Ann achieved these bold vibrant colors by using colored pencils on Kraft cardstock to color her from Honey Bee stamped flowers. She got even more pop by heat embossing the stamp again with white over top. Adding the image to … Read More ...
Project: Valentine Card with Blending Techniques
This bunny couple is so sweet on this adorable Valentine’s Day card from Nichol Spohr! She used a couple of different blending techniques, Distress Ink blending for the background (which is super trendy in card making right now) and colored … Read More ...
Project: Bright Birds Card with Colored Pencils
This lovely card is so bold and bright! Sandy Allnock did some no-line stamping on “desert storm” cardstock and colored the birds using colored pencils. She’ll take you through her coloring process over on Ellen Hudson’s Classroom blog.
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Projects: Glitter Hearts and Animals Smaller Valentines
These smaller sized Valentine cards still pack a big punch with loads of glitter and cute animals. Ashley Abelson will show you how she used glitter paper behind an open heart background die and colored pencils for her stamped images … Read More ...
Project: Shaker Card with Colored Pencils and Gamsol
How sweet is this elephant shaker card? I love the soft blended colors that Nichol Spohr got by using Polychromos colored pencils and Gamsol (a type blending solution) to color the stamps from Mama Elephant. She’ll tell you about … Read More ...
Project: Hug Day Valentine Card
Send someone a hug in an envelope this Valentine’s Day with a sweet hand made card. I love the addition of stitching on this adorable Kitty card from Peet Roeven. She’s sharing photo project directions for making it over on … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Wood Ornaments
These wooden ornaments are so sweet! Nichol will show you how to stamp and color with colored pencils on wooden discs to make some adorable ornaments for your tree this year. Click here for her video tutorial.
-Heather
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Tip: Thank You Critter Card with Partial Die Cutting
Kelley has a cool Honey Bee die cutting trick, she partially die cut this cute woodland critters stamp and then also die cut a frame around them for this sweet Thank You Card. She’ll show you how this die cutting … Read More ...
Technique: Colored Pencil Backgrounds for Winter Cards
Learn how to make snowy, winter scene backgrounds using colored pencils , baby oil and a blending make-up sponge. Bibi Cameron has a tutorial over on her blog, click here to check it out.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project and Tips: Tri-Fold Cards and Coloring with Pencils and Gamsol
Using the most adorable stamps and dies from Art Impressions Sandy Allnock made 8 different tri- fold cards. She’s got a video showing how to put them together as well as how to color them with Spectrum Noir colored pencils… Read More ...