The Metallix Gel from Deco Foil will add sparkle, shine, color and texture to your cards and paper crafting projects. They work beautifully with stencils as Catherine Pooler shares on her blog with several different stenciling ideas and techniques. And … Read More ...
Dream Big Journal Page
I love this amazing mixed media journal page from Vicky! She created her collage background scene by gluing down torn pattern papers, stenciling with paste and adding some splatters, the texture is wonderful. And the cute squirrel stamps she used … Read More ...
Love Themed Stamped Journal Page
Natalie used stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps to create this wonderful mixed media journal page for Valentine’s Day. I love how she used a piece of cardstock she’d die cut hearts from for another project for the background. What a … Read More ...
Heart Locket Template with 30 Samples
This lovely Heart Locket Template is FREE to download from Somerset Studio. It’s perfect for Valentine or Anniversary paper crafting projects like cards, scrapbook pages or collage art. Somerset Studio is also sharing over 30 samples made with this template … Read More ...
Distress Crayon Techniques
Distress Crayons are a versatile coloring medium that you can use to add a colorful artistic flair to your cards. Simon Hurley has a terrific tutorial showing how to use them for several different techniques. He’ll teach you how to … Read More ...
Embossed Christmas Ornaments
I love the colors and texture Roni got on these pretty embossed Christmas ornaments. To get this look she covered chipboard shapes in embossing powder, melted the powder with a heat gun and then stamped into it with a rubber … Read More ...
Corpse Bride Box
Emma Williams created this amazing Halloween decor project using products from Tim Holtz. No doubt inspired by Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride her ghoulish girl is behind an ornate frame inside an elaborately decorated box. The dried flowers, moss and … Read More ...
Stamping and Coloring Over Text
Nichol Spohr achieved an awesome mixed media look by stamping and coloring her images with Copic Markers on pattern paper with a printed text. This idea would be cool over many different types of pattern papers or even old book … Read More ...
3D Butterfly Card
The butterflies on this lovely card from Mitsyana look like they are ready to fly away. She used pattern paper, stamps and stickers for this fun mixed media 3D card. I love that she used a tall slim card design, … Read More ...
Mixed Media Coloring
Try mixing your media to get some new coloring looks. Kathy used Tombow markers with water for a watercoloring technique on this pretty rose stamp from Paper Smooches. To add extra depth and detail she then colored over top with … Read More ...
How to Color with Mixed Mediums
Laura from Studio Katia used alcohol based markers, colored pencils and a white gel pen to color these lovely stamped flowers. Mixing those mediums gave her stamped images a lot of depth and realism. I also love the texture she … Read More ...
How To Create A Color Wash Effect On A Card
Following in the footsteps of fashions trends Jowlina explores the warm yellow that has the world looking all happy and sunshiny. I too have fallen in love with this Tuscan Sun color and who wouldn’t? She shows you how easy … Read More ...
Card with Shimmer Powders
Keren used Nuvo Shimmer Powder to add some great color, texture and glimmer to her die cut key shapes. These powders are water reactive so you just squeeze some out, mixing colors if you’d like and then spray with a … Read More ...
Watercolor and Stamped Journal Page
I love how Carisa added her flowing handwritten journaling along the shape of the wavy watercolor background she painted on her art journal page. She also added stamped hearts and girls faces to finish it off. She’s sharing photos and … Read More ...
Jane Austen ATC’s
When I saw the Friendship stamp set from Jane Davenport I instantly thought they reminded me of Jane Austen characters, with their hairstyles and empire waist dresses. So I used some Jane Austen signature and quote stamps from Oxford Impressions… Read More ...