There are many things other then ink pads you can “ink” your rubber stamps with. Using Vicky Boutin Art Crayons Stephanie Severin colored directly on her large stamp, spritz it with water and then stamped it on water color paper … Read More ...
Water Color Stamping Technique
Keeway got this pretty card background by inking solid flower stamps with Distress Ink , spritzing them with water and then stamping. What a great way to get a nice water color look! Visit her blog Kiwi Koncepts for more … Read More ...
Galaxy Ombre’ Card with Color Burst
Galaxy and ombre’ looks are everywhere right now. And Pat Huntoon combined both looks and got this colorful card background using Color Burst powders and a stamped resist technique. Visit the Design Junkies blog and check out her technique video.… Read More ...
Coloring Stamps with Water Color Crayons
I think water coloring is still the “it” medium for card making and stamping right now. Amd why not, it’s fun, easy and loose so no need to be a perfectionist or professional artist! There are so many types of … Read More ...
Elephant Card with No-Line Stamping
This happy little elephant looks like he was hand drawn but he was actually stamped and water colored using the no-line stamping technique. Kristina Werner will show you how to paint and also mask the image to paint the background… Read More ...
How to Stamp and Water Color on Bristol Paper
Janette Klausen is sharing tips for stamping and water coloring on Smooth Bristol paper using Hero Arts stamps and their liquid water colors. I love how she first heat embossed her stamped image in white, it make the water colors … Read More ...
Product Review and Project: Fox Card with Arteza Brush Pens
I really love the look of water color and the ease and control of using markers so I was really interested in trying out the Arteza Real Brush Pens. These water based markers have a flexible nylon brush tip … Read More ...
Technique: Dahlia Card with White Instead of Black Stamped Outline
Instead of using a black outline for this lovely Dahlia floral card Effie used white embossing powder to stamp the images and colored them with water colors for a pretty soft look. You can find a video tutorial for this … Read More ...
Tip: Quick Water Color Card Backgrounds
Looking to add a quick and easy but very colorful background to your cards? Trying using a wide flat brush and some liquid water colors, the perfect look for spring and summer cards! Learn more about this tip over on … Read More ...
Technique: Stamping with Water Color Powders
Water coloring is still super trendy and popular in paper crafting and they come in many forums, in pallets, liquid and even powders. Water color powders make fun backgrounds but you can also stamp with them too. They work really … Read More ...
Project: Spring Girl and Bunny Card
Hop on over to my Youtube channel, P is for Paper and check out my latest card video tutorial. I used stamps from Stampin’ Up with a paper piecing technique to make this sweet gardening girl and bunny card for … Read More ...
Tutorials: Six Easter and Spring Card Projects + Inspiration
I’m so ready for Spring! I love the flowers, the weather, bunnies and of course Easter candy 🙂 So I’m excited to see all the new Spring and Easter stamp designs coming out this time of year! And as usual … Read More ...
Technique: Water Coloring with Tombow Markers
Water coloring is super on trend right in stamping right now. And there are many techniques and products that you can use to water color, each one working a little differently and giving different looks and effects. Most water based … Read More ...
Technique: Water Colored Die Cut Flowers
Robin Tharaldson totally transformed these flowers that she die cut from just plain white cardstock using water colors. They look so realistic and have so much dimension. The white lacy die cut on the background and black water color splatter … Read More ...
Tips: Multiple Techniques with the Same Bird Stamps
Hero Arts has recently released some beautiful bird stamps. Lydia used some of the solid bird images to make several different cards with different techniques, getting very different looks but all using the same stamp set. I particularly love … Read More ...