Vicki Boutin has a wonderful line of Art Crayons that can used in many different ways in all sort of paper crafting projects. These crayons are similar to oil pastels and react with water. You can color directly on your … Read More ...
Project: Valentine Cherubs Card
Jessie Banks combined her coloring mediums on this sweet cherub card for Valentine’s Day. She used water colors for the cloud background and Copic Markers for the stamped images. Visit her blog for a tutorial video.
-Heather
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Project: Water Colored Unicorns Card
I have loved Unicorns since I was little and am so excited to see them make such a huge come back! Using the cute new Unicorn stamp from Stampin’ Ups Magical Day stamp set I’ve filmed a card tutorial showing … Read More ...
Project: Bold Color on Black Valentine Card
Wow, the bold pop of color on the black background of this card from Heather Telford is just stunning! She heat embossed her stamp on black cardstock with gold embossing powder and colored it with pearlescent water colors. Visit the … Read More ...
Tips: Monochromatic Winter Card
Andrea Gomoll has some tips for a quick water colored winter stamped design using monochromatic blues. She’ll show you how she colored with liquid water colors and also an easy and fun background using Q-tips. Visit her blog Cre8tive Cre8tions … Read More ...
Projects: Water Colored Birthday Cards
These bright and cheerful birthday cards will make anyone’s birthday special. Nina- Marie will show you how to use water color markers to make two fun birthday card using new products from Pretty Pink Posh. Click here to watch her … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring Winter Scene Cards with Water Color Markers
Kristina Werner will show you how to color up some fun winter snowman scenes with water color markers and also shares some tips on how to use unmounted rubber stamps. Visit her blog for all the details.
-Heather
… Read More ...Technique: Card with DIY Plaid Background
Making your own plaid backgrounds for cards is easier then you think. Using water color paints, tints, inks, markers or pencils draw perpendicular lines in different colors and be sure to add some metallic for a nice shine. Maya from … Read More ...
Tip: Setting Up Your Own Water Color Palette
Water coloring is a very popular coloring medium in stamping right now. But if you’re starting from scratch or want to move up from pre-selected palettes it can be a bit intimidating if you’re wanting to try using tube water … Read More ...
Project: Under the Sea Holiday Card
I love mermaids (and mermen) and using tropical designs for the holidays so I am in love with this adorable Z Fold Sea-sonal card! It’s designed by Katie Gehrig using stamps from Waffle Flower and she’s got a project tutorial … Read More ...
Card Making Project: One Layer Water Colored Winter Bird Card
This lovely holiday card designed by Jill Foster is only one layer so it’s great for mailing but it still looks like it has such depth because of the realistic way she colored the stamped image. Using Distress Re-Inkers she’ll … Read More ...
Project: Holiday Leaf Card
I love the combination of elegant gold embossing with the loose look of water color on this lovely card by Debby. I also love she used a leaf stamp but turned it into Christmas with the color selections and sentiment. … Read More ...
Technique: Water Colored Galaxy Halloween Card Background
The galaxy look is every where, I see this trend on everything from clothes to mugs. So of course stampers have to jump on the trend too and incorporate it into card designs. This look works wonderfully with Halloween cards … Read More ...
Inspiration: Water Colored Card Background for Girls
I’m loving these new The Crew stamp sets from W Plus 9! The School Days set is my fave and makes for some great smart and nerdy girl cards and they are fabulous! Joni Nina Andaya will inspire you to … Read More ...
Project: Embossed Peony Card
Using rose gold embossing powder and coloring the flower stamps with water colors Effie Cho designed this stunning peony floral card. I love the embossed on vellum butterflies, they add such a sweet touch to this elegant card. You can … Read More ...