I love this mixed media journal page from Kath Stewart! She created lots of texture on her background using Tim Holtz stencils with Distress Oxide inks and also with stencil paste, her bricks look so realistic. And the stamped cat … Read More ...
Stenciled Mixed Media Tags
Andy used the new Structure Paste from Creative Expressions to create some cool Mixed Media tags. You can add color to this paste and use it to create backgrounds that have loads of texture or use it with stencils to … Read More ...
Distress Stain Card Backgrounds
Amy used Distress Ink Spray Stains to create a variety of stunning card backgrounds using different techniques. She used them as sprays, as a “watercolor” to paint with, with stencils, used them on dry and wet papers and more. These … Read More ...
Card Backgrounds with Book Pages
One of my favorite things to use in my mixed media projects are old book pages. They have such amazing illustrations and text and the age can add interesting vintage coloration on the paper. Gina K used some book pages … Read More ...
Birthday Floral Easel Card
I think Easel Cards are going to be trendy this year, I’m seeing lots of them popping up (pun intended :)). And for good reason, these cards are easy to create, fold flat for mailing and are fun to display. … Read More ...
Watercolor with Perfect Pearls
Perfect Pearls are a shimmery powder that can be used for lots of different techniques. They add sparkle and shine on light and dark cardstocks and are perfect to color in stamped images or create backgrounds. Simon Hurley used them … Read More ...
Stamped Clay Easter Ornaments
Ornaments and decorated trees aren’t just for Christmas, I’ve seen lots of amazing ideas for other holidays like Halloween and Easter too. And these wonderful ornament would be beautiful hanging on some Spring branches or a tree. Kyriakos stamped and … Read More ...
Kimono Artist Trading Card
Artist Trading Cards also know as ATC’s are baseball card sized works of art that are fun to create and trade with other crafty friends. Julie used some origami paper folding paired with stamps from Club Scrap to create this … Read More ...
3 Ways to Color on Acetate
I love working with acetate, those clear plastic sheets are fun to use to create shaker and window cards but you can also stamp and color on them too! Rebecca has three different ways to add color to acetate, one … Read More ...
Foiled Sunset Card
Foiling adds such a wonderful metallic shimmer and shine to cards and I’ve seen and used it myself for digital stamps, sentiments and accents but I’ve never seen it used quite like this. Verity has used gold foil for the … Read More ...
Mixed Media Valentine Cards
I love the vintage look of these mixed media Valentine’s Day cards from Riikka! For the background of each card she heat embossed a patterned stamp and then painted over top for a resist technique. Each card used a different … Read More ...
Artsy Calendar in a Box
Emilie used stamps from Rubber Moon for this cool Artsy Calendar. For each month she used a blank calendar stamp that allows you to fill in the month and dates and then she created wonderful stamped collage designs for each … Read More ...
Halloween Mixed Media Tag
This amazing Halloween Mixed Media Tag from Emma Williams is a true work of art. She used stamps, dies, paints, inks, embellishments and more from Tim Holtz for this wonderfully spooky tag. I love the creepy skeleton hands reaching around … Read More ...
Hello Girl Card
I love the bold and colorful background on this mixed media card from Katelyn! She used a stencil and ink sprays to create the background, layering die cut circles and a stamped girl image and sentiment over top. It’s sure … Read More ...
Stenciled Mixed Media Cards
Lindsay has a bunch of fun mixed media techniques using stencils to create cards using supplies like acrylic paint, watercolor powders and micron pens over the stencils. I love all the color, depth and texture on these designs!