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!
Mermaid Tails Card
I LOVE Mermaids so I totally flipped when I saw this card! Using new stamps and die from Simon Says Nichol Spohr created this amazing Mermaid Tails Card. The background for her scene is stunning with the waves, clouds and … Read More ...
Tie Dye Lettering
I’m seeing Tie Die patterns make a huge comeback, in not only clothes but in design as well. You can add a little handmade tie die touch to your cards with your own handwriting. Kelly shares how to use watercolors … Read More ...
Tropical Flowers Watercolor Card
Erum used beautiful tropical flower stamps from Altenew for this card. She first heat embossed the images in black and then used a wet on wet watercolor technique to color them in. I love the big blue splash of watercolor … Read More ...
Friendship Fox Card
This sweet little fox is ready to bring some sunshine into someone’s day. Christy used new stamps from My Favorite Things for her Fox with Flowers card. I love the mix of patterned papers she used and the combination of … Read More ...
Coloring Embossed Sentiments
If you’re new to coloring stamped images Cathy has a great tip. If you heat emboss your stamps it gives you a little raised “edge” that helps hold in the color so you don’t color outside the lines. She used … Read More ...
Ink Smooshing Flower Card
If you need a quick way to add some color to some stamped flowers try the ink smooshing technique. Dana used Distress inks
How to Watercolor on Colored Cardstock
Normally when using watercolors for your cards you’d stamp on watercolor paper but Amber has a technique using cardstock. She used liquid watercolor markers and just a bit of water on a paint brush to color her images with. Using … Read More ...
Watercolor Powder Resist Card Background
Lisa used several different products to create this colorful background on her card. She first stenciled paste onto watercolor paper, then she added Color Burst powders and wet them with water. The paste resisted the colors so the diamond pattern … Read More ...
Tulip Card with Easy Watercolor
Amy R used Distress Oxide Ink Sprays for a quick and easy watercolor technique. These Tulip stamps look so pretty with the soft watercolor design and the loads of splatters add a trendy look to them. I love how she … Read More ...
Spring Flower Wall Hanging
Katelyn used large banner die cuts for the base for this lovely Spring Flowers Wall Hanging. She used pattern papers from Wild Whisper Designs for the base as well and the focal images, coloring in the black and white images … Read More ...
Watercolor Resist Cards
Carrie used heat embossing and resist techniques to create some lovely cards. The wash of watercolors across the background adds loads of color and make the images really pop. And the trendy sequins and paint splatters finish off these cards … Read More ...
Spring Critter Cards
Jill Foster has some new card videos created with stamps from Penny Black featuring some of their adorable Spring critter stamps. For each card she used a masking technique to add the cute animals to her scenes for a … Read More ...
Vibrant Rose Card
Shannon heat embossed a large rose background stamp from Brutus Monroe in gold for this bold and beautiful card. She colored the design with liquid watercolors for a really vibrant look. A simple sentiment and a few gold dots was … Read More ...
Clean and Simple Succulent Cards
Cactus and Succulents are trendy right now and Carolyn used them to design some lovely clean and simple cards. By using Distress Markers and water she got an artistic, modern watercolor look.
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