Here’s a great tip from Danielle Flanders to get a water colored looked using solid stamped images. She stamped her designs with dye based ink pads and then lightly blended the ink with a water brush. This is such a … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Color Splash
Amy Rysavy designed this cool and colorful card using lots a splashes of water color over an embossed stamped image. She’s got a video tutorial for this technique over on her blog Prairie Ink and Paper, click here to watch.… Read More ...
Project: Water Color Eggs Easter Card
This bright and cheery Easter card sure has some pretty water colored eggs. Punch, die cut or cut some egg shapes from cardstock and use water color pencils to add a lovely splash of color to them. For complete direction … Read More ...
Technique: No Line Stamping with Water Coloring
No Line Stamping is a cool technique that uses a light colored ink pad to stamp your image and then when you color the images with bright or dark colors the stamped lines disappear and it almost gives the look … Read More ...
Tips: Adding Stamping to Your Scrapbook Pages
Over on the Hero Arts bog guest artist Kathleen Graumuller shares some wonderful ideas on how to incorporate stamping onto your scrapbook pages. Stamps can be used to make great borders, all over backgrounds, tiny accents and focal images on … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Coloring with Copic Markers
You can achieve a soft dreaming water color look with your Copic makers using this technique from Michele Boyer. She has a tutorial over on her blog Paper Cuts.
-Heather
… Read More ...Card Making Technique: Water Color Lifting
Here’s a really cool stamping technique from Jennifer McGuire called water color lifting. First Jennifer applied water based markers all over her paper then added water, then she heat embossed stamped background images with clear powder, then she lifted off … Read More ...
Technique: Distress Ink Water Coloring
Nichol Magouirk has a video tutorial showing how to use Tim Holtz’s Distress Markers to water color your stamped images. By applying the marker ink on a non porous surface you can use it like a pallet, pick up the … Read More ...
Project: Water Colored Bunnies Valentine Card
Send someone a sweet hug through the mail. Christy will show you how to color up some adorable bunny stamps using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and water for a sweet Valentine’s Day card. Visit her blog Christy gets … Read More ...
Technique: Adding Color to Projects with Color Burst Inks
Stampington and Company has information on how to use Color Burst inks for a lovely water color background or to use in combinations with stamps for colorful mixed media style collage art and cards. Click here to check it out.… Read More ...
Project: Water Colored Deer Card
The Understand Blue blog has a quick video tutorial showing you how to mask and water color this lovely deer scene, click here to watch.
-Heather
… Read More ...Tip: Turn a Cloud Die into a Flower
Paulina has a terrific way to get more from a popular punch/die cut shape, she’s turned a cloud into a flower, how clever! Pop on over to her blog Pretty Pink Posh and she’ll show you how to assemble it.… Read More ...
Project: Thank You Snowman Card
Don’t forget to send thank you card for all the great holiday gifts you received. Use your holiday or winter themed stamps for Thank You cards, they’re perfect this time of year and a great way to get more use … Read More ...
Project: Scribble Style Holiday Cards
You can find complete directions for making these 3 Holiday cards over on Vintage Muse Designs. Using products from Tim Holtz, with different watercolor backgrounds using Distress Ink and adding scribble die cuts over top Bobbi made these fun cards … Read More ...
Technique: Water Color Wash Christmas Card
Get a dreamy, wintery look with this water color background technique from Catherine Pooler. The gold embossed stamped image over top really pops on this card! Watch her video tutorial over on her blog.
-Heather
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