During the Lawnscaping blog hop this weekend (that I posted about on Friday) I was blown away by many of the cards I saw along the way! One that really stood out was Britta Swiderski’s door card, her … Read More ...
Technique: Make Clear Stickers with Stamps
Joy from Joy’s Life shares a cool technique for making clear sentiment stickers using stamps. I love the candy tubes she made, so cute!
-Heather
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Project: Copic Colored Squirrel Card
How cute is this little guy? Theresa from the Crafting the Web blog shares some great tips on coloring with Copic markers and background shading techniques for making this fun fall card.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Folded Card
This card is so simple but so elegant. Find out how to make a pretty folded and punched card at the Kwerner Blog.
-Heather
… Read More ...Tutorial: Scalloped Button Border
I love a scalloped edge, they always add such pretty touch to any card so I flipped when I saw this amazing scalloped border made of buttons, how clever! Pop over to Britta Swiderski’s blog for a video tutorial on … Read More ...
Tutorial: Floral Card with Colored Pencils
Jill Fosters shares a great new video tutorial on her blog. Using a new Penny Black Christmas floral stamp she creates a lovely elegant card sharing lots of tips for shading and blending colored pencils .
-Heather
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Technique: Faux Crazed Porcelain
Shelley over at Stamptramp shares a fabulous technique she calls Faux Crazed Porcelain. Using crackle paint, paint dabbers and Ultrathick Embossing powder she makes some wonderful stamped embellishments. Click here for her step by step tutorial.
-Heather
… Read More ...Technique: Coloring Stamps with Distress Stain
Melissa Samuels shares a quick tutorial on her blog for coloring and embossing with Ranger Distress Stains, click here to visit her blog. Her butterfly turned out so pretty!
-Heather
… Read More ...Review: Colored Pencils
There are so many different coloring mediums on the market for coloring in your stamped images. It’s great to have choices but sometimes it can be overwhelming to decide what’s the best brand for your wants and needs. Dorcas Designs … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stamping with Gelatos
Here’s another gorgeous mixed media creation from Donna Downey. This time she uses Gelatos from Faber-Castell with stamps for a dreamy watercolor look, how pretty! Click here to watch a video of her creative process.
-Heather
… Read More ...Tip: Die Cut Around Stamps
Alice over at the Whiff of Joy blog shares a wonderful techique for diecutting around a stamped image, how cool is that?! Click here to learn this fun tip.
-Heather
… Read More ...Card Making Techniques: Watercolor Backgrounds
Sally Traidman shares a great video on the Hero Arts blog about using watercolors for fun and easy backgrounds for your cards, click here to watch.
-Heather
… Read More ...Product Release: Art Grip Colored Pencils
Faber-Catell introduced a brand new line of colored pencils at CHA this year, Art Grip Colored Pencils. Hop on over to their blog for a video showing how nice, smooth and blendable this new pencils are. I love using colored … Read More ...
Tip: Aligning Large Stamps
Elizabeth Allen’s Art Studio blog shares a great tip for stamping and aligning large background stamps. I adore the card sample she made, the background and card edge are so cool!
-Heather
… Read More ...Tip: Bazzil Paper Matching
Sometimes it can be really frustrating when making a card and matching up your pretty patterned papers to the right color of cardstock. Well, Bazzil has come up with really helpful website called Bazzill Matchmaker. They pair up their cardstock … Read More ...