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Tip: Using a Blender Pen

January 24, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Using a Blender Pen

alcohol markers, like Copics, can add great details, shading and depth to your stamped images. You can take that one step further by using a colorless blender pen to “remove” color and even more texture, especially to stamped critters, … Read More ...

Technique: Stenciled Woodland Deer Card

October 29, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Stenciled Woodland Deer Card

The popularity of stencils continues to grow, they combine so nicely with so many other paper crafting products and there are so many techniques to use to achieve different looks. This stunning forest scene card is made with nothing but … Read More ...

Project: Fall Wreath with Stamped Metal Leaves

September 23, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Fall Wreath with Stamped Metal Leaves

Hanging a wreath like this on your front door is sure get oohs and ahhs from your neighbors! Lisa King started with a Styrofoam wreath base, painted and wrapped it in ribbon and added her stunning embellishments like scrapbooking flowers … Read More ...

Stampin’ Up Review : Holiday Catalog Part 2

September 11, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Stampin' Up Review : Holiday Catalog Part 2

Stampin Up has just released their brand new Holiday Catalog. This supplement adds Fall, Winter, Christmas and New Years items to the current Stampin’ Up lineup and will only be available to order for a limited time.

This new … Read More ...

Product Review: Stampin’ Up Holiday Catalog

August 29, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Product Review: Stampin' Up Holiday Catalog

Stampin Up has just released their brand new Holiday Catalog. This supplement adds Fall, Winter, Christmas and New Years items to the current Stampin’ Up lineup and will only be available to order for a limited time.

This new … Read More ...

Project and Technique: Cupcake Card using Vellum Paper

August 28, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Project and Technique: Cupcake Card using Vellum Paper

Vellum paper is a semi transparent paper that gives a pretty soft look when layered on your cards. You can use permanent inks or heat embossing to stamp on vellum. Coloring on the back side of vellum with markers … Read More ...

Tips: Marker Coloring Tips

August 8, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Tips: Marker Coloring Tips The Some Odd Girl stamps blog has 4 quick tips for coloring animal fur with markers, click here to check them out. -Heather… Read More ...

Tip: Vintage Sepia Tone Coloring

July 30, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Vintage Sepia Tone Coloring

Learn how to get an old fashion sepia tone to your stamped images with alcohol markers, Spectrum Noir has all the details.

-Heather… Read More ...

Tip: Easy Coloring of Stamps with Alcohol Markers

July 25, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Easy Coloring of Stamps with Alcohol Markers

Sometimes coloring with alcohol markers can be a bit daunting and take a lot of time to get good results but you can do just some quick techniques for adding shading and highlights, the Spectrum Noir blog has tips for … Read More ...

Product Review: Stampin’ Up!

July 3, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

 

Product Review: Stampin' Up!

This is my third review using products from the brand new Stampin’ Up Catalog. If you missed my first post with details about what’s in the catalog, along with project ideas you can check it out here and my … Read More ...

Tips: Choosing the Right Black Ink Pad

June 24, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Tips: Choosing the Right Black Ink Pad

There are so many different types of inks on the market, especially the color probably most often used, black. It’s hard to know sometimes what the best ink is for your the stamping technique you’re doing, are you embossing, coloring … Read More ...

Tip: Rubber Stamping with Copic Markers

June 22, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Rubber Stamping with Copic Markers

In addition to coloring your stamped images with Copic markers did you know you can also stamp your images out using Copics too? I didn’t 🙂 The Copic Marker Europe blog has all the details. I’ll definitely being trying … Read More ...

Review: Stampin’ Up Catalog

June 2, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Review: Stampin' Up Catalog

I’m am super excited to bring you a peek at the latest catalog products from Stampin’ Up! 

 

This new catalog is chocked full of wonderful new products for card making, scrapbooking, home décor and parties! Including tons of new … Read More ...

Product Review: Stampin’ Up Blendabilities Markers (with lots of samples)

May 1, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

For awhile now I’ve been sitting on a new product that I’ve been dying to share with you and now I’m so excited that I finally can!

product review: stampin up markers

Starting today Stampin’ Up will be releasing the first in their brand new … Read More ...

Tip: How to Use a Blender Pen

September 20, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: How to Use a Blender Pen

The Simon Says Stamp blog has a great tutorial for using a blender pen with your alcohol markers with your stamped images for a softer more blended look.

-Heather… Read More ...

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