Use Your Blendabilities On Velum For Beautiful Backgrounds! Did you know that you can color on velum with your Blendabilities? It is especially pretty on the Foil Velums. It is so simple to do and it is such a beautiful effect! This card layout is one of the latest trends in card making. Using the center of the… Read More »
Stamp On Your Designer Paper + How To Use A 3 Step Stamp! I loved this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch! I also had some fun playing with stamping on the Typeset Specialty Designer Paper. This is fun newsprint paper that is thinner than other designer papers. The flower on this card uses the Butterfly Basics stamp… Read More »
Add Two Quick Techniques To Create A Stunning Card! Are you looking for a few quick techniques to add some special touches to your cards? I have two technique tips for you today that you will enjoy and find easy to add to your card making repertoire! You will also get more tips for mass producing cards. It… Read More »
Step Up A Single Layer Card With Embellishments!I Have you ever made a single layer card, or any card for that matter, and the next day you decided that you could have added just a couple of details to make it more of a “WOW!” card? Yesterday I shared a nice and easy single layer card that used… Read More »
Celebrating You Swap Card: How To Mass Produce Cards! I did a crazy thing…I signed up to participate in a card swap! Why is that crazy? You have to make 20+ of the same card! Of course, I didn’t design an easy card! One of the conditions of the swap was that the card must be a “demonstrator… Read More »
How To Use Your Pretty Paper Scraps And Papers You Don’t Love! You know how it goes. You have some beautiful papers that you use for several projects and then you have those scraps left over. What do you do with them? They can build up if you let them and there is nothing worse than piles of… Read More »
Add Sparkle To Your Cards With The Dryer Sheet Technique! Have you tried the dryer sheet technique on your cards yet? It’s a great way to add some sparkle to your cards. I’ve had a lot of requests for this technique lately and I finally had time to make the video tutorial. I decided to use the technique… Read More »
Have You Played With Dazzling Diamonds Yet? Crafting for Christmas and winter provides the perfect opportunity to play with Dazzling Diamonds to add a WOW! touch to any project. Dazzling diamonds will add glitz to any project! This is a perfect way to add that snow kissed look to your winter scenes. Dazzling diamonds is… Read More »
Stop Wasting Your Paper Scraps! Maybe I should have titled this “How To Use That Piece Of Designer Paper You Don’t Love”, or even “Clean Up Your Craft Room With One Simple Technique”! You know how it is. You buy a package of designer paper and love 10 our of 12 pieces. What do you do with the… Read More »
Have You Tried A New Card Sketch Lately? The Paper Craft Crew has a great card sketch this week. This sketch really sparked my creativity! This is a single stamp set called “Bearing Gifts”. I really love this one. It gives you the chance to play with one of your coloring techniques. I used my Blendabilities on… Read More »
Have You Tried Spritzing Your Designer Series Paper? While this fun little technique won’t work with all of your patterned paper, it will work with papers that have a lot of black or dark colors on them. The Back to Black Designer Series Paper is a perfect paper to try this with! Sometimes I get so busy that… Read More »
Four Feathers Shoebox Swap Card! Last weekend, I participated in a shoebox swap. Have you done this before? I had not and I had no idea what it was. It’s a lot of fun! If you’re looking for a great get together idea for a group of friends, a shoebox swap is perfect! Each person designed a… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects: Create A Hand Stamped Candle! My sister got me started rubber stamping over 20 years ago. It was a lot of fun to take classes and meet other people as interested in playing with papers and inks as we were. I was already a serious scrapbooker by the time she got me hooked… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects Day 5 Fall Thank You Card! It’s fun to take a stamp set meant for Christmas and use it for a completely different season. Here, I have used the Letterpress Winter stamp set using fall colors to create a very quick and simple thank you card in a classic card layout! … Read More »
Stop making boring boxes! Stampin’ Up! has added the Hamburger Box Bigz Die to this week’s Weekly Specials. Save 25% through Monday, September 29! Yet another fun project! I did try to make a video tutorial of the boxes…I made at least 4 or 5 attempts. I think I should just make one giant blooper video from them! … Read More »