I love doing a nice ink blended sky background for a night scene Christmas card. The Vertical Christmas Greetings stamp set from Maker Forte would be a nice and easy set to create mass produced cards. I used Bristol smooth paper cut at 3-3/4 x 5″ and added Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, and Black Soot distress… Read More »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes something a simple card versus a stepped up card. I spent some time on Instagram looking at cards for other designers to see what little things they do to make their cards spectacular. I thought I’d share some of those tips with you today. I’ve made two cards to… Read More »
Today the Scrappy Tails team is sharing their love for our best selling and beloved “Assorted Christmas Leaves” die set! We are happy to be showing you multiple ideas that feature this die set along with other Scrappy Tails products! Giveaway details: Hop along with us for some wonderful inspiration and chances to win some awesome prizes!… Read More »
I’ve been looking for an excuse to use the Therm-o-Web Deco Foil toner sheets to do some foiling with my laminator. I decided to try them out today to create a Christmas card with my Poinsettia Dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts. A couple of months ago I won a gift card to Therm-o-Web’s store. One of the items… Read More »
I have a video to share with you today to show you how to make two cards with very different techniques using a new stamp set from Maker Forte called Snail Mail Everyday Sentiment stamp set. This is a great go to stamp set for your stash. There are future add on sets coming for this set, so… Read More »
One of the most requested videos or blog posts that I get from viewers is to create several cards with the same supplies. Everyone wants to get lots of ideas on how to use what they already have. Today I’m playing with a floral stamp set, a thank you sentiment stamp set, and a set of mini slimline… Read More »
I have several projects to share with you today!! It’s Christmas in July and I made some Christmas tags and shrink plastic charms. I also have a quick Christmas card! I created two Christmas tags using manila tags from Maker Forte. You can see that I created an ink blended background and then stamped one of the small… Read More »
Do you ever have days where you feel like just making backgrounds and playing with background techniques? I sometimes do. I actually have a whole pile of backgrounds all made just because I wanted to play with my gel plates. I also have other backgrounds that I’ve experimented with just to play around with inks and colors. I… Read More »
Welcome friend! I am so delighted that you stopped by today. I have a quick and easy single layer card to share with you today using a simple, but lovely background technique. I’m using the Scrappy Tails Crafts Fairy Friends stamp set to create my card. This card took me less than 10 minutes to put together. I… Read More »
I’m on The Hedgehog Hollow blog today with 3 cards that are super quick and easy using the emboss resist techniques. I created backgrounds by heat embossing stamps from the Atomic Age stamp set in white. Then I ink blended some Neon Yellowstone and Neon Outrageous orange inks from Maker Forte over the embossing to create a soft… Read More »
I have a video to share with you today to show a quick coloring technique for floral images using your alcohol markers. Today we have the Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge and it is a theme challenge. The theme is thank you! You can find the challenge HERE along with all the rules. You can create with… Read More »
I’m on the Maker Forte blog today sharing a fun summer card and video that is so simple to create thanks to a great stamp set! This card uses the Summer Vibe stamp set from Maker Forte. I’m in love with this set! I used the round background stamp and added a yellow and an orange… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge is a Color Challenge for this week. It’s also entitled Suit Up. I do not have any stamps with a person wearing a suit of any kind, so I decided that I would just go with the color challenge. This was a good challenge. It has a masculine feel to it and… Read More »
I am on the Maker Forte blog today with a video and 3 cards to share! I created cards with the Maker Forte BeYouTiful stamp set and couldn’t decide on a color combination! Here are the 3 cards: This card is watercolored with Catherine Pooler inks and the sentiment is heat embossed in gold. I found the sentiment… Read More »
Have you been making an effort to use things in your stash that you haven’t used in a while? I did that today when I pulled out some of my Brusho powders from Colourcraft. They make such pretty backgrounds and they are quick and easy to use. I also pulled out 3 of my favorite die sets from… Read More »