Category Archives: Stamping Techniques

Do the Splits: Designing With Split Sentiments

Hi, this is Danielle Flanders with another Creative Cardmaker post, and today I want to talk about a trend I’ve been seeing more and more of lately in cardmaking, which involves splitting up your card front to reveal a sentiment in between! It’s a fun way to add dimension and a little something unexpected to […]

 

Stenciling Backgrounds

Happy Tuesday! Recently I have started dabbling in ink blending on my cards! It’s such a fun way to add a touch of color to the background. You can ink blend with any color of ink pad directly to the card, or you can ink blend over a stencil. Ink blending is much easier than […]

Card Making with Liquid Gold Gilding

Have you ever tried painting on a card? This Liquid Gold Gilding Paint by Martha Stewart was so much fun to use and has a really neat sparkle to it, even after applying it to cardstock! First up, I stamped a “hello” in the center of my card base with the Let’s Get Away stamp […]

Sundays With Lorraine

Hello my crafty friends, and welcome back to Weekly Scrapper. It makes me smile knowing that you were able to carve out a bit of time from your busy day to enjoy some creative therapy. Sit back and let the therapy begin! Be In The Moment designed by Cari Locken Let’s start out with a fun layout […]

Sundays With Lorraine

Hello, my crafty friends and welcome back to the Weekly Scrapper! It makes me smile knowing that you found a bit of time to get crafty. One of my goals for this year is to make sure that I take the time to do more of what makes me happy. Since art is proven to […]

Gradient Borders

Happy Tuesday! Danielle here with another card making tip! Today I’d like to share with you how to get this pretty gradient look using border dies. The first thing you will want to do is choose which cardstock colors you will want for your border. I have a rainbow effect going on here on my […]

Sundays With Lorraine

Welcome to the Weekly Scrapper! Even with all the crazy hustle and bustle of the holidays, you still managed to get your craft on; kudos to you! I just can’t believe that in less than a week we will begin 2016; doesn’t it feel like this year went by in the blink of an eye? I hope […]