Category Archives: Techniques

 

Reuse Aluminum Cans to Create Metal Embossed Embellishments

Going Green… One Aluminum Can at a Time – Tutorial The Rubber Cafe has a great tutorial on reuse of aluminum cans for metal embossed embellishments on a card. Here is the card created by Karen Thede, one of the design team members at The Rubber Cafe:     This card is features The Rubber […]

Gelatos on Acrylic!

I saw this great technique on the Design Memory Craft blog, check this out!       Hey hey bloggers Rita Barakat here!     YES! You can use Gelatos® on acrylic! Today I am showing you three pictures of the same project because I want to you see it from different angles! Working with […]

Globes Technique

This is a darling technique making globes from paper circles.  Plus, it can be used on cards or scrapbook layouts.  Think of all the variations you can create on size or using scalloped circles!  How fun!!!   Thanks to Fancy Pants Designs for this info:   Fancy This: Globe Technique   Hello everyone! I’m here […]

Technique: Mosaic Flowers

The mosaic technique is visually striking.  This designer took some simple scalloped circle shapes and made them into trees by adding a black trunk and cutting the circles into “tiles.”  So clever.     For a list of products used and some instructions, see this blog: http://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/october_afternoon/2012/05/tuesday-tutorial-mosaic-flowers.html

Technique – Banners

These banners are so cute.  And banners are all the rage these days.   Leslie Ashe has created step by step instructions on how to create a row of banners as shown on this layout.   All the instructions can be found here: http://www.echoparkpaperblog.com/echo-park-paper/2012/04/banner-technique-with-design-team-expert-leslie-ashe.html

Easy Coloring Technique with Copic Sketch Markers

What a fun and funky, colorful card!     Kristina Werner used layers of Copic Sketch Markers to color in stamped images.  Layering cut out images in different depths also helps add dimension to this card.   Accents with a white pen on kraft paper give it the finishing touch!   Watch a video of […]