Happy Tuesday, I hope you are having a creative one! Today I’d like to show you a neat trick you can use to make your stamped images look watercolored. It’s SO easy, you won’t even believe how simple it is! First, to create a background for my card, I wanted to paint a couple of […]
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Mar
Mar
Michelle Peard from Crafter’s Companion shares some fabulous shading tips by using a pencil blending technique. Coloring with pencils on the top of an image that has been colored with alcohol markers really gives added dimension and helps the image pop off the page. Make sure to visit crafterscompanion.com for all their great products and […]
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Gesso and Gelatos Mixed Media Tag
07
Mar
Mar
Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a mixed media tag I created using Gesso and Metallic Gelatos from the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft line. I started with a heat resistant craft mat, a heat tool, a background stamp, black solvent ink, a watercolor paper tag, Gesso, Metallic […]
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Cards With Dimension
01
Mar
Mar
Welcome back, cardmakers! When I first began to create cards, I was more of a scrapbooker and hadn’t really dabbled in stamping all that much. This meant that I started to see my scrapbooking products in a whole new light…on cards! My style was very layered, and I loved to use embellishments! Embellishments were my […]
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Do the Splits: Designing With Split Sentiments
23
Feb
Feb
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 […]
17
Feb
Feb
Caroline Free is in the spotlight today and I’m so excited to share her phenomenal creations! Name: Caroline Free Location: Llandudno in Wales, UK Blog: Tilly and Arthur Instagram: @tillyandarthur Pinterest: @tillyandarthur Facebook: Tilly and Arthur and Tilly and Arthur 2 Etsy: Tilly and Arthur Tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started crafting: I’m actually a […]
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Stenciling Backgrounds
16
Feb
Feb
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 […]