Category: Tips & Techniques
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Masculine – Die Cut Inlay
Masculine – Die Cut Inlay A Die cut inlay is not a new technique it has been around for some time. Die Cut Inlay is when you cut an image or shape and put it back in the same place, this give it a bit of dimension as appose to leaving your image just stamped.…
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Masculine Thank You Card
Masculine Thank You Card In today’s project we’re creating Masculine Thank You Card. I always have to stop and think when I need to create a card for a guy as the usual flowers and pretty ribbons are not going to work when creating masculine cards. I wanted to use the Hardwood Stamp for my…
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You Are Too Kind
You Are Too Kind You don’t need to have all the embellishments in the world for your card to pack a punch. As the saying goes “Less is More” For today’s project, I’ve masked off a section (approx 4 cm) in the center of my Whisper White Card-stock. Then lightly sponged my background in Pumpkin Pie,…
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Watercolour Smooching
Watercolour Smooching I thought it would be fun to play with a few of the classic ink pads on some cards, creating a watercolour smooching technique Tricks & Tips If you don’t have acetate or a plastic sheet on hand, use an acrylic block. The benefit of the acetate is that you can bend it,…
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Rainbow Butterfly Shaker Card
Rainbow Butterfly Shaker Card Hi There! Today I have a video sharing an easy way to create a window shaker card. Although I haven’t done one in ages, I decided to give one a try. It was fun! I’m really loving the bright bold colours on today’s project. I created a colour block for my…
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Heat Embossing on Vellum
Patterned paper is just one of the little joys of being a card maker. (The colours! The designs!) In fact, many of us collect patterned paper! However, sometimes it isn’t easy incorporating busy patterns onto small cards. That’s where vellum works wonders in creating perfectly patterned cards. I’ve heat embossed my greeting from Thankful Thoughts Stamp…
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Shadow Stamping
Shadow Stamping Hello there. Today’s video shares how to do Shadow Stamping. The fun technique of “stamping shadows” is so-very-easy to do, and yet gives really fun results. I arranged a cluster of solid images from the Garden in Bloom Stamp Set in one corner of a piece of coloured cardstock from the Brights Collection. I’ve…
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Soft Watercolour Wash
Soft Watercolour Wash I think one of the prettiest card designs is a simple one with a Soft Watercolour Wash background. Today, I will show how to create just such a background using watercolour pencils… and not have any pencil lines showing in my colour wash. I will also show how to add some fun…
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Stretch Your Dies – Star Framelits Technique #2
Stretch Your Dies – Star Framelits Technique #2 Last week I shared with you a fun way to use your Star Framelit dies by using the inlay technique. Today we’re going to use the same Star Framelits but this time we’re creating a star impression on our cardstock. You will notice I keep the design…
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Stretch Your Dies – Star Framelits
Stretch Your Dies – Star Framelits The Star Framelits are fabulous! I love it when I can come up with more than one way to use my supplies. For today’s card, I created an inlay background and added a sentiment formed with the Sunshine Wishes Framelits and Crazy About You Stamp Set. The tiny stars are from the…
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Shimmer on Vellum
Shimmer on Vellum Hello. Today’s video shares how to add colour to vellum with Wink of Stella Glitter Pen, to create a Shimmer on Vellum effect. I really like adding shimmer to my cards to make them a little more special. And when I can very easily add shimmer AND colour at the same time I…
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Gradient Sponged Background
Gradient Sponged Background Well… I had lost my crafty mojo. To get it back, I decided to dive in and make a lot of different cards using the same technique, Gradient Sponged Background and embossing folders and it worked! I don’t normally make a lot of cards at once but I got carried away. It was…
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Vibrant Watercolour Wash Background
Vibrant Watercolour Wash Background For me, creating bold, vibrant watercolour backgrounds is a time-saver! I find that when I have an awesome background, I can keep the rest of the card simple. I was inspired by the colour combinations on this project HERE by Andrea Walford, go check out her work it’s amazing. The colours…
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Watercolour Background with Heat Embossing
Watercolour Background with Heat Embossing I recently sent out an email asking you what projects or techniques they would like to see in upcoming project tutorials. Many of you had asked for simple watercolour techniques, so over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing with you just that… a variety of watercolour techniques that…
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Window Shaker Card
Today I have a video showing how to create a window shaker card For this card, I decided to create a window shaker that is clear all the way through the card. I added texture to my heart cut out by using a piercing tool around the outside of my heart cut out on my…