Category: Techniques

Christmas Pines Garden White

Christmas Pines Garden White

You have now seen the circles, the ovals and the squares (used as rectangles) from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Today, you can see the squares by themselves. Tips: Emboss a Whisper White card base with the Pine Bough TIEF. Colour a piece of the leafy Fancy Frost Specialty DSP with a sponge brayer and Garden … Continue reading Christmas Pines Garden White

Artful Stampers Team Challenge Crushed Slate

Artful Stampers Team Challenge Crushed Slate

It has been a while, but tonight I am joining in this week's Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop. The timing of these challenges has changed from Monday morning to Thursday night. It is a colour challenge this week. These colours seemed to call for a masculine card. However, I thought I would try to use … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Crushed Slate

Merriest Wishes Smoky Cobbler

Merriest Wishes Smoky Cobbler

My Stitched Shapes Framelits arrived today and I couldn't wait to try them out. Aren't they gorgeous? They add a touch of elegance to your project. How to: Use the Sparkle TIEF to emboss a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock and attach it to a Cherry Cobbler card base. Stamp images from Merriest Wishes on … Continue reading Merriest Wishes Smoky Cobbler

Touches of Texture Flirty Denim

Touches of Texture Flirty Denim

Time for another Fancy Fold card. The Trifold Angle Card would have to be one of my favourites. You can either dress it up or down and it still looks great. Some tips: You can make two of these cards from one sheet of cardstock. Check out the tutorials for both metric and imperial measurements … Continue reading Touches of Texture Flirty Denim

Falling Flowers Emerald Flamingo Bands

Falling Flowers Emerald Flamingo Bands

This month's theme for classes was 'Getting Inky'. This week, we played with Shaving Cream and Rubber Bands to create some interesting backgrounds. This is one of the cards we made using Rubber Bands, an acrylic block and some ink pads. Don't you think this creates a great abstract background? Supplies: Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper … Continue reading Falling Flowers Emerald Flamingo Bands

Watercolor Words Emerald Cream

Watercolor Words Emerald Cream

This month's theme for classes was 'Getting Inky'. This week, we played with Shaving Cream and Rubber Bands to create some interesting backgrounds. This is one of the cards we made using Shaving Cream and some re-inkers. Isn't it pretty? You get a different look every time. Supplies: Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White Ink: … Continue reading Watercolor Words Emerald Cream