Category: Techniques

Bleaching

Yes, bleaching it is. Today's technique uses heat embossing and bleaching in the outlines of the image. I started with a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock, stamped the floral image from Elements of Style using Versamark, then heat embossed it with black embossing powder. When it was cool, I used an Aquapainter to pick up … Continue reading Bleaching →

21st Birthday

I can't believe that it is 10 days since I posted to our blog. The time seems to have flown. Anyway, here is my creation for my niece's 21st birthday. Hope you had a great time Stacie. Sorry I couldn't make it to the celebrations. I have used Champagne Shimmer Paint mixed with Isocol to … Continue reading 21st Birthday →

Circles, Circles Everywhere

Today I am trying a one layer card based on the One Layer Wednesday challenge at Simplicity. These are the rules for this week's challenge OLW78: 1. A one-layer card is defined as a single sheet of card stock folded in half. No other layers of card stock allowed! 2. Use at least FIVE circles … Continue reading Circles, Circles Everywhere →

More Distressing

Following on from yesterday's post, this is our second attempt at vintage/distressing. This time we stamped the roses from Elements of Style in Soft Suede ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Daffodil Delight and Always Artichoke were used to colour the image which was then run through the Vintage Wallpaper EF and highlighted with Tea … Continue reading More Distressing →

Distressing Essentials

I purchased the Distressing Essentials kit a while ago, and have not yet had much of a play with it. My sister, Helen and I decided to see what we could do with it. So, over the next few days, I will show you some of our creative attempts at distressing. Our first attempt uses … Continue reading Distressing Essentials →

Z Fold

Z Fold

I love these simple Z fold cards. They are so easy to make and give an added WOW to your creation. I wanted to use some different colours, so I took out my trusty Color Coach and selected Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Not Quite Navy. Whilst 'oranges' are not my colour, I like the … Continue reading Z Fold →