Category: Techniques

Smooching or Wrinkle Free Distress with Nature’s Harvest

Smooching or Wrinkle Free Distress with Nature’s Harvest

Smooching or smooshing or Wrinkle Free Distress is a quick and easy way to create a WOW background for your project. The background was created using the Wrinkle Free Distress technique:Add some drops of Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight reinkers to a craft sheet.Spritz with water until the inks start to bead.Dip Basic White cardstock … Continue reading Smooching or Wrinkle Free Distress with Nature’s Harvest

Masculine Card with Sailing Home

Masculine Card with Sailing Home

Today I have a masculine card using the Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing Dies. The seaweed, anchor, wheel and rope die cuts were cut with Basic White cardstock and coloured with Stampin' Blends.Many Messages provided the sentiment - stamped in Versamark on Basic Black and heat embossed with white Embossing Powder.Supplies:Stamp Set: Sailing … Continue reading Masculine Card with Sailing Home

Ways to Use Bloom Where You’re Planted Patterned Paper

Ways to Use Bloom Where You’re Planted Patterned Paper

Do you have difficulty working out ways to use your patterned paper? Here are some cards using the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP. These four cards each use three pieces of DSP that are 2½" x 1¾". Emboss or stamp the card base then add the DSP pieces straight or on an angle. Add a … Continue reading Ways to Use Bloom Where You’re Planted Patterned Paper

Artistically Inked with Dies and Patterned Paper

Artistically Inked with Dies and Patterned Paper

The Artistically Inked stamp set and coordinating dies create a beautiful array of cards with a watercolour feel. Add the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper and you have an even wider range of combinations to create WOW results. Click on the picture to go to my online shop CARD 1 CARD 1 Close … Continue reading Artistically Inked with Dies and Patterned Paper

Layering Circles for Christmas

Layering Circles for Christmas

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my readers the very best of the season. Thank you so much for continuing to inspire me. I have used the Layering Circles technique for my final Christmas card of 2021. The Ombre Specialty Paper is just perfect for this technique which could be … Continue reading Layering Circles for Christmas

Quick and easy step cards for Christmas

Quick and easy step cards for Christmas

Today I have a couple of quick and easy step cards for Christmas. The idea came from Wendy Cranford and I have adjusted the measurements to suit our metric cardstock. Thank you so much for the inspiration Wendy. This card uses Fresh Freesia cardstock and Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper. This card uses Real Red … Continue reading Quick and easy step cards for Christmas