A card-making and papercrafting video blog
Hi All, Today I used my favorite white ink: ColorBox. This ink lays on very white and very thick. I recently used it on a very detailed stamp and the image was crisp and perfect. On this card, I applied the ink directly from the pad to the paper. I colored the butterfly with Inktense Pencils… I used a wet brush and pulled color directly from the pencil itself. You get a really vibrant color using this technique. And, it {Read More}
Hi All, I’m calling this a chalkboard because it kind of looks like one to me, but maybe not? I don’t know. The technique is pretty easy, and the good news is that you can be really sloppy with your distress ink and not worry about blocks and lines, lol!! I decided to leave off the sentiment for now. Maybe I’ll add one later. If I do, I’ll probably put it in the lower right corner. Or maybe I’ll just {Read More}
Hi All! I have a pretty quick card this week. I try to alternate my posts between simple and complicated. Sometimes it’s nice to just crank one out, right? I used a new distress ink called Picked Raspberry. It’s so pretty – kinda reminds me of Stampin’ Up!’s Melon Mambo. I spritzed the Full Bloom Hollyhocks stamp with water and stamped it onto the inked cardstock to get that reverse watercolor look. I’m sure there is a name for this {Read More}
Hi All! A clean and simple card for today. Not really anything special regarding techniques, but I love the message. I plan to give it to my younger daughter. I get a lot of questions about how I keep my freehand lines straight. A few tips: The paper stays still the entire time. Your hand and fingers don’t move. The only thing that moves is your shoulder socket, which is pulling your entire arm toward you. Make sure your hand {Read More}
Hi All! I really don’t like to use my Copics on top of heat embossed images. The embossing powder gets on the tips of my markers. I did it in a video once, not realizing what I was doing. Since then, I’ve seen lots of people do it, but it just makes me uncomfortable. So, for this card, I heat embossed on vellum and then colored the back using Copics. I just love heat embossing on vellum – it comes {Read More}
Hi All! The orange-y background for this card was created using Fireworks by Tsukineko (the same company who makes Memento and Versafine inks, among others). It’s an ink spray that has a beautiful shimmer to it. I totally love them. My sister got a 3-pack of them from her friend for $1 at a garage sale! Um, totally worth it. After making this card, I went out and purchased another set of blue/purple. I broke out my Papillon Potpourri set {Read More}
Hi All! I used one of my favorite stamps right now – the Penny Black Paisley Outline background. I like it because it’s a small print and not very detracting from your focal point. I stamped the butterfly right on it – it’s not a separate layer. I really like how this card turned out. One other thing I did a little differently is the card base. The white folded card base is cut 1/4″ shorter than a normal card. {Read More}
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