Intermediate Card Making Techniques
Today’s projects feature the Forever Fern Bundle with the Emboss Resist Stamping Technique. Sometimes when I craft, I get this crazy, excited, giddy feeling. I like to call it “finding my creative bliss”! It doesn’t always happen but when it does, it’s amazing. It’s this very feeling that keeps me crafting and sharing after 17 […]
Read MoreFor today’s card, I’ll be coloring on Gold Foil with the To A Wild Rose Set Last week I shared a card made with the same set I’m using today. These two projects are variations on the same basic theme but today’s card features a new twist as I’ve also done some coloring on Gold […]
Read MoreToday I’ll be sharing a unique card with the To A Wild Rose Set. This striking and unique card with the To A Wild Rose Set is not hard to make but there are a few subtle but important details you should know. For my first step, I used the Direct To Paper technique with […]
Read MoreToday’s post features four Book Binding fun fold cards, including one Christmas card and three made with the Garden Dandy Suite and Gilded Foiling! Unusual opening style cards are just the best so when I recently saw this simple layout I knew I just had to play with it. The card in the photo below […]
Read MoreFor today’s project, I’ll be showing two ways to use stamping with dry embossing. The Life Is Beautiful Stamp Set is the star of the show along with the Winter Snow embossing folder. I just adore both of these products! In addition to stamping with dry embossing, I’ll also be heat embossing, sponging, tearing, and […]
Read MoreFor today’s projects, I’ll be using nature as my partner in crime and will show how to make cards with pressed flowers and other plant matter! A few months ago my husband and I were on having our weekly zoom call with our sweet daughter, Sarah. She told us she’d been working on making wreaths […]
Read MoreFor this club and free card kit project, we’ll explore some fun watercolor background ideas and create a variety of textures and effects. For my various backgrounds, I’ve played with water-based inks with additional water and isopropyl alcohol for some different looks. My projects use a fall color scheme with the Love of Leaves Stamp […]
Read MoreAre you ready for some Inky Fun with the Snowflake Splendor Suite? I had so much fun that I ended up with ink on my neck, hands, and a leg! Now if you follow my blog closely you might notice that the card in the upper right-hand corner below is familiar. This was one of […]
Read MoreToday’s project features my very own Black Ice Technique with the Forever Fern Set and the new Brushed Metallic card stock. The brushed metallic cardstock is in the August to December mini catalog and it’s absolutely gorgeous! It’s different than any of the other metallic card stocks in that it has subtle linear streaks throughout […]
Read MoreIn this week’s Facebook Live I shared a number of card ideas with the Love of Leaves set. These card ideas with the Love of Leaves set all used embossing folders combined with stamping in three different ways to achieve a range of results. Heat embossing was also used on a few of these projects […]
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