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Background Technique – Crimp or Corrugate
Crimped Shipping Tag There are hundreds of background techniques for papercrafters to choose from when working on any given project. I am revisiting a bunch of them over the next couple of weeks. Also, I am starting a new page on my blog that is specifically for background techniques. This way the techniques will be…
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Polished Stone Technique – CTMH Inks
CTMH Thanks Stamped with CTMH Black Archival Ink Background Technique Week continues with a third variation of the Polished Stone Technique. Here is a video recap of the different materials and a quick demonstration of the technique using cotton balls and CTMH reinkers: The reason why glossy paper works well for this technique is that…
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Polished Stone Technique With Copic Markers
CTMH Stamps: Treasure Life and Rosy Regards Thank you for visiting! Yesterday’s post was also about the Polished Stone Technique. The main star was Adirondack’s alcohol inks, which offer spectacular results. Today’s post is another way to do this easy technique, but with other supplies. Many of which are likely to be on hand. I…
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Polished Stone – Adirondack Style
Magenta Young Girl Reading Stamp This week is all about background techniques. The first one has been around for years. The Ranger Ink/ Adirondack Alcohol Ink people made it famous, though. It is easy to do and no two are alike. The supplies are minimal and it offers quick results. Later this week, I will…
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Booklet for Tags Tutorial
Booklet Made With CTMH Dakota B & T Paper Happy Friday! Today I have a project that I made for Faithbooking For All, but thought it might be something that could be used for other purposes so I am sharing it here as well. The full tutorial and video are here. Tag Booklet Front Cover…
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Clean Up My Desk Card #3 – Mailable Cards Week
Last week I mailed 8 cards at the post office. Because of my love of layering, 7 of the 8 needed extra postage. Hence, the Mailable-Card-Week, self-challenge I am engaged in this week! Cards can still be very nice without requiring more than regular postage. 🙂 This card uses some leftover snowflakes cut using the…
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Clean Up My Desk Card #2 – Mailable Cards Week
5 1/2″ by 4 1/4″ Standard Size Card The clean up continues! There were several different diecuts leftover from when I was playing with the Artiste Cricut cartridge. These were all made with the Avonlea paper, which is too pretty to throw away! So they made it onto this simple, mailable card. CTMH Colonial White…
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Clean Up My Desk Card – Mailable Cards Week
After working on a few projects, I end up with several usable pieces of stuff that did not make it into the original project. I prefer to work at a clean desk and try to tidy up after each big project. Sometimes I am in a bit of a hurry and a little pile of…
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Frosted Designs Twine and Ribbon Challenge
Paint Splattered On Textured Honey Cardstock Thank you for visiting today! Frosted Designs has a fun challenge beginning today using twine and/or ribbon. Please join us by making a card, layout or off the page project and link it up here. Dresses Cut From Cricut Artiste Cartridge On this layout, I used white baker’s twine…
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Life On The Farm – Art Journal Page
Could Have Been Tacked Inside the Barn My family moved to a rural area of Iowa when I was in elementary school. It felt far away from everything and very hodge-podgey to me. Nothing seemed to ‘fit’ together on The Farm. As we lived there, things continued to get cobbled together, just to work until…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann
Quilts, Cards, Mixed Media, and Other Stuff
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 