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Altering Elizabeth Craft Designs A5 Planner
Altering the Elizabeth Craft Design A5 Planner Binder with ink, paper, and colored pencils netted me a colorful, one-of-a-kind, Garden Journal. Adding the Planner Dangle made with shrink-plastic stamped images added another fun and unique embellishment to the project. The video below covers some of the processes with altering this planner. First, let us…
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10+ Cards Made with the Same Stamp/Die Set
Hello! This is a recap, with many pictures of the cards I created for Level 2 of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. My personal challenge was to use one stamp set for all ten courses. Here they are, and my shiny new badge which shows that I passed Level 1. Original Post here Original Post Here…
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Craft My Stash: Reinker Marbling with Altenew, Pinkfresh, CTMH, Gina K., Ranger Inks
All of the re-inkers were used with photo paper and glossy cardstock. The colors are listed below with their respective photos. For the faux marbling technique, please watch the video tutorial. The paper was sprayed with water prior to applying the inks and additional water. The gold pigment ink pad is no longer available but…
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Craft My Stash: Marbling With Altenew Ink Pads
Marbled Paper Made With Ink Pads One of my 2023 goals is to work through my craft stash and use the things I have or to let them go if they no longer serve my needs. For the past few days, I have been playing with ink pads and glossy papers to make marbled paper.…
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Polychromatic Watercolor Layers on Cards
There have been many blog posts here about watercolors and cardmaking. However, they usually discuss specific media and techniques to achieve pleasing results. Today’s post is a little different because the focus is on polychromatic watercolor layers on cards. Polychromatic means multiple colors. The inspiration for this card and a variation of this technique is…
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Masking Unleashed on Card Making
Have you made masks for stamping images on your projects? It is a fun technique that allows for adding the illusion of depth while stamping on one layer. Today’s post shows two cards made from one stamped surface and then die-cut using all of the pieces. The inspiration comes from the Masking Unleashed class…
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Magical Marker Techniques
Do you like to color? If so, do you have a favorite media to use? Pencils, markers, crayons, pastels, or a combination of things? A class I recently completed through the Altenew Academy, Magical Marker Techniques, was all about using alcohol-based markers. The focus was actually not on coloring but rather on how to use…
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Elizabeth Craft Designs: Getting Started With Planners Part One
Elizabeth Craft Designs Planners This will be a two-part post because there is a lot of information to cover! This first post will mainly focus on the A5 standard slim planner. In addition to discussing Elizabeth Craft Designs and getting started with planners, the posts will cover what is needed, what are compatible companies, and so…
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Three Scoops Card
Today the temperature outdoors was in the 70s. This is the first day of the year which felt like Spring finally arrived. Spring is all about flowers, sunny days, and in my house, eventually – ice cream. What does ice cream have to do with card making? More about that in a bit. As…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann
Quilts, Cards, Mixed Media, and Other Stuff
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 