Tag: Cards
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Spellbinders Monthly Clubs
What is Included in a Monthly Club Spellbinders monthly clubs run the gamut from dies to wax seals to stencils and more! Today, I am going to share some projects made with their September Glimmer Hot Foil Kit and Embossing Folder (2D) Kit of the month. They also have a 3D embossing folder membership. The…
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Candy Christmas
Spellbinders and Stamperia Collaboration Full disclosure, I am an affiliate with Spellbinders and they provided the etched dies for the cards I created. All of the products used in conjunction with the dies were purchased by me. If you click on a link to Spellbinders or Scrapbook.com, I receive a small commission at no additional…
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Watercolor Takes Practice
Recently, I completed two Altenew Academy classes on watercolor for card makers. After viewing the two different instructors’ creations, the main takeaway is that watercolor takes practice. In my case, a lot of practice! The workshops are titled Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercolor, taught by Jaycee Gaspar, and Artists’ Watercolor 101 for Paper Crafters with Emily…
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Vellum and Kraft Card
This is a 5″ x 7″ top folding card made mainly with kraft card stock. The vellum overlay layer softens the sharp lines of the medallion die cut. And it also tempers the busyness of all of the stars. I got a bit carried away when gluing the little stars. These would have normally been…
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Stained Glass Medallion Cards
This card came about because I wanted to make the medallion from the Stained Glass Medallion die set look as close to stained glass as possible. Using a high gloss glue over the ink-blended cardstock gives a shiny, almost glass-like look. Ink blending within the parameters of the shapes keeps the focus on the…
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Red and White Hugs Card
This card is easy and very quick to make because it is just layering/stacking die-cuts. Using two high-contrast colors makes a bold statement in a clean and simple way. Red and white are always a good combination. Do you have two favorite colors to try this technique? THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. BY…
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Zentangling on Cards
Amber Davis teaches a class for Altenew Academy titled, Zentangle for Cardmakers. It has many ideas about incorporating doodles or Zentangle designs onto card fronts. If you enjoy doodling or Zentangling, add this fun, personal touch to your next project. Here are the steps for Zentangling on the card pictured above. First, choose an…
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Stenciling With Markers
Here are two cards made with the same stencil and dies. The stenciling was done with two different types of markers. First, the card with the negative piece of the ‘hugs’ die cut was colored with Karin pigment brush markers. These are non-pumping, meaning you shake them and they are ready for painting onto…
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The Background Determines the Aesthetic
When designing a card sometimes the background determines the aesthetic. Both of these cards use the same Hero Arts’ Cobblestone Bold Prints stamp. The lighter-colored card was stamped with black ink onto white cardstock. The cobblestones were shaded with gray colored pencils. The card pictured below was stamped with Versamark onto watercolor paper without cleaning…
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Bubble Wrap Embossing
Accidental Embossing An interesting thing happened when I laid a piece of mini-bubble wrap onto the card front when running it through the die-cutting machine to cut a smaller panel. I was trying to maintain the shape of the white splatters and hoped the bubble wrap would absorb enough of the pressure to keep the…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 