Tag: coloring
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Cute Critters Christmas Challenge
Every once in awhile, it is fun to switch things up and do something I hadn’t planned. This post is all about that serendipitous path to making a cute critters Christmas challenge card. The August challenge at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge is to use a cute critter. Lawn Fawn always comes to mind for cute images, so…
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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…
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Venetian Neighborhood Using Three Different Coloring Techniques
This Hero Arts stamp is an amazingly detailed large stamp that is perfect for many types of coloring techniques. I could have chosen more but stuck with three very different ones to showcase very different looks. And one of them is kind of a failure. The stamped image is a Venetian neighborhood. I wanted something…
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Stenciled Background with Die Cut Card
Hero Art’s Sweet As Honey Stamped Images The stamp set did all the work on this card. The flowers, bee, and sentiment are part of the Sweet As Honey set. First, I used the alignment tool as a mask for inking the center square. The cardstock die cut from the Chain Link die was…
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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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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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Stepping Up Stamped Images Through Shading
Beautiful Details is the first class I’ve completed in the AECP Level 2 series. Wowza! It is filled with beautiful details showing how to step up stamped images through shading and coloring. This class is available through Altenew Academy and one does not need to be going through the certification process to take it.…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 