Tag: Copics
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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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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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Floral Stamp Three Ways
Large image stamps are wonderful for cards, art journals, and scrapbook layouts. The floral stamp from the Sweet as Honey Hero Arts set measures about 6.5″ from the base of the stem to the top leaf. Stamping the image and heat embossing it on different types of paper allowed for exploring three different ways to…
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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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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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A Quick Colorful Card
Sometimes you need to make a card quickly. This colorful card is straightforward to make and only takes a short time to assemble. To make the crisp center square I used the alignment tool’s square mask and ink blended all around it. All the die cuts were made with one set of dies, cutting…
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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.…
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Lawn Fawn Interactive Card and Machine Embroidered Gifts
. Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer Card My sweet grandbaby recently turned two-years-old. These pictures show some of the things that I made to send to her. It was fun to make the Lawn Fawn Interactive Card. This is the first time I used this die and it was very easy to assemble. The machine…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 