Tag: CTMH
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Kraft, Black, and White Medallion Card
Kraft, black, and white are a gorgeous combination. It is gender-neutral, striking, and fun to use for card-making. Actually, I also used it when scrapbooking and still use it in my journaling and mixed media projects. It is a good go-to combination. Adding a pop of color takes it up a notch – see…
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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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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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AECP – Clean & Simple Boutique Cards
Background from negative cuts Today’s card is very simple in execution but is easy to do. The inspiration for it is from the AECP course Clean & Simple Boutique Cards. Simple cards are usually quick to make. That doesn’t mean that aesthetics aren’t considered, though! Glue on each piece while on Press and Seal With…
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AECP – All About Layering Three Course Altenew Academy
Hello! I’ve been having fun pulling out older stamp sets and supplies and playing with them to complete the assignments for Altenew’s AECP courses. Today’s class is All About Layering Three. Lydia taught many ways to use the layered stamps for which Altenew is famous. The stamps and matching dies used on these cards…
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AECP Easy Die Cutting Techniques
Hello! Today’s post is inspired by the Altenew Academy’s Easy Die Cutting Techniques course taught by Yana Smakula. The last two blog posts also included die-cutting elements but this one will show an additional way to use die cuts. Inlaid die cut and popped up die cut in white Inlaid Die Cuts This is a…
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Perpetual Calendar with Leftover Embellishments
Most of us have leftover bits and bobs from previous projects. Items that are too nice to throw away but too few to use on a new layout or set of greeting cards. Maybe because Christmas was still on my mind, I was thinking about ornaments. Or maybe I just like dangly things that sparkle. Regardless, I…
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Watercolor Pencils and Stamping Techniques
Hello! I found a technique video that I recorded a year ago and never uploaded, so here it finally is! It shows seven different ways to use watercolor pencils with stamping. Coloring directly onto the Archival Ink stamped image Colored then blended with CTMH blender pen 3174 Colored then activated with waterbrush Color lifted from…
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FAQs About CTMH Papers
CTMH Paper Fundamentals Paper is the key component to Paper Crafting! Consequently, there are frequent discussions about the various types of paper and the properties of each kind. Some papers work very well for scrapbooking, some are better for card making, some are great for art journaling, some are good for coloring with markers, others…
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Hello!
After a wonderful, amazing, long trip to Europe and a short week-long trip to a little bit cooler area of Arizona, I am back! And ready to get back to papercrafting! The first thing I made upon returning was this Hello card. I love stamping and it always makes me feel like I can make…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 