Tag: Random Stamping
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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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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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Tips and Ideas for Using Big Stamps
Using Big Stamps Recently, I found a new-to-me stamp company, Colorado Craft Company. Their Big and Bold stamp collection looked particularly interesting because they are really large images! I purchased a couple of sets and started playing with them. The first one is called “Miss You Peony“. Working with the gorgeous peony image led me…
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Distress Oxide Background on Kraft and White Cards
There are a lot of photos in this post. It all started when I was making swatches for some Distress Oxide inks. I was curious about using a solid stamp on kraft and white cardstock. It is fun to compare the different ways that paper takes color and water. These backgrounds were made on one…
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Avonlea Note Board – Serenity Prayer
Glass Fronted Frame For Message Board Almost every time that we get home from the grocery store or Costco one of us remembers something that we needed to buy, but we had forgotten. I decided to take a big picture frame and turn it into a message center so that we can hopefully avoid these…
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Boxes and Butterflies With Cricut Artiste Cartridge
Butterfly Box Cut at 3 Inches – Random Stamped Cardstock A couple of people requested that I make a video showing how to assemble the boxes that can be made with the Cricut Artiste cartridge. Someone else asked about the butterflies on the cartridge. It seemed like a good idea to merge the ideas and…
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La Belle Vie Gift Box and Card
5 Inch Tall Box With Card Under Bow This gorgeous paper is perfect for so many beautiful projects; it is hard to choose just one to make. As it turned out, making a box, an envelope and a card took care of the dilemma of having to decide on only one thing. Starting in August, CTMH is…
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New Tutorial – Making Faux Textured Cardstock
A couple of months ago I stated that I would share a video showing the techniques I used to change plain cardstock into something that appeared like textured cardstock. It has taken me a bit longer than I expected, but here it finally is: There are three different ways that I have used ink on…
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10 Minute Card – Random Stamping and Stamping on Twill
Smoothie, Lagoon, Gypsy, and Colonial White Cardstock Sometimes it is nice to be able to make a super fast and easy card. When I need one, I almost always avoid using patterned paper. For some reason, it requires me to think more when I use designer paper! I am not sure what that says about…
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6 x 6 Pages Upsized
One of my favorite stamping techniques is Random Stamping. I used a stamp from Beware on CTMH’s Posterboard Alphabet stamps. The frame was stamped with a Spot On Background stamp. It is so much fun to be able to make a background paper that fits the project perfectly!This is the 6 x 6 made into…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 