Tag: stamping
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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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Making a Card with Leftover Mixed Media Pieces
Yesterday’s post was about using one stamped image, and one die on several cards. There was a leftover stamped and watercolored image. This piece is what makes the butterflies on this card. The post, with three cards, is here. Cutting up mixed media pieces gives a new life to the work. The butterflies are die-cut from…
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3 Cards Using the Same Stamp and Die
Maybe it is because I am lazy but when I have a stamp already out that I like to use, I will make several projects before cleaning it and putting it away. In this case, the project is cards. And because I have a short attention span, they need to be different from each other.…
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Art Journaling – Hands
Art journaling is a very personal pursuit. I only show a small number of journal entries to other people. This set of pages uses my traced hand as the focal image. Even though the content of the text is not very personal, using an actual body part is! I used Altenew’s masking paper to trace…
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Elements of Floral Composition
One of the Altenew Academy classes that I recently completed has to do with the elements of design. The class is taught by Jaycee Gaspar. He is an Altenew Design Team Member, as well as an Altenew educator. Jaycee makes beautiful cards using watercolor with stamped floral images. His work is gorgeous! I took this…
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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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Stacked Stencils for Clean and Simple Cards
Have you layered stand-alone stencils to achieve a new look? That is what today’s post is about. I used two stencils to create a different effect on three clean and simple cards. The idea is from Nicole Watt in her Altenew Academy class titled “Advanced Stencil Techniques”. Her class is filled with a lot of…
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Copper Medallion Card
This die set has been featured in several recent posts (i.e., here and here) because it is easy to work with and provides lots of ways to use it. Any metallic cardstock will give a rich look to the card. This one happens to be brushed copper from Altenew. Stacking vellum, black, and copper…
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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…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 