Tag: stamping
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Peek-A-Boo Bookcase Card
Have you seen the stamps and dies that make peek-a-boo interactive cards? This post from four years ago shows the Presents Background stamp set in action here. Today’s post uses the same Peek-A-Boo Doors die. The bookcase stamp set has many wonderful images on a gigantic stamp and also lots of little stamps to position…
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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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Mixed Media Hello Card
The background on this card is usually something I do on my art journal pages. This type of mixed-media layering reminds me of old-fashioned wallpaper or deep brocade fabric. It is a pretty quick project. The process starts with stamping, then layering a stencil with glimmer paste. Waiting for that layer to dry takes…
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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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Black and White Embossed Card
This black and white embossed card looks impressive, though it is very simple to make. The inspiration came from the Altenew Academy course, Impressive Heat Embossing Techniques. It is a variation of one of the beautiful cards made with heat-embossed details. Steps for making this card Using two pieces of cardstock, each cut to 5.5″…
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Creative Watercolor Media Card Made with Re-inkers
Creating a Watercolor Card with Re-inkers The latest AECP class that I completed is the Creative Watercolor Media course in Level 2. There are many different ways to achieve a watercolor effect. Watercolors come in many forms: liquid, pan, pencil, crayon, dots, tubes, and sticks. However, this class is all about using ink with water…
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Potted Plants Card Set – Challenge 1 Altenew Part One
Scroll for the Potted Plants 🙂 Masculine Card Set Hello! The Altenew challenge consists of two card sets but because of the length of the posts, I am separating the AECP Level One Final Challenge into two parts. This part of the assignment is to complete a set of ‘masculine’ cards and packaging for the…
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