I love a set of stamps that I can use to it’s fullest potential….so often a set of stamps has one cute one and then the rest of them are duds, you know. Not so with my Stamp BOX stamps! And in particular…not so with Kind Flower.
For this card, I used the Thank… | read more »
Getting my money’s worth :)
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border fun…
| Filed under Inspiration, Stamping 101 | Tagged with Border Lines
Sorry I am posting so late today. Did lot’s of traveling & teaching this month and now the field trip month has begun at school. So pardon me for my tardiness!
Well I received my brand new stamp set a few weeks ago and I am in LOVE!!!! It is called Border Lines. Can you say… | read more »
new stamp set – to win!
| Filed under Cards, Contests, Inspiration | Tagged with Tree for all Seasons
Spring is in full swing, the school year is soon coming to an end. Reasons enough to celebrate with a new stamp set. The Tree for all Seasons is going to be available in our store as of today and will be so versatile as it can be adapted to all kinds of occasions and… | read more »
Summer & flowers
| Filed under Design Team, Inspiration, Projects, Step by Step - tutorial | Tagged with He Loves Me
Hi all, Gudrun here. It is finally summer in norway, the sun is shining allmost all day and all night – and the norwegians enjoy the long, beautiful days outside.
I have also had fun making some easy, cute flowers. This is a small project is ideal for outdoor-scrapping.
I have used scraps of some colorful, happy papers… | read more »
Watermark Ink with Pearl Ex Powders
| Filed under Cards, Stamping 101 | Tagged with O Christmas Tree!
Earlier this month design team member Marci shared a tutorial for using watermark ink with Perfect Pearls to make your own background paper. Today I’ll also be sharing a fun technique for watermark ink, this time using Pearl Ex powders. Pearl Ex powders are extremely fine pigment powders with a metallic finish that look striking… | read more »
Video Tutorial: Crackling and Distressing
| Filed under Guest Designers, Step by Step - tutorial, Video Tutorial | Tagged with Border Lines, Colour Me
Fiona, our wonderful Guest Designer for May, is back and shares with us her favourite technique. It’s crackling and distressing. The photos below show the cards and card detail and the video follows after (click on the link below the last picture).
The first project is a small wall hanging. The subtle colours are giving it… | read more »
Break Out Those Alpha Stamps
| Filed under Cards, Inspiration | Tagged with Abundant Blossoms, Lots of Dots, Rough Copy, Rustic Outlines
Break out those alpha stamps and let’s make some cards. Who says you have to have a “sentiment” stamp to create a card for your loved ones? There’s so many great alphabet stamps that you can use to create your one of a kind card sentiment.
Supplies: Prima Paper, Stampin Up Ink and Cardstock, my Stamp BOX… | read more »
Raid Your Kids’ Craft Tools!
| Filed under Cards, Inspiration, Step by Step - tutorial | Tagged with Garden Sketches, oval office
Today I’m going to show you a fun and easy technique using a white crayon. Yes… a simple white crayon from your kid’s crayon carton! This simple and easy technique is called a white crayon resist.
Step One:
Stamp the images you want to highlight. For this card I used the two small flowers from the Garden… | read more »
SEW much fun!
| Filed under Cards, Inspiration | Tagged with Colorful Companions, Everyday Lines, Funky Flowers, Lines of Life
I love my sewing machine! After finishing a T-Shirt for my sister in-law the other day, I started playing on my cards trying different tensions. I used the Funky Flowers and Colourful Companions sets and took sentiments from Lines of Life and Everyday Lines. I love most of my cards very simple, often just using… | read more »
Tall Outlines
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My all time favourite alphabet stamp set in the world is the Tall Outlines set. I find it is so versatile, allowing me to achieve many different looks with one single stamp set.
This first project is a mini book I created as a project kit for Paws on Scrapbooking. To make the cover, I stamped my title in paint… | read more »
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