I loved revisiting this strip technique for making handmade patchwork cards!! Kurstan shared this idea at our Summer Stampin’ Soiree event in June. Use 1/2″ x 6″ strips and glue them to your base card or a card front as shown. Keep building up your pattern, until the front is filled. Flip it …
I think I remember saying this during the live video when I shared this color combination for coloring the Simply Zinnia flower stamp… but this one reminds me of a Chrysanthemum (mum) from my mom’s garden in the fall!! I used both Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers and Watercolor Pencils to color the stamped image. Tip: …
I don’t know if this has ever happened to me before… but I totally forgot to take photos of the finished cards before I mailed them to customers!! BUT.. these ice cream cones turned out WAY too cute not to share.. so I’m sharing the idea and hope you will make some to put on …
Well friends, we’ve come to the end of our Monochromatic Monday series!! This is the 4th card in our series that I’m sharing with you. I hope I’ve inspired you to try out monochromatic stamping. It’s easy, quick and uses fewer supplies than most of the cards I share, so great for beginners, or …
Do you remember these fun strip cards I shared over a year ago? I loved them and was reminded of this technique recently at our Summer Stampin’ Soiree! I wanted to give them a try with the beautiful blue patterns in the Stampin’ Up! Mediterranean Blooms designer paper! How to Make the Strip …
Somehow I cannot get enough of the New Stampin’ Up! In Colors this year!! I did another card series with all 5 colors, this time featuring the Poised Peony stamp set. After stamping and coloring several Peony images with Memento black ink and Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, I fussy cut some, and used a …
Our next to the last Monochromatic Monday post…. and it’s the Easiest ever monochromatic card, for my fellow blue lovers! Each Monday in June we’ve been chatting about Monochromatic Cards. Today is the easiest one you will ever make… simply use 2 or 3 of the blue patterns from the Mediterranean Blooms designer paper …
These 1″ strip cards are a great way to use up extra DSP strips, and to experiment with combining different patterns and colors! I hope you enjoy my Lily Pond Lane cards today! The Masterfully Made 1″ strip card idea was one of my most popular cards last year, if you missed it: click to …
Thanks mounds for your kind comments on my Monochromatic Monday video last week featuring Stampin’ Up! Moody Mauve cards. I am glad our video chat about the color wheel was helpful! Today I’m sharing 2 more ideas for Monochromatic cards… one for yellow, one for red. The yellow notecard features both Lemon Lolly and …
Did you know you can stamp and color on Designer Paper? Let me Show You How! I loved making these cards featuring the Stampin’ Up! Country Woods designer paper and the Country Flowers bundle!! Hope you enjoyed watching the video yesterday.. if you missed it, please watch the replay below! Watch the Country Flowers Video …
Join me Live Today! On my weekly Friday Live card making video today, I’ll be sharing how to make these Country Flowers cards. I stamped directly onto the Country Woods DSP and shaded the pots and jugs with my Stampin’ Blends markers!! I’ll be live today at 11am PT, or of course as always, …
Wow wow wow .. this new Thoughtful Journey specialty paper from Stampin’ Up! on page 47, in the Thoughtful Journey suite is SO gorgeous!!! I loved using it for the backgrounds on my Layers of Beauty cards! Color combo for ink blending flowers/leaves above: Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, …