In today’s post we continue creating with the Fourscore Decorative Masks using blending brushes and painter’s brush for a watercolor look.
Artistic Mix Masks with Color & Contour and Dainty Delight
Today’s card features a partial background using the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and blending brushes. These masks are perfect for a quick and simple card.
Foursquare Mask & Crafting With You – Sending Handmade Hug
If you’re a crafter and interact with other crafters, the Crafting With You bundle is a great addition to your stamp collection.
How To Emboss Resist With Nature’s Prints & Foursquare Masks
Ever embossed with stencils? Today’s post focuses on heat embossing with two different colors using one of the stencils from the Foursquare Decorative Masks.
Celebrating Father’s Day With Beside Me & More Artistic Mask
In today’s post, we’ll continue to explore another way to use the Artistic Mix Decorative Mask and use the Beside Me stamp to celebrate Father’s Day.
Thinking of You Card With Artistic Mix Mask & Quiet Meadow
Use decorative masks on your cards to create beautiful backgrounds. Go simple or layer them to create added depth and dimension.
Fabulous Frames Creates Two Cards Using Hope & Prayer
In today’s post, we’ll use the negative from the Fabulous Frames dies to create a stencil. Make 2 cards using the same layout.
A Watercolored Beauty with Painted Posies Embossing Folder
Embossing folders can be used in various ways. In today’s post, we’ll explore watercoloring on embossing 3D folders and make it the focus of the card.
Watercolor Pencils Brings Perfectly Penciled DSP to Life
Have you ever tried to color on patterned paper? Today’s focus is on coloring on the Perfectly Penciled DSP with watercolor pencils. Read to learn how.
Easy Watercoloring With Ink – Faith Over Fear
We continue learning more about watercoloring techniques. Today we’ll focus on an easy technique using ink and water painters.
It’s A Carefree Day With Kite Delight & Basic Border Dies
Our focus is on Last Chance Products today. Today’s card features the Kite Delight retiring stamp and creating clouds with the Basic Border dies.
Gumball Greetings – I Chews You With Dots & Spots
Today’s card features two great products – the Gumball Greetings bundle and the Dots & Spots dies.. Read to see how I used them and other ways to use.
My Favorite Things Come Together – Cottage Rose & Split Card
Create a card that will wow the recipient using some of my favorite dies, stamps and embellishments from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.
Sunny Sentiments With Butterflies & Flowers
A large flower cluster from the Butterflies & Flowers Mask and a big bold sentiment was all that was needed to complete today’s clean and simple card.
Let’s Talk About Layering Masks With Butterflies & Flowers
Create a colorful card without stamping. Use the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Mask to make a cheerful card. Read on to learn how.
Love, Hate Relationship with Wood Mount Stamps
Create more space in your craft area by converting your wood stamps. Read about the benefits of doing so and learn how.
Tool Time – Refill Inks: Why Get them & How To Use Them
Back in July I wrote a post about coloring tools with an overview of 5 coloring tools – Stampin’ Blends, Stampin’ Write Markers, Ink Refills, Soft Pastels Color Chalk, and Watercolor Pencils. Although a little later than expected, today we’ll feature the Stampin’ Ink Refills. One of the tools we need when we stamp, is ink. Now imagine that you’re making a stack of cards …
Tool Time – Coloring Tools For Your Projects
Besides ink pads, coloring tools are needed for most of our cardmaking projects. There are many options to choose from, but perhaps you are wondering which one is best for your projects. Have you asked yourself these questions: What is the difference? Which one should I use? What paper should I use? What ink, (if applicable) should I use? Let’s talk about coloring. There’s much …
My 10 Favorite Crafting Tools I Can’t Do Without
What are your favorite crafting tools? Which are the tools that you reach for almost all the time when you’re working on a project? Today I want to share with you my favorite tools and why I can’t do without them. Adhesive Stampin’ Dimensionals – Unless I’m making a one layer card, I almost always use these to create dimension in my projects. I use …
Tool Time – The Take Your Pick Tool Review
Let’s take a break from cards and talk about tools – specifically the Take Your Pick tool. Perhaps you’ve missed this tool in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. It’s been around for a couple of years and it’s one of my favorite tools. You can find it on page 159. It’s a multi tool in one rubber barrel. It has putty on one end, a spatula …