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Friday, September 29, 2023
National Coffee Day Hop
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Tuesday Tip - Silhouette Cutting
Tuesday Tip - Silhouette Cutting
Jami's tip is to use the Silhouette to cut out the flowers from our NEW Watercolor Florals Printable set.
Supplies used on this page: Watercolor Florals Printable, Word Mapping, Word Mapping 2, Lines & Crosses Mini Stencil, Greek Alpha, Books of the Bible, Bitty Minnie Alpha, and Chunky Alpha
Look how nice they look!
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday Technique - Monochromatic Cards
Tuesday Technique - Monochromatic Cards
Esther has created quite a few cards over the years that use only one color (besides neutrals). This fun technique works well with all types of cards for every season and occasion!
(Supplies for the card above: Shiplap Background, Landscape Silhouettes, Forest Silhouettes Dies, Bare Tree Die, Script Sentiments, and Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink
Which one of these lovely cards is your favorite?
Supplies: I Like Big Cups, Texture Tiles 9, Coffee Word Die, Texture Tiles 1, Heart Die Set, and Circles Die Set
Supplies: Folk Art Snowflakes, Texture Tiles 4, Christmas Wordfetti, Large Snowflake Die Set, and Hearts Die Set
Supplies: We Three Kings, Endless Love, Texture Tiles 4, and Scene Silhouettes: Jesus is Born
Supplies: Shiplap Background and Peace Be Still
Supplies: Forever Loved stamps and dies
Supplies: Blooming Anemones, Background Builders: Stripes, Faith Phrases and Circles Die Set
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Tuesday Tip - Save the Sentiment
Tuesday Tip - Save the Sentiment
Today's tip comes from Diane who says, "Leave the sentiment off of some cards that you make so you have a stash ready to go for any occasion. Then simply add a sentiment to the front or inside when needed."
Her beautiful autumn card features our Colors of Fall stamp set.
Here are a few more cards from the archives that employ this technique.
Card by Diane features: Song Birds
Cards by Lyn feature Begin Again
Card by Esther use Springtime Babies, Texture Tiles 4, Floral Background, Foliage Dies, Bubbles Stencil
Cards by Nina feature Landscape Silhouettes
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Tuesday Technique - Stippling
Instead of coloring in your stamped image fully, try this stippling (dotting) technique that Karen used on her coneflowers. Choose 3-4 colors in the same family and dot the colors onto your image in a loose gradient. Make sure to bring the lightest color back up into the darkest a bit. You’ll love the mottled, soft look for your cards or other projects.
Supplies: Colors of Fall, Sew Many Stitches, Skinny Caps Alpha, and Floral Doily Stencil
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Tuesday Technique - Die Cut Window
Tuesday Technique - Die Cut Window
Diane's tip is to bring your focal image from the outside of the card to the inside with a punched or die cut window. She used the Thankful Sunflowers and Script Background Stamp on her pretty card.
Here are a couple more cards from the archives that use this fun technique!
Lyn's card features Sweet Little Lamb
Monka's card features Springtime Babies, Made New, and Fence & Grass Dies
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Tuesday Tip - Sentiment Backgrounds
Tuesday Tip - Sentiment Background
Do you want to get more out of your stamp sets? Check out April's great tip for creating unique and fun backgrounds using the sentiments in your sets.
Try stamping them lightly, tone on tone, wonky, overlapping ....the possibilities are endless!
She also used the sentiment background technique with her dies. Isn't this card just the sweetest?
Supplies used on these beautiful cards:
Great Friends, Thankful Sunflowers, Love You Die Set, and Gnome Love
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Tuesday Tutorial - Crinkle Ribbon
Tuesday Tutorial - Crinkle Ribbon
Do you ever wish you had ribbon in the exact colors of your project? Esther recently revisited the crinkle ribbon technique that helps you match everything perfectly!
Crinkle Ribbon Directions:
1. Cut a strip of white seam binding twice as long as you want it since it will shrink when crinkled
2. Ink up your ribbon with your choice of distress ink
3. Spritz generously with water to spread the ink throughout the ribbon (You can add more ink to your mat and soak it up with the wet ribbon to create a darker shade)
4. Ball up your ribbon and dry with a heat gun.
Supplies:
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Tuesday Tip - Repeat Stenciling
Tuesday Tip - Repeat Stenciling
Do you have stencils with tiny designs in them like our recently released Cross Stitch Stencil? Karen shares a tip for creating a fuller patten by shifting the stencil so that the design falls between the ones already stenciled and re-stenciling.
Supplies:
Cross Stitch Stencil, Sew Happy Stamp Set, Sew Happy Die Set, Going Postal
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Tuesday Tutorial - Quilt Backgrounds
Tuesday Tutorial - Quilt Backgrounds
Esther recently shared a set of three cards that feature a quick and easy quilt background technique. Here's how she created them:
- Cut 3 pieces of designer paper to measure 5.25" x 4" inches
- Stack them all together and make two random cuts
- Mix up the patterns to form three different quilt card fronts
- Turn each set over and tape them together to make gluing them to your card front easier