Color blending for a clean and simple card Hello Everyone – I have two Color blending for a clean and simple card ideas for you today. Playing with color is fun and you can use it to create a color blended element as a background for your card. Choose several colors that go together or a light and dark of the same color and mask off a section. Pull out your blending brushes and just…
Playing with hand drawn frames Hello everyone – In a recent Facebook Live I was Playing with hand drawn frames and wait until you see the cards I created using this technique. I love finding long lost techniques and playing with them. One idea that I ran across was using a fine line writer to make a frame around your image. The first card used a Paper Pumpkin stamp that I colored. Then I used…
Collaboration with Vicky – By Your Side kit Hello Everyone – Sunday means it is another Collaboration with Vicky – By Your Side kit. For today’s card I used one of the sketches from the new annual catalog. It is easy to create alternatives when you have a sketch to spark your creativity. Having a layout makes it easy to get started. For my card, I used the pieces from the kit to create the…
Anything Goes Saturday – Freedom Field Collection Hello Everyone – wait until you see the beautiful card for today’s Anything Goes Saturday – Freedom Field Collection. When I saw this paper I knew I had to order it. It uses beautiful blues and yellows for gorgeous patterns that are able to stand on their own. Today’s card uses a companion add on collection in an 8.3″ x 11.7″ size. For today’s card I cut the…
Masculine stencil card idea Happy Friday stampers – how about a Masculine stencil card idea today? I have done a variety of stencil ideas but had not done a masculine one. The technique of double stenciling was perfect for this idea. I found a tree stencil in my stash and the rest was easy. Basically you stencil with 1 color then shift your stencil and use another color. This gives the impression of depth in…
Stampin’ Up Thoughtful Journey dsp Hello Everyone – I paired the new In Color Peach Pie with some of the Stampin’ Up Thoughtful Journey dsp for today’s cards. Stampin’ Up has released the new set of In Colors and some new dsp. I ordered the Thoughtful Journey dsp and paired it with the new Peach Pie for some great ideas. During a You Tube Live I found 2 patterns to use with this color and…
