Stampin’ Up Playing with patterns Hello everyone – want to use up your dsp, then look at these ideas for Stampin’ Up Playing with patterns cards. I know you hate throwing scraps of dsp away like me. So when I find a layout I can use those scraps on I love it. The first idea uses scraps of squares to make a focal banner. 3 different patterns from the same collection were used. In keeping…
By Your Side kit adorable dog Hello everyone – I have a fun card for you with the By Your Side kit adorable dog idea. Vicky and I are collaborating with kits this month. Check out her idea here. When I looked at the punch outs in this kit I fell in love with this adorable dog. I can see him laying a big sloppy kiss on my cheek. I could not wait to make…
Stenciling on pattern paper Happy Friday Stampers – another fun idea with Stenciling on pattern paper today. This was a fun technique and it was great to stencil on pattern paper. I did have to search for some dsp that had a faint pattern so it would not overtake the stencil design. This is a clean and simple idea and I cold see this being done in a variety or colors. Check out the Stenciling…
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…
