Pretty Prints
For someone who loves foliage and foliage-patterned paper, the Pretty Prints designer series paper from Stampin’Up! is a must have. But, pairing the paper with the fern embossing folder is even better. After embossing […]
Techniques
Finding Closure
Finding closure for some fun fold cards often means creating a belly band. But I recently watched a video from Rachel Tessman where she used tiny magnets hidden between layers on her card. You
Masking
Masking with torn paper can provide a quick and easy background, especially on a one layer card. This class was about teaching how to sponge the ink on, from the torn layer (that covered
Paper Piecing
Here is a technique, called Paper Piecing, that I was introduced to several years ago at a stamp meeting. I’m sure this has been around for many, many years. However, being a stamper at
Botanical Layers Bundle
This is the first time I know of that Stampin’Up! has created a bundle with a stamp set and vellum paper, creating the Botanical Layers Bundle. With this bundle you can create quick, easy
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Water-coloring Methods
So, it appears I jumped the gun on Stampin’Up!’s Water Color Month, by sharing water-coloring methods at my June workshop. But I did get to demonstrate one method they do not show in their
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Water-coloring Flowers
For this class, I selected the pretty stamp set, Hand-penned Petals, to teach water-coloring flowers. Participants were given two options: water color pencils or water color paints. First we stamped the images using Memento
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