June’s members kit is an animated card design. I’ve included material suggestions and links below. So, sadly both Ian and I have been out of commission for most of the month due to the dreaded Covid. While Ian has bounced back, its a bit of a longer path for me. […]
Cardmaking
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Power is a bit of an unusual topic for us to cover, but it is becoming more and more pertinent in the times we like in. Particularly for digital crafters, but also for soft crafts, mixed media and paper craft artists. Firstly though, I wanted to say that as much […]
Natalie shows you a quick watercolour technique to use with your stamp platform. She also talks about designing one word sentiments
For this project, I used the Be at Peace stamp set alongside the worker stamp from Gerbera and Friends from Chocolate Baroque. This project was created as part of my Design Team work for the shows in April Stamping the images Stamp your tree image using chocolate dye ink onto a DL size […]
This card uses the Gerbera and Friends stamp set. Sometimes, you stumble upon colour combinations that interact when blending in a very unexpected way. This was certainly the case for this project. I mixed the following Distress Inks for this card: Speckled Egg, Frayed Burlap and Brushed Corduroy. I was expecting to get blue with […]
Turning portrait stamps into landscape projects using Phenomenal Butterfly strip stamp from Chocolate Baroque
Faux Box Frames: How to add depth without adding to your postage cost? By adding a little animation - the key here is hinges. Use a scoreboard for this one as accurate folding is key to a successful project.
Spotlight and Panel Cards: The Teeny Weeny Meadow rubber stamp set is perfect for playing with panel and spotlight designs. In the sample above, I used an offcut of stamping card as an initial layout idea, and I loved this idea of a bold panel of colour offset to one edge.
The following project is inspired by Natalie’s Photo Cube project in The Crafter’s Yearbook. I’ve been excited to put my own spin on the project by changing materials, papers and more. Equipment List Scoreboard Cutting mat Sharp blade Scissors Metal Rule Scoring tool Ball end tool Pencil Matching fineliner pen […]
We can use different materials as a way to highlight elements within a design. Here, I used vellum to create a 3D element from out of the stamp. You will need the Folk Art Garden stamp set for this card. To do this, stamp your design twice; once onto vellum and once […]
