Tinting Grunge Paste with acrylic paint is a tried-and-true way to get custom-colored texture for your cards. Most often, we stencil with the tinted medium… but another fun application is with an acrylic stamping block. Simply apply the paste to…
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Last week I hosted a Live session on the Altenew You Tube channel, featuring the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Marker collection. These are just what they sound like: Water brushes, with watercolor inside. Of course you can use them to…
Hello friends! Today I want to show you one of my favorite techniques with stencils: Reverse stenciling: The background of this card uses the PaperArtsy PS145 stencil, which looks like this: So normally when using a stencil, you color through…
Happy Monday, friends! Here’s a quick, easy, and high-impact design to start off your week. This card uses simple white-on-white layering, crisp black ink stamping and spattering, plus a pop of bright pink color. I started by using a dye-based…
Hi friends, today I’m having a look at some of my favorite PaperArtsy card-making techniques—this time, it’s a simple paint-brayered background with stenciling, stamping and foiling. I’m using the following: Every Leaf stamp: PaperArtsy Eclectica ESN41 Circles stencil: PaperArtsy PS176…
Happy Monday, friends! Today I have a *new* technique that I absolutely adore: 3-D die-cut layering. You’ll see the floral card focal here has been die cut from several layers of patterned paper. These are all from the Peony Hello…
Hi friends! Today I have a simple layer-stamped card to share with you, featuring the Majestic Mistletoe stamp set from Altenew. This set is designed for Christmas cards, but can also work for year-round cards too. Here’s the set: You…
Hi friends! Floral stamping is a classic, no matter the card-making occasion. And it’s even better when you have a stamp set that gives multiple looks from one design. This week I have a really beautiful stamp-layering set that can…