Hi friends! I hope everyone is hanging in there. As we’re still living with lots of restrictions here in Germany, I thought a “missing you” card might be appropriate—I know there are plenty of people I’m missing these days, and…
Category: card making
Hello friends! Today I have a simple spring-themed card to share with you, featuring some of my new PaperArtsy stamps and stencils, their Fresco Finish paints, plus Grunge Paste and a new obsession for me: Ranger’s Quick Cure Clay. This…
Hi friends! I told you last week about the box of handmade cards I made for an auction for the American Women’s Club of Hamburg. Here’s another one of the designs inside! This card uses coordinating papers and embellishments from…
Hi friends! Last month I created a box of handmade cards for an auction for the American Women’s Club of Hamburg. The auction proceeds combine with those of American Women’s Clubs around the world, and go to help the folks…
Hi friends and a happy Thursday—and a happy Thanksgiving, if you’re celebrating. Last night I hosted a Facebook Live for Altenew, featuring their Ornate Foliage stamp and die set. This is one of those stamp sets that can be used…
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…
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…