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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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…
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…
Ever stamp a large image that’s not quite perfect? It’s still salvageable—and can be put to good use for die-cutting! Take a look: This die-cut “hello” is stamped with an image from the Blooming Bouquet stamp from Altenew. It’s the…
Hi friends! Love the look of striped backgrounds on your cards? Want a super-easy way to make them? Try a stripe stencil + watercolors + a flat paintbrush! (This is a project I made in last week’s Altenew You Tube…
Hi friends! Today I have a fun stenciling technique to share with you, using one of Altenew’s geometric stencils. See the chevron stenciling? This is done with the Diamond Builder stencil and two inks—the stencil is super-simple to use and…