Lovely As A Tree Stamps: Part 2
With Lovely as a Tree stamps you can create peaceful, tranquil, and inspirational greeting cards. On this card I used the stamping off technique, which is just a matter of stamping two or three times between re-inking. This allows you to create depth in the scene. I sponged around the edges of the focal piece […]
Lovely As A Tree Stamps – Four-Part Series
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” ~ from the poem Tree by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) Today I am beginning a four-part series on what I believe is the oldest current stamp set, and probably the most popular, Lovely as a Tree (w-115026/c-127793) A beautiful collection of nature […]
All About Watercolor Stamping
Come learn how to watercolor in my new All About Watercolor Stamping class! In this class you will learn a variety of ways to watercolor using Blender Pens and Aqua Painters. What will you get in this class? 1 Blender Pen 2 Aqua Painters (1 medium brush tip & 1 large brush tip) 1 Multipurpose […]
Make Your Own Greeting Cards: Watercolor Stamping
Make your own greeting cards using watercolor stamping! My absolute favorite tools in my “stamp box” are my Watercolor Crayons and either a Blender Pen or an Aqua Painter. Both the Blender Pens and Aqua Painters can be used for other things, but I love them when it comes to watercoloring because an artist I’m […]
Make Your Own Birthday Cards
Make your own birthday cards for family & friends. You’ll save money, and they will mean so much more to those you give them to. I made this birthday card for my brother using one of the easier card folding techniques, the Z card. I’m very pleased with how it came out, especially since almost […]
Stamp4Joy Card Making Tutorials – May 2012 Edition
This month’s edition of the Stamp4Joy Card Club includes card making tutorials showing you how to create a set of elegant cards fast by using the One Sheet Wonder Technique. This set showcases the Everything Eleanor and Petite Pairs stamp set. The cards have a simple elegance that stands on its own by stamping one […]
Making Birthday Cards: Patio Party
A quick and easy idea for making birthday cards is the embedded embossing technique. Adhere some designer paper to your card front and then run it through the Big Shot Sizzix die cutting machine with a textured impressions embossing folder. It can make for a pretty impressive and dramatic look, but couldn’t be simpler. Here […]