Learn 3 fun techniques to use with your brayer. These brayer techniques add so much interest to your cards and are fun to do!
Is mirror stamping and kiss stamping the same technique? WATCH TO FIND OUT! 🤩 #stamping #cardmaking #cardmakingtutorial #cardmakinginspiration #cardmakingtips.
Are you ready for a new Teach Me That! Every Thursday I share a new technique to help take your stamping creativity to a whole new level. Today in Teach Me That, I will be showing you how to create a unique “stamp pad” from a baby wipe. Are you ready to learn how? Here we go! Place a folded […]
Want to know how I made the leaves stick out the edge of the die-cut shape? Check out this easy partial die-cutting technique. 1️⃣ stamp the leaves in cardstock 2️⃣ Lay a basic shape down over the...
In this Big Shot Tutorial: How to Use Embossing Folders, I’m going to show you how to use different types of embossing folders with your Big Shot so you'll know how to make your Big Shot sandwich for each type of folder for great results every time.
This Spotlight on Nature stamp bundle has been so popular that it sold out very quickly and just recently came back in stock. I had a recent class where we […]
How to cut paper for the inside of your handmade cards. White inserts are great for dark color card bases.
This post is in conjunction with the Art 'n Soul Newsletter article "Technique of the Week" This post is less of a technique and more about trying out the new Distress Oxide inks. I was skeptical in the beginning, but now I know I LOVE these new inks. Oxide inks are a hybrid of Pigment ink and Dye ink. Where Dye inks soak into your paper, Pigment inks sit on top and take longer to dry. The Oxides have the best of both of these worlds. They blend like a dream, and they stamp better as well. They also incorporate the best of the water-reactive properties of regular Distress ink. there are 12 colors currently available, and Ranger is overwhelmed with orders, so we have to get in line; but we WILL get them in! Right now we have 8 of the 12 colors for demo'ing at Art 'n Soul, and we will be happy to demo them for you. For my card, I first blended Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, and Broken China, adding a little Wilted Violet at the end. I sprayed the card, using the Tim Holtz spritzer bottle, which makes large and small droplets. You can almost do no wrong with these inks, whatever I have done looks good. However, I wanted to stamp and emboss with White Diamond embossing powder, and I decided that my inks were a little too light for the white to pop out properly. This panel is actually very pretty in real life, and it is at Art 'n Soul for you to see Starting over with new colors was no problem, because playing with these inks is just so much fun. For the second try, I started with Wilted Violet. I added Broken China (I LOVE the combo of these 2 colors), Cracked Pistachio, and Spiced Marmalade. Since the inks have pigment, they are so easy to blend If you compare the colors side by side to regular dye based Distress colors, they will look just a little different. This is because these Oxide colors with pigment sit on top of the paper, and the regular dye based ones soak in. I spritzed it to get the water spots, and decided it was still too pale. I made sure to dry the spots and went over the card with some Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, and intensified the colors in the Wilted Violet, Broken China, and Cracked Pistachio. I love how rich the colors are This time I thought the colors were dark enough, and so I added more droplets with the spritzer, and dried the card thoroughly. I stamped my image and sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed with White Diamond embossing powder by JudiKins. I added a little of the Wilted Violet to the center of the largest flower in the stamp. I hope you'll give these new inks a try. I think you'll find them as fun to work with as I did. As you know, Art 'n Soul is Magenta's Retailer of the Year for the seventh year in a row, and this allows some privileges. The reason I mention this is because we have advance viewing of the new Magenta Spring Collection, and one of the stamps for Spring is a new one by yours truly, a Zen Bouquet of flowers, shown here on my card. I also have several sentiments in the collection, including this one. Since I received my stamps just yesterday, I decided to give you all a sneak peek of two of my new stamps on the post this week. These are available for pre-order at Art 'n Soul now, along with the entire 2017 Spring Collection. Please come by and see our sneak peek catalog and place your order. You can be among the first in the world to receive the beautiful new Magenta stamps! Magenta Products Used: (If you are local, please look for products at Art 'n Soul. We are taking orders for the new Spring collection now. If you are not local and wish to find Magenta products, you can visit the Magenta online store here. The new collection will be in the online store very soon). 44.024.Q Zen Bouquet 07.968.H You are Amazing Other Products Used: Distress Oxide inks: Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Broken China, Wilted Violet,Cracked Pistachio, and Faded Jeans Versamark ink White Diamond embossing powder by JudiKins
A little info first.....a past SU demo taught me how to do this and I took it and ran - THANKS SO MUCH JEAN!!!! Supplies: Glossy White Cardstock 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Spectrum Ink Pad Brayer with rubber attachment Ink up the brayer in the spectrum ink pad. Start with the left side of your brayer in the middle of the Glossy White cardstock. Tap your brayer on the cardstock going around in a circle. YOU MUST keep the left side of the brayer in the middle of the cardstock. You don't roll the brayer at all. When your...
The Cornered Rectangles Card Template 25 is a simple card layout that can be used in so many different ways. It gets its name from the way the four different sized rectangles each have one corner of the card front covered.
Welcome to the PDF download (via Google Drive) for my version of the inner part of the Colour Wheel in the 2024-2025 Stampin Up Catalogue. I'm so pleased to say that Stampin Up have given permission for me to share this. Instructions: Download the PDF from Google Drive and save to your computer Print off or copy the page from the catalogue that you will attach the inner circle to. This is page 132 of the catalogue. I would suggest that you download the digital version of the catalogue to print from however a photocopy may be fine to use too. Use Basic White Thick cardstock for this and the inner circle so that they are sturdy. Print the PDF at 120%, as this should fit the page in your catalogue correctly. You may want to play with this scaling a little to suit however this worked just fine for me on my HP printer. Cut out the circle and then use a scapel to cut away the black areas to create windows for you to see through. Use a split pin to join through the centre of both the larger and smaller circle. This is what your printed wheel should look like - you can keep it as an A4 like I have or have it cut into a circle like the one that was gifted to Demonstrators - the choice is all yours! The link is HERE I'm really hoping this actually works and that you will enjoy using this until such time as an official one is available for purchase. Please take the time to go back to my first YouTube video explaining colour theory to fully understand how to use this great tool. If you have any questions or need help with yours, please send me an email using the contact form on my blog. Whilst you are here, please leave some love on my blog and be sure to pop back again soon to see what else I've been up to. Happy Stamping, Rachael xx
This card has an interesting fold out that’s anchored by a circular focal point. I’ve got some helpful tips to show you, as well as, a couple examples! Use this layout with your favorite stamp set!
The chalkboard stamping style has been popular for awhile, it’s usual done with white embossing powder on black cardstock but here’s a clever twist on that idea, actually stamping with …
I'm continuing with the Caring Leaves Stamp Set today with a new card.(If you missed yesterday's, check it out here.) It's a very simple fun fold using just the basics - stamps, ink,
I wanted to make something looks like silk screen print with my hand carved stamp.
Mixed media bookmark created using watercolour, textured paste ink stamps and collage
I have used the Bargello technique before but I thought it would be fun to try it with Distress Oxide inks and also with paper. The first card base was created using six Distress Oxide inks and they were all blended in a specific order and then I splattered water on the paper. That piece was then cut the opposite direction into half inch strips. The strips were placed on a card front and then onto the card base. A stitched rectangle was added around the edge. I stamped the flowers and the hummingbird in various inks (multi-step stamping) and die cut them. They were added to the top of the card and the sentiment, along with a strip of purple shimmer trim, was added at the bottom left. Ballerina Liquid Pearls were added around the card. The second card was also created using the Bargello technique but it was done with papers instead of inks. Several designs from the Summer Vibes paper pack were adhered side by side and the strips were cut into two different widths. The were adhered onto a card front with a frame around the outside. A few ice cream cones were stamped and die cut, along with the sentiment. Red Stickles finished off the card. Same technique - very different results. Which do you prefer? Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: Paper: Summer Vibes Paper Pack, White Daisy Cardstock, Black Cardstock Stamps: Summer Vibes Cardmaking, Colour Layering Hummingbird (Hero Arts) Inks: Intense Black, Candy Apple, Pixie, Raspberry, Thistle, Eggplant, Willow, Evergreen, DO Inks - Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles Accessories: Summer Vibes Cardmaking Thin Cuts, Stitched Rectangle Thin Cuts, Colour Layering Hummingbird Dies (Hero Arts), Purple Shimmer Trim, Gold Liquid Pearls, Tri-Blend Markers, Touch Markers (not CTMH), Clear Shimmer Brush, Ballerina Liquid Pearls, Christmas Red Stickles Enjoy, Alyson
Let’s play around with the stack, cut and shuffle technique! It's one of my favorite techniques as you can make 3 cards layouts all at once!
