Blog of Kerry Willard Bray, a momma, wife, and maker of things.

(Voor de Nederlandse tekst klik hier.) Colors: Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Lovely Lipstick, Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss; Stamps: Touches of Textures, Recht uit het Hart (Flourishing Phrases); block H A new stamping technique with my Stampin’ Write Markers For a few weeks now, I am the proud owner of the “Many Marvelous Markers” from Stampin […]

"Bokeh" (the way a camera lens renders out-of-focus points of light) is one of the hottest visual trends in design right now. I've seen it on TV and in magazine ads. And paper crafters

Good morning, peeps! Well – today is the last week in my “term” as a Guest Designer at the Just Us Girls Challenge! Which is why I’m in your Inbox so early! Next Saturday…

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Hello Stampers Well today it's all about your paper trimmer. After many use it's like a car it need a good tune up. It is amazing how better the blade slide after a good tune up. Here wh

Pre-S: If you want to learn how to take beautiful photos and tell the story of your life better, check out my course Stories From Here. I'm not being bashful about how proud of myself I am right now. In the craft world, I completed one of the greatest feats known to scrapbookers. I

Cindee and I played around with a new background idea, using Watercolor Paper, Stampin' Write markers, and a spritzer with water! We stamped our fun watercolor cards with images from the Big On You stamp set! This super fun 'Big On You' stamp set was the perfect greeting for these bold cards! HOW TO create the Speckly Watercolor Background Technique: The addition of the speckle stamp makes it look like the Watercolor Salt Technique (see my video here), but I didn't even use salt! We also decorated the inside of the card with a piece of Irresistibly Yours

Card tutorials, craft tips, and Stampin' Up products

Hello Stampers OH! How I love the color combination sheet that Stampin'Up! did for us this year. I share last month how it work in a video if you miss CLICK HERE. Today I share a few more co

Stampin Up Demonstrator Brandy Cox, from Huntersville, NC shares a fun project Post it Note used the Stampin Up Mixed Bunch Stamp Set.

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Now that I am taking the plunge into Project life both to catch up on my boxes and boxes of photos and to use it as it was intended to capture the everyday I went looking for helpful phone apps to make it easier. For most of us our Iphones /smartphones are never far from […]

Bokeh Dots by Stampin Up. Created by UK Independent Demonstrator Teri Pocock. Click through for more details. #teripocock #stampinup #stampinupuk #bokehdots #dandelionwishes #hightide

Hello Stampers, today I am sharing basic tips to sponge different scenery using the Blending Brushes. These are so soft and easy to make a soft blending scenery. If you have difficulty with stamping

Tips for opening ink pads, sliding ink pads & keeping them clean! I’ve got all the info & tips in today’s video! Works great on Stampin’ Up and other brands

I know, I know, it's Wednesday!! And I am doing Tuesday's tip a day late but I have a good reason :0) I made a new baby card and gift for one of my lovely

Video tutorial! These unique backgrounds will teach you both ways using Brusho with table salt versus Epsom salt for speckled and textured backgrounds. Completed cards are posted that include beautiful shimmer against these distinct backgrounds. Stampin' Up! Dragonfly Dreams and Lovely Words Thinlits.

"What can you do with VersaMark ink?" I have been asked this question recently by a few customers so, following is a list of some of my favourite uses of this unique ink pad. As its name suggests, VersaMark is a very versatile ink! 1. Embossing: I mainly use the VersaMark pad for heat embossing projects. Because VersaMark is a clear ink, you can use the embossing powder colour of your choice without the colour of the pigment pad showing through the embossed powder. 2. Embossing with Classic Ink pads: First, ink up the stamp image with VersaMark, then ink it with a Classic Stampin' Pad colour of your choice. Apply clear embossing powder and heat with embossing tool. You get a very glossy raised image in the colour of the ink you chose. 3. Watermark: Create a great tone-on-tone effect by stamping on a piece of coloured card stock. The image appears a deeper shade than the card stock and is perfect for subtle backgrounds. 4. Discreet Journaling Lines: Looking for a way to create subtle journaling lines? Ink one of our journaling stamps with the VersaMark pad and stamp on a piece of coloured card stock. Once the ink is dry, journal with a Stampin' Write journaler or marker. VersaMark is an acid-free ink and safe for scrapbook pages. 5. Embossing on Metal or Glass: Prior to stamping, rub the Embossing Buddy over the surface. Stamp the image on a metal or glass container with the VersaMark pad, and then emboss with clear, gold or silver powder for an elegant touch to any piece of glassware. Note: This technique is recommended for decorative purposes only. Embossed images may scratch off or come off when washed. 6. Poppin' Pastels: Stamp the image with the VersaMark ink pad on a piece of neutral-coloured card stock (Whisper White, Very Vanilla). Apply Stampin' Pastels with sponge daubers, stamping sponge, or pastel applicator directly to the ink. 7. Versamark Resist: Stamp on Glossy White card stock with the VersaMark pad. Ink the rubber brayer with a Classic pad, and roll over the card stock. Wherever the VersaMark ink was stamped, the card stock resists the coloured ink from the brayer. If you dont have a brayer you can sponge or daub the ink over the versamark image. 8. Emboss Resist: For a more defined resist image. Stamp an image with VersaMark ink and emboss with Clear embossing powder. When the image is cool, sponge one or more colours of Classic ink over and around embossed image. The stamped image will resist the ink. 9. Reverse Pastels: Apply Stampin' Pastels (bright colours work best) to a dark-coloured card stock (Basic Black, Night of Navy, Close to Cocoa) and then stamp over the chalked area. The ink pulls off the colour of the chalk, revealing the paper beneath. Be sure to clean the stamp before re-inking, as the chalk you removed is now on your stamp and will dirty your VersaMark pad. 10. Two Step Stampin': Stamp the first image with VersaMark and then the second with white craft ink (or with an Encore metallic pad ). This technique looks best on darker, richer tone card stocks (e.g. Elegant eggplant, Bravo Burgundy, Not quite Navy). The image appears to be embossed, the versamark creates a shadow line, it works best if you use a stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the two images. 11. Use versamark with Heat and stick powder and your heat gun to hold your glitter firmly on your cardstock without messy glues. Stamp an image with versamark, sprinkle liberally with heat and stick powder, heat very quickly, just till it melts, then put your glitter on top. Heat a second time (very quickly) to set the glitter onto the image. 12. Easy watercolouring: Stamp an image with versamark, use white embossing powder, and then watercolour with classic ink on a brush between the lines. Take a look on my side bar under Versamark for some tutorials and samples of cards I have made. And, If you would like a demonstration of how to do this, just send me an email at [email protected] and we can arrange a class for you and some friends.

Hello Stampers Chart, recipes, labels for your Stampin'Up! products. Sample Recipes For the 2021 Mini Catalog Jan-June CLICK on the picture to download Jan-June 2020 Mini Catalog Labels More detail on January 10th, 2020 Stampin'Up! 2021-2022 Shopping List and Catalog Index Easy printable Shopping list for you. Also on this list, you have the index of products for easy reference. CLICK HERE to download and print Sample Recipe Available on May 4th, 2021 to download the Recipes of the project of the

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Altes Handwerk im neuen Kleid – habe ich mir gedacht, als ich meine gesammelten Reste von Stampin Up Papieren in calypso, savanne und flüsterweiss dazu verwendet habe, neues Papier zu schöpfen. Nicht nur ist es die beste Art und weiße Papierreste zu verwenden überhaupt, es macht auch furchtbar viel Spaß, ist einmalig und lässt sich auch schön modern verwenden mit Stempeln & Co. Damit auch Du Dir Dein eigenes Stampin Up Papier herstellen kannst, habe ich im heutigen Stempel-ABC eine bebilderte Anleitung vorbereitet. Die Vorbereitung Zwei bis drei Tage vorher: Schnipsel Deine Reste klein, wenn sie es nicht eh schon sind und weiche sie nach Farben getrennt in Wasser ein. Ich habe etwa diese drei Gläser voll gemacht und vier bis fünf DINA4 Bögen handgeschöpftes Papier erhalten. Wie lang man Reste einweichen muss hängt ganz von der Dicke und Dichte des Papiers an ab. Servietten könnten direkt verarbeitet werden, Eierkartons Zeitnah, dünnes Papier nach einem Tag. Beim Schöpfen: Fürs Schöpfen brauchst Du entweder eine gekauften oder selbstgemachten Schöpfrahmen oder zumindest ein Fliegengitter. Nutzt Du ein Fliegengitter, dann ist ein Nudelholz sehr praktisch, die Anleitung hierzu habe ich schon gezeigt. Weiterhin brauchst Du Gautschtücher und/oder alte Handtücher, Allzwecktücher, einen Mixer, einen Rührbecher und eine große Wanne. Am Besten, Du deckst Deinen Tisch mit einer Plastiktischdecke ab, um ihn nicht nass zu machen oder zumindest mit einer aufgeschnittenen und ausgelegten Plastiktüte. Darüber kommt das alte Handtuch und darauf das Gautschtuch. Geht aber zur Not auch ohne. Papierbrei erstellen Fülle einen Rührbecher gut mit lauwarmem Wasser und gebe die aufgeweichten Papierreste inkl. Einweich-Wasser hinein. Püriere Reste mit dem Mixer zu einer breiigen Masse. Diese nennt sich Pulpe. Fülle eine größere Wanne mit lauwarmen Wasser ca. 10-15cm hoch und gebe den pürierten Papierbrei hinein. Verteile den Brei gleichmäßig mit den Händen. Papierschöpfen Lege ein Allzwecktuch auf dem Gautschtuch aus und feuchte es mit den Händen leicht an. Das Anfeuchten brauchst Du eigentlich nur beim ersten Mal zu machen. Bei jedem weiteren Schöpfvorgang, ist der Untergrund schon so feucht, dass das Allzwecktuch automatisch feucht wird. Stecke beide Teile vom Schöpfrahmen – Sieb und Rahmen – ineinander und bringe den Rahmen senkrecht in die Wanne, so dass die bespannte Seite des Siebs zu Dir zeigt. Bringe den Rahmen dann langsam in die Waagerechte und hebe ihn nach oben zusammen mit der Pulpe, die sich darauf absetzt. Nun ein wenig abtropfen lassen. Wenn Du nun den äußeren Rahmen abnimmst, siehst Du wie der Papierbrei sich schon schön gleichmäßig auf dem Gitter des Rahmens abgesetzt hat. Zwischen den Schöpfvorgängen ist es gut die Pulpe im Wasser behutsam durchzurühren. Abgautschen Jetzt drehst Du den Rahmen um und drückst ihn auf das Allzwecktuch und tupfst von Innen ein wenig mit dem Schwamm das Wasser weg bzw. löst damit das Papier vom Gitter. Normalerweise heißt der Schritt Abgautschen, weil das Papier sonst direkt auf dem Gautschtuch gesetzt werden kann. Ich lege ein Allzwecktuch dazwischen, weil die viel günstiger sind und man braucht beim Schöpfen doch so einige. Ziehst Du den Rahmen vorsichtig vom Papier, bleibt dieses auf dem Allzwecktuch kleben. Auf meinen Allzwecktüchern parsen zwei DINA4 Blätter. Ist Dir das Papier zu dünn, schichte auf gleiche Weise wie eben beschrieben noch mehr Lagen des Papierbreis auf die gleiche Stelle. Warten auf das Papier Das Papier ist nach dem Gautschen immer noch recht nass. So hänge ich das mit Wäscheklammern oder gefaltet zwischen den zwei DINA4 Seiten auf die Wäscheleine und lasse es 1-2 Tage trocknen. Anschließend kann es vorsichtig vom Allzwecktuch gelöst werden und mit einem Küchentuch drüber mit einem Dampfbügeleisen gebügelt werden. Fertig! Verbasteln Es gibt nun allerlei, das Du mit dem handgeschöpften Papier basteln kannst. Am besten Du nimmst dazu Flüssigkleber. Stellen, an denen man das Papier „natürlich“ reissen möchte feuchte ich mit einem Pinsel an. Bei dieser Karte habe ich die drei Papiere, die ich geschöpft habe zu Streifen gerissen und übereinander geklebt. Auf jeden Streifen habe ich einen anderen Spruch aus dem Set ‚Beste Wünsche‘ gestempelt. Kannst Du die schöne Struktur des Papiers sehen? Bei der folgenden Karte habe ich den Lavendel in weiß auf dem handgeschöpften Papier geembosst. Die zarten Farben lassen die Karte etwas natürlicher erscheinen und ursprünglicher. In meinem savanne Papier sind kleine Sprenkler weiß drin. Siehst du sie? Wenn ich verschiedene farbige Papiere hintereinander schöpfe, wechsle ich zwischendurch das Wasser inkl. restlicher Pulpe aus der Wanne aus. In diesem Fall habe ich jedoch zuerst weiß geschöpft und das Wasser einfach drin gelassen beim schöpfen von savanne Papier. Kleine restliche weiße Pulp-Flocken haben sich so in das savanne Papier gemischt und geben dem Papier nochmal einen besonderen Effekt. Na?! Willst Du es nicht gleich auch ausprobieren? Reste einweichen kannst Du ja schon Mal und bis dahin bekommst Du bestimmt noch ein Fliegengitter im nächsten Baumarkt. Möchtest Du weitere Techniken, Schöpfmöglichkeiten, Gestaltungsideen, Ideen zum Färben und zum Verbasteln erlernen sowie wie man Fehler geschickt ausbessert? Dann melde Dich zu meinem VHS Kurs in Deggendorf an. Einige Naturexperimente habe ich in der Vergangenheit gemacht. Auch mit Farben habe ich schon viel experimentiert, aber mit Stampin Up Resten habe ich zum ersten Mal Papier geschöpft und liebe es einfach, dass die Papiere nun zu meinen restlichen Bastelmaterialien passen. Als nächstes werde ich wohl wieder mit Stampin Up + Natur mischen und Farbwechsel probieren. Ach, ist das spannend. Ähnliche BeiträgeBlog-Hop – Stamp A(r)ttack – Der Neue ist daNaturexperimente beim PapierschöpfenGrundanleitung – Papierschöpfen

When I make cards, I frequently use foam dots (affiliate link) to pop up an element on the card. Here's one of many sheets of dots that live in my adhesives basket. Years ago, I used to throw out the sheet when I used up all the dots. Then I realized I should save the unused parts to cut apart to make pop-up strips for larger items. Now I've discovered another purpose for used-up sheets of foam dots. They make a perfect template for rows of Stickles! Here's a card I made using that technique. Check out the perfectly even dots of Stickles on the background cardstock. "A friend is a treasure more precious than gold." Happy 30th birthday Courteney! Expect to see many more dotted Stickles backgrounds from me in the future!

This week marks the beginning of Spring! Though there is nothing at all spring like around these parts yet. We have snow on top of our snow, and ice below that. This has been one long winter. But it will end. One day we will wake up and it will not look quite so white

UPDATE Jul 2020: The original website has been taken down. We have saved a PDF copy of this tutorial that you can download: How-to-make-iridescent-wings. I love it when I look at something and thin…

This week I want to let you in on 3 simple tricks to create unique watercolor textures of your own. Any kind of watercolors you have will work!

I don't believe I've shared these last two cards from my Convention Punch Demonstration last July. I've shown this Dropped Circles punch trick before, but these are two new versions of it. Take a look! I used the Houndstooth embossing folder on the strips here. I used Poppy Parade, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight card stock. Do you remember how to do this? Just cut your colored card stock strips the same width as your circle punch. For...

Good Morning Friends!!! Our fabulous operator Kerin has an amazing tutorial for you today! Make sure you leave Kerin some love if you like it! First, the supplies used for this card are at the top: Stamps: Inspired by Nature Ink: Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze & Cherry Cobbler classic stampin' pads Card Stock: Shimmery White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight Ink: Black StazOn Accessories: Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Brights Buttons, Linen Thread, plain white copy paper (non-SU!) Kerin wrote: "Today I'm going to show you how to sponge a sunset. For my card I've made a large sun, but you can make your sun any size you like, simply by cutting a different sized circle using your Circle Scissor Plus. For this card, I've set my Circle Scissor Plus to make a 3 1/4" circle out of plain white paper. You will use both pieces of paper after the circle has been cut out, so don't throw away either piece. *Tip - I prefer Shimmery White card stock for sponging sunsets, the colors seem to blend better with this type of card stock. First, select the colors you'd like to create your sunset with. I'm using Daffodil Delight for the sun, along with Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler for the sunset. After you've got your circle cut out, lay your piece of plain white paper over your 4 x 5 1/4" piece of Shimmery White card stock. If you use thin white paper, you'll be able to see through it to line up your "sun" where you want it. We will begin with the sun. Hold the piece of white paper in place, and start sponging outside of the circle, then bring the sponging in, swirling your sponge around in a circular motion as you go. Continue sponging on Daffodil Delight ink until the sun has been completely filled in with ink. When you remove the piece of white paper, your sun will look similar to this: Next, take the circle that you cut out from the plain white paper, and place it over the sun you just sponged as shown. *Tip - for a smaller sun, punch a circle out of a post it note, and it will already have a sticky back to it to help hold itself in place. Now start sponging with your lightest color first, in this case it is the Peach Parfait. Again, just like sponging the sun, begin off of the card stock and work the color in from the sides in a circular motion. This is what it will look like after adding the Peach Parfait: Next add the Pumpkin Pie ink, and overlap the section of Peach Parfait. Next sponge on the Cajun Craze. *Tip -Notice how especially on the darker colors I started rubbing my sponge way off of the card stock, this is because you don't want a dark blotch in your sponged area and you can blend more easily if you just add layers of color. Finally you will sponge on your Cherry Cobbler. *Tip - Feel free to expand your colors up and down as you like, blending each color in the the color above and below it. Here is your completed sunset, just stamp and assemble your card! This will work with lots of color combos, here's a card I made in all Basic Gray, I just added the Basic Gray more and more to get the level of darkness at the bottom." Thank you so much Kerin for your AMAZING tutorial! I'm sure all the Stamping 411 readers will be off to try your technique! Rubbah hugs, Selene Kempton

Ok, now you have this fabulous recipe for Blender Pen Refill but what do you do with it? There's a couple of ways you can use it. You ca...

If you're just getting into watercolors or you've been painting for a while, sometimes it's fun to just experiment with techniques that you don't normally use when painting. I usually only paint using the basic watercolor techniques (see #1-#3) , but some of these are really fun to play around with, even if it's not for a final painting.I especially love playing around with experiments like this if I find myself at a loss for ideas or not wanting to sit down to paint any subject in particular!So here's a quick round up of 10 fun watercolor techniques that you can give a try (if you haven't already!)

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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 […]

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I've had many ask me over the years how I organize all my past Paper Pumpkin stamp sets. Fellow demonstrator, Connie Stewart shared this storage method a few years back. I totally adopted it, and

Discover the joy of making personalized greetings with DIY pop up cards for every event imaginable! Learn how to make a pop up card with our step-by-step tutorials are designed to guide you through crafting beautiful, handcrafted cards. Perfect for adding a special touch to any gift, these 20 easy DIY pop up card ideas are versatile and suitable for a wide array of occasions. From vibrant Valentine's themes to festive holiday designs, the DIY pop up cards are endless. Engaging in the art of DIY pop up cards offers a blend of personal sentiment and creative expression. Our tutorials