Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques
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Masculine Monochromatic Design with Beautiful Details
Hello friends! I am back with a new project for the Altenew Educator’s Certification Program featuring some of the techniques I learned in the Beautiful Details course. I was very much drawn to the instructor, Marika Rahtu’s black and white project the she first presented on day one, so I used a Monochromatic Design to…
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Hot Diggity Dog Another Masculine Mash-Up
Are you ready for yet another Masculine Mash-up design? I am using the adorable doggy from this stamp set and pairing it up with a fun distress oxide background using Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. In this video I discuss color theory, and cast shadows, so be sure to checkout the video below! Creating the background…
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Oopsy Daisy I Forgot Your Birthday
Do you ever forget to send a birthday card? I do ALL of the time despite having 1000s of cards in my file cabinet. I don’t do it on purpose, but I often don’t look at my planner well enough in advanced. Anyhow, I have you covered with this pretty card using the Oopsy Daisy…
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Color Blocking and Silhouette Stamping Made Easy
Hello my sweet friends! Don’t you love it when a card comes together quickly and easily? Me too! Today’s card features some of my favorite Maker Forte Color Hive Ink colors on a color block background using the Line ’em Up stencil. In my opinion a black silhouette image looks amazing on color blocking so…
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Extraordinary Clean and Simple Design
Hello my friends! How are you today? I hope well. I am so happy with the spring weather and seeing all of the bees out pollinating the flowers and the honeysuckle smells amazing. Can you tell I love all things Spring and Summer? Anyhow I have a clean and simple design to share today using…
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A Golfing Masculine Mash-up!!
Hello my friends! Nothing says masculine design like plaids, argyle, and golfing! I’m back with another Masculine Mash-up with Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps which reminds me of my father in law who spent most of his retirement in wild golf prints while on the course. I’m not sure I would have recognized him without golf…