Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques
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Transparent Wings with Fairy Girl
Coloring transparent wings or other objects can seem scary and almost self defeating resulting in never trying. I am using Fairy Girl from Scrappy Tails Crafts to demonstrate the technique and take the fear away. In addition to coloring fabulous wings, I demonstrate how to create a galaxy background using Color Bursts. This is a…
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Not So Masculine Mash-Up Birthday Card
Just because you use a masculine stamp set doesn’t mean you have to use for a masculine design. For today’s card I am using the Masculine Mash-Up stamp set in a more feminine way, I love it when I can stretch my stamps for other occasions, and for this one I chose a belated birthday…
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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…