Tips and Techniques to help you with crafting
Have you ever sat down to make a card or craft project and then went blank. Nothing comes to mind to inspire you. It’s similar to a writer looking at a blank piece of paper (or a screen document) and you just sit there and think what can I make? Well today I would like … More Tips and Techniques – Card Templates
Do you have a particular stamp image that is just facing the wrong direction and you wish that it faced the opposite direction? Well by reverse stamping, you will be able to do just that and it’s so easy that you’ll wonder why you didn’t think of it before. This is also a great technique … More Tips and Techniques – Reverse stamping
Have you ever sat down to craft and come up with a blank? Similar to a writer’s block, we all experience crafting blocks where we just cannot come up with an idea, despite having all your stamps, ink and assorted crafting supplies ready to go. A great way to overcome that is to have templates … More Tips and Techniques – Getting Inspired with templates
Today, I would like to offer some tips on using your scoring tool. Before I talk about the various ways scoring will help you, I want to just go over the tools first. To see more information about each product, just click on each link which will bring you to my online store. Should you … More Tips and Techniques – Scoring Tips
Today I would like to talk about Masks. No, I don’t mean face masks as the cute card indicates. That was just fun to make. Although, I think we are all pretty tired of face masks, despite the good they do, I am not dwelling on that. However, I do want to talk about masking … More Tips and Techniques – Masking
Today I would like to talk about the various types of ink available with Stampin’ Up!. The Classic Stampin’ Pads contain a fast drying, dye-based ink that is great for general stamping or for colouring techniques like watercolouring. There are quite a few types and each has it’s own purpose. Although the various colours are … More Tips and Techniques – Inks
Today, I wanted to share some tips on sponging. To start with, I wanted to show you a number of tools you can use to sponge with. Sponging is a easy technique that can be used to enhance your cards and give each one a unique look. There is really no right or wrong way … More Tips and Techniques – Sponging
One of my customers recently asked me about the best way to apply gems and embellishments to her projects. She was finding it hard to do. I suggested the “Take your Pick” tool which has so many uses. I thought I would make this my tip of the week in case other people are also … More Tips and Techniques – Take your Pick tool
If you enjoy colouring your stamped images, Stampin’ Blends quality alcohol markers are perfect for you. These amazingly smooth and easy blending markers come in 40 different colours or 20 sets. Each set of 2 is just $12.00 which makes it easy to start or add to your collection. To see all these amazing colours, … More Tips and Techniques – Blender Pens
Yesterday on my Tuesday Tips post, I posted some tips you can use with your Stamparatis. However today, I wanted to share a few pictures made with the stamparatus. Just by moving the plate down the hinges at the top or side, it allows your stamped sentiment to be perfectly aligned for your next stamp. … More Stamparatus cards
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