Watercoloring with Chalks Card Sample
One of the things I love about teaching technique classes is that I’m often reminded of how cool a technique or a product is that I haven’t used in ages. In this case, it is using my Stampin’ Pastels (chalks). I ran a watercoloring technique class this weekend where we used 5 different methods for…
Fun and Creative Convention Swap Cards
I am always so amazed and inspired by the swap cards I get at convention. From the cards that make you go “WOW!” to the cards that are so simple to make that I realize you don’t have to go over the top to make a striking card. I started taking pictures of some of…
Easter Bunny Punch Art Card
I finally participated in a sketch challenge, only to realize that I totally missed the deadline. :) Oh, well. I still LOVE my card I made. I was so excited to be able to come up with a fun Easter card even though I had pretty much no Easter stamp sets. What do you think? …
Dress Card using Designer Fabrics
I saw a project someone made at convention last year that created the dress part of this card using cardstock and a paper napkin. Then, when I was looking for ideas for using the Stampin’ Up! designer fabrics, I ran across some cards that used the dress and put it onto a standard card base. …
Watercoloring Techniques: Watercolor Pencils
Alright, today is the last day of my Watercolor Technique card shares. At least for now. But with this last card, I wanted to show you the 5th technique we are doing in my watercolor technique class. So without further ado: Watercoloring with Watercolor Pencils You may think, “yeah, yeah, I know what it is…
Watercoloring Techniques: Chalks and Markers
If you saw my last post, I started sharing some of the cards we are doing in my watercolor technique class (if you haven’t seen it, check it out here). These cards are meant as a way to introduce you to some of the different ways you can play with watercolor styles. So, last time…
Watercoloring Techniques: Inks and Watercolor Crayons
Each month I run at least one technique class to give folks a chance to try something different or learn new ways to use something they might already have. Well, a recently ran my popular watercoloring technique night during which we made 5 cards, each using a different method for watercoloring. It was so much…
Just Believe Easel Card
Here is the last of the three fancy fold cards we made this week. This final card was my first ever easel card. I had seen lots of folks making them but never took the time to figure them out until this class motivated me to create one. I started out thinking I wanted to…
Autumn Spice Gate Fold Card
Today I wanted to share with you another card we made on our technique night. For this card, we used the Gate Fold style. This style can be implemented in a various designs but the most common is the version we used below where you take a standard sized card but score your paper to…
Thanks Joy Fold Card
Tonight was another fun technique night with my meetup group and we spent the night creating three different “fancy fold” cards. Specifically, we made a Joy Fold card, a Gate Fold card, and an Easel card. Here is the first card we created – This is a Joy Fold card. That means, instead of the…
Tons of Tools Card and Embellished Envelope
Sunday was this month’s Technique Night with my meetup group and by request, I did a night that was focused on going over many of the tools you might encounter on your crafting journey including: The BigShot Aqua and Blender pens for water coloring Crimpers Bone Folders Paper Piercing tools Heat and Dry Embossing the…