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How to make a card using paper scraps
Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop. The theme this month is Paper Scraps. Now if you are like me you may have loads of pretty papers that you have not used yet and they are slowly piling up. Or you keep every scrap of paper and card stock you have leftover from a project. Well I am going to show how to use up those scraps to make a variety of quick and easy cards. I made this card using up some scraps from the Them Bones Designer Series Paper. How to make a Halloween card...
How to make a card using your own water coloured card stock.
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This Month's Theme is Celebration. For my Celebration project I decided to use up some of the water coloured card stock that I had made from another project and an embossed mat layer for my background. How to make water coloured card stock. First I took a piece of Basic White card stock and brushed water all over it. Next I put some Azure Afternoon ink onto a stamping block. Using a wash brush I painted it onto the wet card stock. I then...
How to use Inks and Blending Brushes to make a summer background.
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop. The theme this month is Summer. For my card today I am showing you how to use Inks and Blending Brushes to make a summer background. I also wanted to share one of the Online Exclusives bundles currently available. I started by cutting Basic White Thick card stock in half to make a portrait card base. Next I cut a Basic Black mat layer a couple of millimetres smaller and finally I cut a Basic White mat layer. I will use the Basic White...
How to make a Scrapbook Layout using a Sketch.
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. The theme this month is: The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Sharni Haines How I made my Scrapbook Layout using a Sketch. First I needed to decide which way round I was going to use the sketch to make my Scrapbook layout. With a sketch if you turn it around you have 4 different options. Once I had decided which way I wanted it (mainly as I had portrait photos) I started to design the different elements. Next I started by...
Birthday Card using Vellum
Welcome to the Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop. The theme this month is Vellum. For this month's blog hop I decided to use the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and matching dies to make a birthday card using vellum. I got the idea from seeing fellow demonstrators cards where they heat embossed onto vellum. Also this is a trial to see if it would work on vellum as I need to do this for my daughter's menus for her wedding next year. First of all I cut a portrait card base using Basic White Thick card...
Baby Card using Blending Technique
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop This month I am showing you how I made a Baby Card using Blends and the Blending Technique. As my niece's baby was due last week I decided to make her this Baby Card. I saw the idea on a recent Facebook post where Carolyn Arnold from Stamping Cards had made a card using pink, blue and yellow ink for her background so I decided to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) her card. How I made my Baby Card using the blending technique. First I...
Heat Embossed Thinking of You Card
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop. The theme this month is a Colour Challenge. When I saw the Colours for the Colour Challenge I thought of flowers, however I have been playing around with the Heat Embossing Technique which I have not done for a couple of years so I made a Thinking of You using various Heat Embossed techniques. How I blended the panels. First I cut a piece of Basic White card stock and used blending brushes to smooch Granny Apple Green ink, Bubble Bath...
Scrapbook Layout using a Grid
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Julia Quinn. For my scrapbook layout using a grid I thought I would make my layout to look like a quilt and use a photo of the scan of my third grandchild who is due to be born in October 2023. I decided on the quilt grid theme as my daughter-in-law is American and like a few of my other American friends absolutely loves quilts. How I made my Scrapbook Layout using a...
Diamond Pop Up Birthday Card
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This Month's Theme is New/Returning Colours. For this month's project I decided to make a Diamond Pop Up Birthday card. I was lucky to attend a Retreat with the wonderful Pip Todman, who was one of the founding members of Stamptastic Friends, yesterday where we made a Diamond Pop Up card. How I made the Diamond Pop Up Birthday Card. First I cut a A5 tent fold card base using Boho Blue card stock. I then cut out a mat layer using the blue...
Fun Fold Card For Any Occasion
Welcome to the Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop. The Theme this month is a Fun Fold Card. This month we have been challenged to make a Fun Fold card so I decided to make on for any occasion. This design has appeared on a number of other demo groups so I decided to go with the basic idea and change it from a piece of card stock with flaps to a full card with flaps. How I made my Fun Fold Card for Any Occasion. I started with a basic A6 portrait card base using Basic White (Thick) card stock....
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