Easy collage stamping technique on today's card with a scrap of patterned paper and a greeting. Sweet and simple! The 3 stamped images are from the Textured Notes stamp set added with Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso inks. The paper is from this same suite, Woven Textures, flagged at the end. The greeting, fromt he stamp set With You in Mind, perfectly fits on the Modern Oval punch and is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. The Bough punch is a fave of mine so I tucked a punched leaf behind the oval. Those are Pecan Pie dots from Neutral Matte Dots. Give collage stamping a try...great way to use your stamps to layer up.
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Monday, July 28, 2025
Fault Line Card with Mediterranean Blooms
Check out this amazing card! It's called the Fault Line technique and learned it from my friend and Silver Sister Glenda Mollet. Very cool! It involves tearing patterned paper edges to two matching patterns. Tore up the edges slightly with my bone folder to add texture to it all. Turned out quite lovely, I must say!
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Add Dimension to your cards with multi-generational stamping and embossing
Today's card was featured in my Textured Notes Avid Stampers Class. The best part of this card was using one stamp with multi-generational stamping to give dimension to the card even before embossing it. What do I mean by multi-generational stamping? When you ink up your stamp and apply that to paper right away, that's 1st generation. If you stamp it off once, that's 2nd generation and so on. Gives the impression you've used more than one ink pad when it's just a change in colour tone. That layer in the middle uses this technique plus embossing after stamping. Love how it all turned out.
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Easy Card layout to mass produce
I had a need for a bunch of note cards to complete for a friend, and wow - this layout was perfect! Some tips for copying and mass producing this one:
- Cut your bases first. Add a white layer to the inside for writing.
- Cut your patterned paper to 3" wide by 5 1/4" long. Check for orientation so your flowers, or birds or whatever aren't upside down!
- Cut coordinating cardstock (Old Olive here) to layer the patterned paper on
- Wrap ribbon around and add to the cardbase
- From that cardstock layer, punch out a shape (2" circle punch used here)
- Stamp a greeting onto white cardstock and punch out to layer onto step above (1 3/4" punch used here)
- Die cut or punch a leave to tuck behind the greeting. Add with dimensionals to pop up
- Add a gem or rhinestone for pop
Friday, July 25, 2025
Gorgeous Wedding Card featuring Beautiful Gallery DSP
Who doesn't love when the patterned paper does ALL the heavy lifting for you on a card? This is the Beautiful Gallery DSP that comes in 6" x 6" packs of 48. Trim off some of the top/bottom and sides to get the largest image you can to cut into 3 vertical pieces. You could leave it intact but with the Basic Beige layer showing through each strip, you get so much more texture and dimensiona. All it needs is a little ribbon and greeting from Beautiful Motifs. I chose a wedding card - what would you choose with this pattern?
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