Papercrafting Inspiration Starts Here!
On Day 5 of the Rainbow Maker Class at OnlineCardClasses.com, the lessons were about stencils and pastes. The technique that I tried out for this card was applying texture paste on top of a ink blended rainbow background.On an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of white cardstock, I used a makeup brush to blend …
It’s Day 4 of the Rainbow Maker Class at OnlineCardClasses.com. The lessons today were all about watercolor rainbows. The technique that I tried out for this card was ink smooshing on watercolor paper using a piece of acetate. I’ve done some smooshing techniques before just using my craft mat and smooshing paper into ink but …
It’s Day 3 of the Rainbow Maker Class at OnlineCardClasses.com. The lessons today were all about die cutting rainbows. The technique that I tried out for this card was to cut thin strips of paper to create a custom rainbow patterned paper. This was a super fun technique and you can use up your scraps …
It’s Day 2 of the Rainbow Maker Class at OnlineCardClasses.com. The technique that I tried out for this card was to make a plaid paper. I struggled quite a bit with this technique since the only stamp set that I had was the Stripe Builder stamp set from Concord & 9th and the thicker stripes …
This is my second card for the Rainbow Maker class at OnlineCardClasses.com. This card was inspired by my two Yorkies (LilyBelle and Bella). Working with a stencil, I blended distress inks in rainbow colors on a piece of white card stock. I blended all the inks using the Tim Holtz round ink blending tool. Then, …
It’s the first day of Rainbow Maker class at OnlineCardClasses.com and I’m having so much fun with the ink blending techniques. I used distress inks and a makeup brush to create this rainbow background. Inks used were Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Festive Berries, Cracked Pistachio and Seedless Preserves. I created a balloon edge …
My card inspiration today comes from my sister’s love of wine and all things New Orleans. A Wine bottle Floral die and the Downton Abbey Fleur de lis embossing folder were just perfect for my sister’s Birthday card. Using some hammered card stock from Create and Craft for the card base which was cut to …
I received this beautiful birdcage die today and after cutting it out of a piece of Mirror Gold cardstock, just had to use it in a card. I used the gold die cut and my Brother Scan-n-Cut to cut out a background for the bird cage from some watercolor paper. I also cut out two …
This card was inspired by summer and a stamp set from the Simon Says Stamp July 2015 Monthly Card Kit. The name of the stamp set is “Sailing” and you can still find it at Simon Says Stamp. Using a stencil also from Simon Says Stamp called “Waves” , I created this fun background for the …
Lacy Thanks … Lace and Texture Inspired this Lacy card.