On June 9th, I hosted a watercolor workshop focused on 4 ways to watercolor. You will see that some incredibly talented people attended. Their amazing work is shared (in no particular order) throughout this article which is quite long, so be sure to read all the way to the end. 4 Ways to Watercolor Workshop […]
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Learn how to create a special card for a special friend using rainbow blending and silhouettes. Read on for step-by-step instructions. Who doesn’t love rainbows? And the contrast between the colors of the rainbow and black and white is magnificent! The inspiration for this card is one that @GinaKrupsky from Gina K Designs showed how
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Using white-on-white in a card can have awesome results. Join us in making these 3 cards step-by-step. We’re doing something a little different in this article. We are participating in Altenew’s March 2022 Inspiration Challenge to create a card using white-on-white. Why don’t you join in the fun? The challenge is to use a color
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Swashbuckler Cards are so fun to make and decorative too! Get step-by-step instructions here on how to make them. How fun is this card? I have been wanting to use this stamp set for some time now. To begin, we’ll stamp our little pirates onto white cardstock with black multi-media ink and then color them
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Learn how to use graphite on your greeting cards to create optical illusions of depth and dimension. Step-by-step instructions are here. We’ll begin making the card by doing some partial rainbow blending with a stencil. We’ll do this by taping the A2 card panel to Altenew’s Woven stencil from the backside. Then, we’ll begin to
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Puzzle your recipient by making a card for them that is a puzzle. Read on to learn how how to make this fun and beautiful card. What fun, an integrative card that has two beautiful panels: with one that has to be put together to view! Base The puzzle base is also the card base
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Learn how to make gifts using cardmaking techniques with step-by-step instructions and links to supplies, and, supplies for 5 gift tags too. Gifts Using Cardmaking Technique #1 – Planet Trading Cards What 8 or 9 year old doesn’t love cards to play with? I made these trading cards for my nephew who plans to be
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4 fantastic masculine cards and step-by-step instructions on making each of them are right here in this article. It’s a long article. Fantastic Masculine Card for Birthday The techniques used for this card are simple stenciling, heat embossing, and “twists.” Altenew’s With a Twist online class challenges us to use methods different from what we
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Need some birthday card inspiration? Read on to see three beautiful birthday cards with supply lists here and links to more. Blended Rainbow Birthday Card Inspiration I recently attended the Crop and Create Delivered Cardmaking (@CropandCreateDeliveredCardmaking) event where Gina Krupsky (@GinaAurelioKrupsky) taught us how to make this beautiful card. It has a beautiful contrast between
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What a pop of color will do to set the mood of our cards! Read on to learn how to conquer color while creating three very different cards. Inspiration for this article is one of the Altenew Academy courses, Color Your Day. Conquer Color Using Marker We’re going for bright and cheery with this card.
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