Inspiring Inkin'

Something a bit different for you today it’s a technique called burned batik and makes the most beautiful backgrounds.

First onto a piece of Whisper White card I have stamped the circles in Versamark and clear embossed them.  Normally when you are embossing you stop when the image is glossy and raised, with this technique you [...]

A beer lovers card today with a few extra touches to make it a special card.
The first is I’ve used the Designer series paper called  Autumn Meadows the sheet I have used is a wood effect the rest of the sheets are wonderful for men’s cards with a very distressed edge.  There is a little [...]

This is a wonderful technique that is so straightforward but gives amazing results!
You stamp a line art image onto a piece of Vellum cardstock, this is Stampin’ Up! heavier weight of vellum and is lovely to stamp on.  I use Stazon so it dries quickly and gives a lovely crisp edge.  Once it is dry [...]

Today’s card showcases the amazing Shimmer paint that is in the mini catalogue, you really do need to see it in person to get the full effect of the sparkle it is wonderful and there are 3 colours to choose from, 2 translucent ones, one with a silver tint and one with a golden tint, [...]

The first of my 2 cards for today is for the Inspiring Inkin’ Challenge Blog, Vannessa, Amy and Elaine do a brilliant job of giving us some wonderful challenges and lots of inspiration.  They are all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators who are part of my Inspiring Inkin’ team and use Stampin’ Up! only products in the [...]

Time to get a little inky!
A little tutorial for you, one of my favourites and you will need gloves if you don’t want inky fingers!
You will need
Baby Wipes ( any brand will do)
Plate
Ink refills
Assorted stamps (Bold solid images work best)
Cardstock

Fold the Baby wipe so it is slightly larger than the stamp you are using, This [...]

I’m so pleased with myself today…………I have been wanting to sort out a watermark for my photographs for some time and although I love computers, photo editing software and me don’t really get on too well!  So I have tried and tried, but yesterday I found the lovely Karen Giron, who has some very inexpensive [...]

Sometimes in crafting you do something and think WOW!

This card is one of those.  I have a Technique club which meet every month to learn new techniques and one of them this week was painting with bleach.  Not a new technique but a very interesting one.  I decided to use the Summer by the Sea [...]