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Karen Hadler Stamping Bees

Create and Learn Basic and Advanced Techniques Cardmaking and Paper Crafting with Stamping Bees and Stampin' Up Products

Creating Geometric with Swirly Frames

Creating Geometric with Swirly Frames was created when making a teenage boys card. Masculine cards are hard but teenagers cards even more so! But the Swirly Frames Stamps set really did make it easy. I decided to use just use the squares and rectangles. I overlayed them in places to create new sizes and shapes. Colours: I participate in a Colour Inkspiration Challenge on a regular basis, which is fantastic to get you out of your comfort zone. You get to try new combinations that you may ... VIEW POST

Simple Stamping with Birds and Branches

Simple Stamping with Birds and Branches the perfect stamp set for this style. It is hard for me to recall what is was like when I first started at times. But I think it is really important to take a step back and revisit. This Stamp set Birds and Branches is so cute and the images in this set just lend themselves to Stamps, Ink and Paper. Stamps, Ink and Papers is exactly that, to create a card like this. Nothing else so easy and inexpensive, plus accessible to everyone. I did cheat a ... VIEW POST

A Water Coloured Background with Forever Greenery.

A Water Coloured Background with Forever Greenery the perfect Suite for this technique. In creating this card I discovered something amazing. Not every base colour looks the same when water coloured. The Pretty Peacock for example becomes a stunning blue when used as a water coloured background. This Suite is truly one of my favourites and there are so many ways to create gorgeous projects. I have kept to different shades of green for this card. The first mat is Pretty Peacock and the ... VIEW POST

Stamping your own DSP with Lovely You

Stamping your own DSP with Lovely you is taken straight from the catalogue. I have used different colours but this gorgeous stamp set and sample appear on page 22. DSP is shortened from Designer Series Paper which are our amazing Specialty Papers, but it is also great to make your own. I have changed the sample a little by going with a different colour palette. In addition I matted my stamped card with some DSP. The In Good Taste Designer Series Paper is an absolute must to have in your ... VIEW POST

Framing Technique using Forever Greenery

Framing Technique using Forever Greenery is a technique that makes the Papers and Dies the highlight of your card. Or in fact any part of your project that you want to be the focus. An area that you don't want to be part of background or lost overall. But the focal point where your eye is immediately drawn. Green (and of course pink) is one of my favourite colours so this suite was one of the first on my list! There are many shades of green used in the Designer Series Papers and they all go ... VIEW POST

How to make the most of your Forever Flowers

How to make the most of your Forever Flowers, a Facebook Live I created to share these stunning Speciality Papers with you. Sometimes looking at Specialty Papers in the catalogue can be understated until you actually see them in reality. These papers are so pretty I absolutely love them and they incorporate all the New in Colours. For this card I have used the new Just Jade a lush green shade, I then embossed them with the new Greenery Embossing Folder perfect! Similar to my last blog ... VIEW POST