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Karen Hadler Stamping Bees

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Clean and Simple Cards with Spritzing Tips

Clean and Simple Cards with Spritzing Tips, was this weeks Live. Generally I struggle with creating Clean and Simple Cards. When I see Clean and Simple I always love the fresh look. But when I am creating them I seem to want to fill in all the white space! But this time, I was really pleased how these turned out, and I resisted temptation. The card with the Pine tree I used the In the Pines Suite, the white background and the pop of Shaded Spruce worked well. For the card I shared ... VIEW POST

Water Colouring to Create Beautiful Leaves

Water Colouring to Create Beautiful Leaves with love of Leaves. This Suite Gilded Autumn and Love of Leaves Bundle is SO beautiful. I am so in love with its versatility and all the stunning Elements For this card I have water coloured a piece of Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper. This became the insert for the negative Die cut. Wow the dies not only cut but also emboss. The negative image from the dies is stitched and I have used it here. The insert for the leaves not only cuts but embosses. ... VIEW POST

Even More Blending with Still Scenes.

Even More More Blending with Still Scenes. Once I get started you cannot stop me. Blending may be a little messy but so much fun! This time I decided to use the popular new blending tool makeup brushes. I really wanted to see if I like them. Well I did! They are lovely to use applying colour smoothly. Not as fast as the brayers but a lovely finished result. For this card I have created a Christmas Silhouette Scene using The Snow Globe Scenes Dies. These are the co-ordinating dies with the ... VIEW POST