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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

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A Country Home Birthday Card

A Country Home Birthday Card was created for my husbands birthday this week. Perfect because we live rurally and I can use the beautiful earthy colours with this stamp set. To get the extra depth with the bricked background I used the ink pad on the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing Folder. Rub the ink pad gently over the folder before embossing. Practice first on scrap as each side will give you a completely different look. Creating this look you need to run the colour over the side with ... VIEW POST

Amazing Stampin’ Blends Tips and Tricks

Amazing Stampin' Blends Tips and Tricks is a video I have made for you. Let me show you how to use these amazing Pens with different Samples. I also create a card using the Forever Blossoms Stamp and Dies showing you step by step. The Stampin' Blends or alcohol markers would have to be one of my favourite colouring tools. They are SO versatile, you can blend through colours from light to dark to create a look of reality and shading. You can also colour without blending and just add great ... VIEW POST

Good Morning Magnolia using Blends

Good Morning Magnolia Using Blends is a project I created when I just felt like having a play with colours. At first I wasn't sure whether to water colour or to use the Stampin' Blends. So I compromised and created a water coloured background and used the Blends to colour the flower. Because I was not adhering to any particular colour theme, I just kept adding a variety and was really pleased how it turned out. I started with a base of Petal Pink adding a layer of the light pen. I went ... VIEW POST