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Karen Hadler Stamping Bees

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Teenage Boys Birthday Card Ideas

Teenage Boys Birthday Card Ideas is something close to my heart. My youngest turns 14 this week as does his friend. Making masculine cards is a challenge, but Teenage Boys Birthday Cards, even more so. This is the card I created for my son and has a distinct grunge look, keeping the colours to blacks and greys except for the pop of red. The dots are coloured Embossing Paste using the Dotty Decorative Mask. A few stamp sets were used to create the background. My Thoughts were A Teenage Boys ... VIEW POST

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

Easy Blending Technique with Love of Leaves

Easy Blending Techniques with Love of Leaves. A wonderful combination to highlight this amazing technique. Blending Techniques are certainly one of my favourites. They really can add so much to your project. Using colours blended together on a project can really be a highlight. It certainly looks difficult but it isn't! For this weeks live I demonstrated how quick and easy it was to blend with Brayers. I also used a Decorative Mask (stencil) to add that bit extra. Plus I show you some ... VIEW POST

Fun Fold Accordion Card Technique

Fun Fold Accordion Card Technique. Fun Fold Cards are this months Global Stampin Video Hop and I am sharing with you the amazing Accordion Fold. It really is a Fun Fold that gives a quick Wow factor. You can use Designer Series Paper (DSP) or make your own. You can create a story for each page. Or add photos it really is versatile. To hold the Accordion together until opened I have created a gorgeous Belly Band. So watch the video, to find out step by step how to create. Please ... VIEW POST