Category Archives: Techniques

Lovely as a Tree in Faux Leather

Being the perfectionist that I am, I am determined to master the faux leather technique.  I stamped several other images on the fun foam yesterday using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set (which just happens to be the oldest … Continue reading

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Deck the Halls with Faux Leather

Well as promised I tried a new technique called “faux leather”.  Instead of stamping your image (or sentiment as I attempted on my card) on paper, you stamp on a piece of “fun foam” which you can find at any … Continue reading

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Happy Owl-oween from Spooky Cat

Have you ever had one of those days where it seemed it would have been best if you had just stayed in bed with your head buried under the covers?  Well I think today was one of those days for … Continue reading

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Give Thanks with Painted Harvest

I wanted to sponge another background for today’s project and had a partial design running around inside my head which included the branch thinlit from the Seasonal Layers dies and leaves. I have always worked out my designs in real … Continue reading

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Hearts Come Home Hometown Village

I did more sponging today to create the background for my project.  It is a messy task to undertake and reminds me a lot of finger painting when I was a kid, just with sponges.  No matter how careful I … Continue reading

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Joy to the World from Hearts Come Home

Have you ever started on a project with one thing in mind and ended up with something completely different?  Well that was me today.  I wanted to make a Joseph’s Coat technique card, but using Christmas colors and a Christmas … Continue reading

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Hearts Come Home to Painted Harvest

I thought perhaps you guys may have seen enough Halloween treat bags this week so I am switching back to Christmas themed projects.  Today’s project’s focal point uses a non-conventional Christmas color – black.  The designer series paper I used … Continue reading

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Painted Harvest on a Candle – Part 2

The next step in candle stamping is melting the stamped tissue paper into the candle.  You will need a Heat Tool and regular straight from your pantry wax paper.  Here is the finished project: Here are the next steps to … Continue reading

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Painted Harvest on a Candle – Part 1

Today’s project will be brought to you in two parts.  The project is a stamped candle.  Well, you don’t actually stamp on the candle itself – that would be difficult to do.  The trick is to stamp on tissue paper … Continue reading

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Merry Patterns and Wood Words on a Cat

For today’s project I decided to revisit my attempted card design from September 6 that was inspired by a card I found made by Susan Campfield, a fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator.  My first card was Fall-themed, but for today’s card I … Continue reading

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