Simply Zinnias Acrylic Block Background
Simply Zinnias Acrylic Block Background Here’s an easy background using acrylic blocks and paired with Simply Zinnias stamp set! And the nice thing is that you can have any shape and colors of the background. Simply change up the acrylic block and ink! You can see more of my Acrylic Block Backgrounds HERE Simply Zinnias […]
Acrylic Block Watercolor Background-Snowflake Wishes
Acrylic Block Stamping Technique Create interesting watercolor backgrounds using this easy technique. This is one of my all-time favorite stamping techniques. I use it often in my crafting. You can see more of my Acrylic Block (or clear block) creations HERE All you need is an acrylic or clear block, ink, and a spritzer bottle […]
February Sketch Challege-Acrylic Block Watercolor Background
Sometimes it helps to have a jumping off point with your crafting, and a sketch challenge is a perfect way to start! Use the sketch as a blueprint for your own creations. I will be sharing sketch challenges every so often. I hope they provide inspiration, and you’ll share your creations with me! I created […]
Golden Afternoon Acrylic Block Watercolor Background
Golden Afternoon Acrylic Block Watercolor Background The Occasions Catalog is here, and one of my favorite stamp sets found in the new catalog is Golden Afternoon. I’m always a sucker for a tree image, but what sold me on the set were the birds in flight. They just make me smile. And of course, the […]
A Little Wild Garden Party-Acrylic Block Watercolor Background
I’ve had so much fun crafting with the adorable A Little Wild stamp set and coordinating Little Loves Thinlits Dies. Before I put the stamp set away for the time being, I decided to create a cute little garden party flip card for my granddaughter’s one year birthday coming up in October. I combined it […]
Wild About Flowers Acrylic Block Background-Nacho Average Challenge #156
I really like the colors for this week’s Nacho Average color challenge: Reminds me of fall! Here’s my contribution: For this card, I inked up one of my acrylic blocks by gently tapping on the challenge colors, spritzed the inks with water and stamped the block on watercolor paper. I let it sit for a […]
Acrylic BlocK Watercolor-Circle Circus
With out of town company and getting ready for Stamp Camp and Stamp Clubs next weekend, I haven’t had a chance to work on any projects for the One Layer Wednesday and Less is More challenges this week. So instead, I am sharing one of the designs I’ve worked on for our Christmas cards this […]
Friendly Silhouettes Acrylic Watercolor Background
Here’s an easy, any occasion card made using the Acrylic Watercolor Background Technique, paired with Friendly Silhouettes Die. I tapped Night of Navy, Petal Pink, and Rococco Rose inks on my clear block “F”. I spritzed the block with water, letting the ink run and pool. Then, I stamped it on watercolor paper, letting it […]
Clear Block Pocketful of Sunshine Watercolor Background
I recently needed a quick birthday card. It was a bright and beautiful day here in the mountains of southern Colorado. This was the inspiration needed to create this quick and simple clear block watercolor background paired with the sun image found in the stamp set Pocketful of Sunshine! Here’s how: To create the […]
Casology Sunshine Challenge-Clear Block Kinda Eclectic Watercolor Background
Here is another card that I created using the CASology challenge theme “sunshine” as my inspiration. I used one of my favorite stamping techniques for this card: acrylic block stamping. Because I wanted the watercolor background to be contained to a rectangle shape, I first created a mask out of regular computer paper using […]
Clear Block Watercolor-In the Meadow
I decided to break in my new stamp set, In the Meadow (found in the Occasions Catalog), with a quick and simple clear block watercolor background. For this card, I tapped ink (Island Indigo, Marina Mist and Mossy Meadow) along the edges of a clear block “E”. I then lightly spritzed the block with water […]
Clear-Mount Block Baby Wipe Technique-Nacho Average Challenge #60
We have a pretty color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average site: Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse Here’s by contribution: For this card, I wanted to try a something a little different using the Baby Wipe Technique Instead of stamping a stamp, I wanted to stamp with a clear-mount block that had […]
Floating Strip Card Technique-November Fresh Ideas
Floating Strips Card Technique! A great way to use up those paper scraps. Create the look of floating strips by cutting strips of paper and adhering them to a piece of window sheet, leaving a small space between them. Want to Learn More? My November Fresh Ideas Card Making Tutorial will feature the Floating Strips […]
Daily Life Inspiration-Dragonfly Garden Card
Dragonfly Garden from Stampin’ Up! Inspiration for my card making often comes from my surroundings here in the mountains of Southern Colorado. We recently visited a neighbor’s pond with our grandchildren to net and release salamanders. What a great learning experience for the kids who were able to hold and touch salamanders before we released […]
Baby Wipe Technique-Flowering Flourishes
Using the Baby Wipe Technique is one of my all-time favorite stamping techniques! This is the card we created at a recent refresher course for my Wetmore Ladies Stamping Group. I had shown them the Baby Wipe Technique as one of my first classes for them 8 years ago. I thought everyone could use a […]