Hello friends and welcome to the Day 1 Blog Hop for the Hello Beautiful release! You should have arrived here from the one and only Jennifer McGuire’s blog! So… Welcome! (Pun intended, as that is my theme today! I have two card projects to share featuring super simple rainbow swashes! Here’s a look at the inside […]
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Two cards, same colors, different results! How creating limits can help your creativity!
My friend Gina K. Designs has a brand new kit out today, and I played with a few of the elements, plus some of her other products, to create two cards that use essentially the same ink colors but resulting in two different looks. I set a limit of four colors and the first card […]
Simple painting with Distress Inks anyone can do! (No, really!)
If you would have told me a few years back that I would enjoy painting in any way shape or form, I might have patted you on the back and said, “You’re fun.” But the weird thing is, as of today, it’s my favorite way to color a stamped image. Today’s video is a longer, […]
Two easy ways to add color behind a die cut!
Today’s tutorial is all about adding color behind any outline die cut that is super easy and the results are really fun! By creating your own template using the die cut, you can add whatever color medium strikes your fancy! I used both Distress Inks to paint my ballots, and dye ink pads to blend […]
A quick refresh for my ink storage in the craft/dining room
I was recently sent full-sized ink cubes from Concord & 9th (which was totally awesome, by the way, and THANK YOU to Concord & 9th!) and I wanted to expand my ink pad storage to have them at the ready for my next project. I had purchased all the mini cubes when they came out, […]
More simple watercoloring with Distress Inks feat. Anita Jeram stamps!
Today I’m sharing a card that is part of my ongoing YouTube channel series, New Stamps, Now What? Spurred on by my recent success in painting with Distress Inks, I took another one of the new releases from Colorado Craft Company and filmed the process from beginning to end. This is a longer format process […]