I love the bold and colorful background on this mixed media card from Katelyn! She used a stencil and ink sprays to create the background, layering die cut circles and a stamped girl image and sentiment over top. It’s sure … Read More...
Floral Window Folio
Kathy use products from Little Birdie to create this beautiful Floral Window Folio project. The window on the cover is surrounded by loads of flowers and birds and is tied with a pretty pink ribbon. Inside are hidden pockets and … Read More...
Alice in Wonderland Pocket Watch Album
Wow, how amazing is this Pocket Watch Mini Album from Joanne Bain!!? She created the watch shaped base from a round tin and added metal embellishments for the top and inside is a small round accordion album. I love that … Read More...
Product Review: Distress Embossing Glaze
The new Distress Embossing Glazes from Tim Holtz are translucent colored embossing powders that add a glossy shine to your mixed media and paper crafting projects. They come in many coordinating colors to other products in the Distress Line and … Read More...
9 Techniques with Distress Oxide Sprays
Distress Ink Oxide Sprays from Tim Holtz are so versatile! Laurel Beard has 9 different ways you can use these sprays on your cards, they work perfectly on their own as colorful backgrounds and you can use them with stencils, … Read More...
Simple Painted Card Backgrounds
By using a paintbrush and paint and painting short stripes you can create some simple but effective card backgrounds. Using different paints like watercolor or gouache will give you different looks. Debby explored this idea and created several different cards … Read More...
1 Stencil, 3 Card Techniques
Amber used the same stencil and three different mixed media techniques to create three different card designs. One card has dimension from stencil paste with alcohol inks over top, another is just liquid alcohols and the third was colored in … Read More...
Watercolor Powder Resist Card Background
Lisa used several different products to create this colorful background on her card. She first stenciled paste onto watercolor paper, then she added Color Burst powders and wet them with water. The paste resisted the colors so the diamond pattern … Read More...
Paint Brush Mini Albums
Wow, I have never seen a scrapbook album like these from Steffi. She took actual large wooden paint brush handles and used them for the base of her mini album and the pages form the bristles. How wonderfully creative is … Read More...
Mixed Media Photo Display Tags
Shari Carroll used a photo or herself and one of her daughter around the same age for this lovely project. Her mixed media tags are attached and stand up to form a pretty photo display. I love the black and … Read More...
12 Ideas with One Abstract Stamp
A good background stamp can be just the thing to complete the design on your card and the more versatile the better. The design team over at Darkroom Door used one of their Abstract Stamps to create twelve different projects … Read More...
Cherish Mixed Media Layout
The detail, depth and dimension on this mixed media layout from Marilyn is truly amazing! She added texture to her background with stamping and heat embossing, lace and 3D flowers add dimension and green paint around her clusters help pull … Read More...
Mixed Media Encouragement Card
Know someone who could use a little lift and some encouragement right now? This stunning mixed media card from Gaylynn is perfect. She colored her stamped image in watercolor, adding trending splatters and ink blending to the background. I love … Read More...
Artsy Face Coloring Page
Thankfully many crafting companies are sharing FREE projects, tutorials and download to help us keep busy while at home. Stampington and Company suggests coloring as a good stay at home activity and I couldn’t agree more. They’re sharing a cool … Read More...
Home Decor Scrapbooking Idea
Tracy decided to take her scrapbooking off the page and create a wonderful mixed media home decor project. Using a round cork base she added paint, crackle, buttons and 3D flowers around her photo. This is a lovely idea for … Read More...
Alice in Wonderland Card
When I saw this new Purr-fect Cat stamp set from Jane Davenport I immediately thought of Alice in Wonderland and the Cheshire Cat. I used Distress Crayons from Tim Holtz to watercolor the images and adhered a few tea charms … Read More...
Metallic Gels for Stenciling
The Metallix Gel from Deco Foil will add sparkle, shine, color and texture to your cards and paper crafting projects. They work beautifully with stencils as Catherine Pooler shares on her blog with several different stenciling ideas and techniques. And … Read More...
Art prints from collages using ElephantStock
I was so excited when ElephantStock offered me a complimentary printing of my work for review. This has been on my “to-do” list for awhile. They have so many options of sizes and shapes to choose from to make prints … Read More...
Dream Big Journal Page
I love this amazing mixed media journal page from Vicky! She created her collage background scene by gluing down torn pattern papers, stenciling with paste and adding some splatters, the texture is wonderful. And the cute squirrel stamps she used … Read More...
You Make Me Happy Layout
Sophie balanced her trio of stacked photos on one side of her page with her large title die cut on the other. She added color to her die cut flowers with inks and paint. She torn pattern paper and stitched … Read More...