Rina has a great tip for an easy way to using the same ink for stamping and watercolor. By inking different colors of Distress Inks in a rainbow pattern down the large stamp it adds a colorful outline that can … Read More...
Watercolor with Perfect Pearls
Perfect Pearls are a shimmery powder that can be used for lots of different techniques. They add sparkle and shine on light and dark cardstocks and are perfect to color in stamped images or create backgrounds. Simon Hurley used them … Read More...
Easy Watercolor Techniques
Adding watercolor to your scrapbook pages doesn’t need to be detailed or complicate so don’t be afraid to dive into watercolor with some simple techniques. Add some details with paint splatter, painted edges or add simple coloring to stamped images.… Read More...
Stenciled Rainbow Floral Card
Amy R. used Distress Inks and a pretty flower stencil from Simon Says to create this beautiful rainbow colored Floral Card. After inking she sprayed water to get a faux watercolor look and then added some splatter and large sentiment … Read More...
Handmade Sunflower Card Tutorial
Nichol used mostly dies to create this stunning Sunflower Card. The large yellow flower has such a big impact on the stamped woodgrain background and the sentiment cut from gold paper also pops with the white border behind. I love … Read More...
Scalloped Strips Layout
Tracy used a scalloped trimmer edge to cut lots of strips of watercolor pattern paper to create the background on her layout. This simple design repeated and offset down the page is an easy way to add color and texture … Read More...
How to Watercolor Stamps with Markers
Jill Foster has created some stunning floral cards using rubber cling stamps from Penny Black. These solid images are perfect for coloring directly onto the rubber to add multiple colors to the stamp. By using a water based marker and … Read More...
Easter Slimline Card
These bunnies are busy painting eggs and getting ready for Easter and aren’t their little chick helpers so cute too!? Nichol Spohr used new products from Mama Elephant to create this adorable slimline card and she’s sharing a video tutorial … Read More...
Mixed Media Hello Layout
For this fun Hello layout Janna Werner created a colorful pink, purple and blue background using watercolors and then used embossing paste and glitter over a stencil for some fun bubble designs. This mixed media combination gives lots of color, … Read More...
Faded Stencil Card Background
Dina combined several popular techniques for the background on this sweet card. She ink blended Oxide Inks on white cardstock then stenciled over top, blotting the ink with water for a cool faded watercolor ombre’ design.
Warm and Cozy Layout
Missy Whidden die cut her page title from textured cardstock and then added paint across the bottom of each letter for a subtle ombre’ fade. She also added gesso and Shimmerz paint to her background to carry the watercolor look … Read More...
How to Color with Ink Pads
We all know ink pads are for stamping out your stamps but you can also use them for so many other techniques, like actually coloring in your stamped images with them. Simon Hurley is sharing 3 different ways to color … Read More...
Little Memories Layout
Tracy used stamps that she water colored for the images on this sweet Little memories Layout. She stamped her dragonfly and floral designs at an angle across the page behind the large matted photo, adding extra paint splatters for more … Read More...
Artsy Calendar in a Box
Emilie used stamps from Rubber Moon for this cool Artsy Calendar. For each month she used a blank calendar stamp that allows you to fill in the month and dates and then she created wonderful stamped collage designs for each … Read More...
Thinking of You Card
This lovely Thinking of You card from Heather Nichols looks like a page from a nature journal. I love the white on white heat embossing she used for the flowers, coloring them with watercolor brush pens. The splatters and grid … Read More...
Handmade Sympathy Card
Lisa used ink pads with water to color the stamped leaf images on this Sympathy Card. She also use it to tint her pattern paper and doily for a nice rustic, distressed look. The doily and twine help add texture … Read More...
Autumn Still Life Card
Using a digital stamp from Power Poppy Stamps Gloria created this wonderful Autumn Still Life Card. To color the stamped image she used water soluble crayons and a water brush for an artsy watercolor look. She sharing step by step … Read More...
Autumn Scene Slimline Card
Kristina Werner used a masking technique to created this delightful Autumn Scene card. Masking allows you to be able to “layer” stamped images onto a single piece of paper to help give your scenes a more realistic design with more … Read More...
Autumn Sunflower Card
This Sunflower Card from Amber is the perfect friendship card to send to your bestie this Autumn. She used a large sunflower background stamp but only partially stamped and water colored it, leaving some “white space” for some interest and … Read More...
Fall Rainbow Layout
Who says you can’t have rainbows in the Fall? Orange Gearle used a trendy rainbow theme for this colorful Autumn Layout. I love the wash of watercolors in the background and how she cut the FALL letters from squares of … Read More...