When I first started crafting, the Tri-fold Shutter Card looked really daunting and then adding a blending technique on top would have sent me over the edge! Thirteen years on, it’s really not difficult when you know how. Having said that, if you want pretty layers, then this involves a lot of itty bitty pieces […]
Category Archives: Technique
How to apply Soft Pastels – Part 1
I thought I’d do a Soft Pastels 101 and as there are so many ways to apply them I’ve split them in a Soft Pastels 101 – Part 1 for this week. The following Friday, I will publish Soft Pastels 101 – Part 2. Please bear with me as I haven’t edited the video yet, […]
What’s a Hybrid embossing folder
What’s a Hybrid embossing folder you might ask! I totally missed it in the new Annual Catalogue on page 116. I only discovered it when our CEO highlighted it in one of her live chats and I was totally converted! It’s called “Bloom Hybrid Embossing Folder” which includes both dies and an embossing folder. The […]
Diorama Card with layering dies
I was so excited to discover that I could make a diorama card with layering dies! You can find them on page 163 of the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue. The dies can be used with any stamp set and I love its irregular shapes. Looking through my stash, it was a toss up as to […]
Blended card with quirky inside fold
Say hello to these adorable “Party Puffins”! This blended card with a quirky inside fold happened quite by accident. I was aiming for something quite different. Originally I had been aiming for a tri-fold but it became only a partial one. The best places to see puffins in the UK is the Channel Islands. Here’s […]
Create grid of circles – Party Puffins
Today I’m going to show you how to create a grid of circles with patterned paper. If you have trouble trying to line up shapes or images in a straight line, then creating a template will save you time. You can use it time and time again for future projects requiring the same technique. I […]
Blended oval background card
Blending is a way of adding colour to your project and today’s card has a blended oval background. The oval is actually a die cut oval aperture and raised with foam strips. It’s like looking through an oval window to a vista beyond. Stampin’ Up! introduced blending brushes in their product line recently, but they’ve […]
Card Sketch card- design your own
I decided to design my own card sketch using a graphic design platform called Canva. It really was a “light bulb” moment using that first sketch in the Tech 4 Stampers blog hop last week. It was so easy to use the same sketch to make another card just by switching the stamp set and […]