Tag Archive for ‘Backgrounds’
Holiday Splendor: Nostalgic Santa Card
By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide Finished size: 4.125″ x 5.8″ This is a quick simple card for mass production at Christmas. No tricky or messy techniques in this one. Make the chalk colours as subtle or intense as you like. Supplies: Stamps: Classic Santa (Rubbadubbadoo) Spirit of [...]
Background Techniques with Melanie, Part 2
Today I have just a couple of variations on the original Credit Card Technique, and I’m going to get straight into it. Credit Card with a Drop – There may be a better name for this technique somewhere but I think this explains it quite well. Starting with a light colour, blob some paint onto [...]
Creditcard Background Techniques with Melanie Smith
When I first started stamping I had (like everyone starting out) limited supplies. I used stamps, inks, embossing powder, tombow pens and coloured pencils for colouring images and white or coloured cardstock. Most of it was shared in the little stamping group that I went to, and as we became more addicted, we each added [...]
Creating Masked Backgrounds for the Inventor
Creating Masked Backgrounds for the Inventor By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide Supplies: Stamps: Butterfly and Definitions (The Angel Company) Sentiment (Inkadinkado) Real High Country Wildflowers (Hero Arts) Solidago Sprig (Rubber Stampede) Papers: 90 pound Watercolor Paper (Cranston) Scrap piece of text-weight paper Inks: Palette ink pads: (Stewart Superior) Noir Sunflower French Lilac [...]
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