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 Christmas (Rubbadubbadoo)
Papers 
Forest Green card – 8.25″ x 5.375″
Cream card – 4.125″ x 5.375″
Cream card [...]

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 the bottom [...]

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
    Reflection Blue
Other:
Masking Tape
Butterfly Masks (Heidi Swap)
Flourishes Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
LePlume II Markers: (Marvy)
    #50 Ultramarine
    #49 [...]