Tag Archive for ‘July 2009’
Koh-I-Noor Color Pencil Review
Koh-I-Noor Color Pencils
By: Susan Wolf Caplan, Product Guru
About 10 years ago I watched a video by a woman named Kristin Powers on using color pencils. That very afternoon I went out and purchased my first set of Prismacolor pencils and I have never looked back. I am hooked!
I keep my pencils in a cup on [...]
Chips Ahoy: my adventures with paint chips- Day 4
Paint Chips, Day 4
Uh oh!! Just when it was safe and I thought I had seen all the paint chips , what crosses my eye? Paint chips with coordinating colors!! Oh my gosh!!
I have found from my many years of teaching the most commonly asked question is “How do you know what colors to put [...]
Chips Ahoy: my adventures with paint chips- Day 3
Paint Chips, Day Three
Windows?!! Did I see paint chips with wee windows?!!? What will they think of next? Who knew that the average paper crafter would love to see precut windows- no trying to line them up!! As you see I grabbed lots of these and I didn’t even touch the enormous color selection that [...]
Chips Ahoy: my adventures with paint chips- Day 2
Paint Chips, Day Two
On day one we used the single color paint chip. Today we will look at the paint chip with big bold blocks of color. The variety of colors is endless. Deep dark blues to soft subtle pinks. Which color strikes your fancy? These are very reminiscent of early SEI papers. I tend [...]
Around the World Postcard for the Discoverer
Around the World Postcard
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Echoes des Voyages 35B Stamp Set (Echoes des Voyages)
Card Frame (Alluring Impressions)
Postcard Stamp (Unknown)
Paper:
Tea Stain Printed Paper (Fiber Scraps)
White Card Stock (Unknown)
Ink:
Clear Resist Pad (Ranger)
ColorBox Petal Point – Arboretum (Clearsnap)
Dark Brown Chalk Ink Pad (Clearsnap)
Other:
Double Sided Tape (Provo Craft)
Scissors (EK Success)
Paper Trimmer (Purple [...]
Around the World ATC Shrine
Around the World ATC Shrine
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 3.5″ x 5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Echoes des Voyages 35B Stamp Set (Echoes des Voyages)
World Diagram Stamp (Unknown)
Compass Stamp (Unknown)
Paper:
World Maps Printed Paper (Design Originals)
White Card Stock (Unknown)
Ink:
Black VersaFine Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Vintage Photo Ink Pad (Ranger)
Embossing Ink (Personal Stamp Exchange)
Other:
Double Sided Tape (Provo Craft)
Scissors (EK Success)
Paper Trimmer (Purple [...]
Postcard From Home for the Discoverer
Postcard From Home
By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Postcards are the epitome of travel – you can’t go on a holiday without sending at least one postcard to nearly everyone you know. This is a postcard I can send from home as a quick hello to a friend overseas. My postcard uses [...]
Travel Cards for the Discoverer
Travel Cards
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Creating photo cards is one way of sharing your vacation photos with family and friends. Who doesn’t enjoy receiving a hand-made card, with a photo to boot? Making photo greeting cards is pretty easy. You can dress them down or dress them up, but always try to keep the photo as [...]
Greetings From Oz for the Adventurer
Greetings from Oz Card
By: Chris M. Herrmann, Artistic Guide
Finished Card: 4.25″ x 5.50″
Supplies:
Stamps:
House (Stamp-o-Rama)
Tornado (Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers)
Dorothy (All Night Media)
Greetings (Emerald City)
Paper:
Ranger’s glossy white card stock, cut and folded into 4.25″ x 5.5″ card
Inks:
Nick Bantock collection – (Ranger)
Chrome Yellow
Sapmoss Green
Deep Turquoise
Cerulean Azure
Charcoal Grey
Jet Black Archival Ink Pad (Ranger)
Clear Resist [...]
UTEE Adorned Mini Book for the Inventor
Utee Adorned Mini Book
by: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
Fnished size 5.5″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
B254B Briar (Rubbadubbadoo)
B259D Diamond Block (Rubbadubbadoo)
B253S Silver Birch (Rubbadubbadoo)
A147L Love Script 2 (Rubbadubbadoo)
SNS-TW:Stick ‘N Stamp Set – The World (Rubbadubbadoo)
Papers:
2 of 5.5″ x 5.5″ matboard or cardboard
6-8 of 5.5 x 5.5″ black cardstock for pages
1 or 2 sheets pre-printed paper “Mellow-Seasoned” (Basic Grey)
Inks:
Onyx Black, Versafine [...]
The World is Your Oyster for the Adventurer
The World is Your Oyster Card
By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 5.5″ x 4.5″
I love this card for a ‘going away’, ‘bon voyage’ or even a ‘moving away from home’, ‘goodluck’ type card. You could change the “enjoy” along the bottom to a “happy birthday” for a 21st or 18th birthday.
Supplies:
Stamps:
SNS-TW:Stick ‘N Stamp Set [...]
Old Fashioned Suitcase for the Inventor
Old Fashion Suitcase
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Finished Size: 7” x 6” (approximate)
So you just came back home from a vacation and have tons of pictures. What to do with them? If you’re a scrapbooker, no problem…just make a scrapbook. Don’t want a scrapbook, or you don’t enjoy scrapbooking? No problem, here’s a project to make [...]
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