Playing with Impressibilities
I had some time to play with my Impressibility dies this weekend and thought I’d share some of the things I learned. The dies are cleanly cut metal and are in a square frame. I decided to clip my dies out of their square frames to make them a little more flexible (I did not want to have the square frame around the edge when I embossed a whole card front). I just used cheap every day scissors (not my good Cutterbee’s!) to clip the design from the frame by cutting throught the...
Read MoreVintage look with Impressibilities
I thought I’d share the Mother’s Day card I made (since Mom’s Day is over). I got to use my new Impressibility Dies! And I was experimenting with making a vintage fabric kind of look. The rose image is from the Greeting Farm Fancy Fluers set. I stamped it with Memento Rich Tuxedo ink and colored it with Copics. My favorite way to color with Copics is to lay down a light color for a base and than add darker tones for shading. I then go back and blend the darker tones...
Read MoreA window sympathy card
Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card for a friend who’s father passed away. He was elderly and very ill so it was not unexpected but still sad. I wanted something simple but pretty. I decided to use the Greeting Farm Fancy Fleur’s Cling Set, and wanted to make the flowers look like cheery and resilient Bachelor Buttons. But I did not want the card front to be too bright – which led to a window card with a vellum window. I cut the window in the card using a...
Read MoreRock the Farm
Ahhh… blooming daffodils and perennials coming up – it must be spring. Here is a little pocket card (perfect for a gift of seeds). The image is from the Rock the Farm cling set from the Greeting Farm. (The sentiment is from the Penny Black Salutations set). The Anya farmer girl image is colored with Copics. (Anya is so fun to color!!). Here are the markers I used in case inquiring minds want to know. (Yikes! E-37 is upside down). To make the pocket card, I...
Read MoreColoring Anya…
Yes, its Teacher Anya again I received a few questions about how I colored Anya’s blonde hair – so I thought I’d show you a step by step of how I colored Anya. Its probably not the best way and I know its not the fastest way – but here goes… I almost always color by laying down a base color first, and then adding my other shading colors and blending with (usually) my base color. A couple of things – blending in place like this puts a lot of alcohol in...
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