Two Cool Reasons To Smile

I'm really enjoying the new, exclusive Reason To Smile set! It's available this month only and it's only $5 when you make a purchase of $50 or more!  Use the following product numbers to order your discounted set when you place an online order: Wood Mount – #131274 Clear Mount – #131275 Today, I experimented …

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Sunday Showcase: Faux Patina Gallery

As I was searching for some card ideas the other day, I kept finding cards using the Faux Patina technique that I featured in my first-ever video tutorial. I don't mind telling you that it is very exciting for me to see how much fun other stampers are having with this technique!  Going Viral, Baby! …

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Transforming Natural Composition Designer Paper – Part 3

I didn't mean to, but I found myself playing with the Natural Composition Specialty Paper again today!  This time I was trying a direct-to-paper technique.  I basically just wanted to experiment with how different colors of ink would look on this paper, so I cut a bunch of 3/4" strips of the "ugliest" pattern (the …

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Transforming Natural Composition Designer Paper – Part 2

Yesterday, I showed two cool projects using bleach and ink to alter Natural Composition Specialty Paper.  I was having fun experimenting with adding color to this awesome paper, so I have a couple more cards to show you today! These Two Cool cards are colored with Markers, then brayered with a neutral color to bring …

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Transforming Natural Composition Designer Paper – Part 1

I have so many ideas for using the new catalog stuff it's hard to know where to begin!!!  Fun, fun, fun!  I decided to start with the new Natural Composition Specialty Paper, because I thought it would be fun to add ink for some resist techniques.    Natural Composition sheets are heavier than most designer …

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