Tips and Techniques

* I generally emboss everything, think I am the embossing queen...VBG! Just a couple weeks ago though I learned that a stamp with a lot of detail on it is better to use
dye ink vs. embossing. Wish I had of know that before I sold a Boyd's Bear stamp on ebay that was very detailed. I was embossing it and never could get it to come out right.([email protected])

*Something else I learned in the beginning when I felt my cards looked to plain was to embellish, embellish, embellish. I use a ton of the PSX Glitter, love it. Also use ribbon, etc. Crystal lacquer is a fun way to embellish something too, make it look fancier than it is. As is playing with liquid applique. It works great as snow on Christmas cards.([email protected])

*When you are making cards for a 3 year old, they love anything. I attached small red, white and blue tassels to the inside of my granddaughter's 4th of July card instead of flags.( [email protected])

*Blender Pen Re-Fill Solution

For 1 ounce bottle fill

1/3 Glycerin(2 tsp)

2/3 Distilled water(4 tsp)

1/4 teaspoon alcohol

Uses for Blender Pens

watercolor pencils

picking color up from my ink pads

"painting" with my reinkers
Homemade Rubber Stamp Ink

Powdered Clothes Dye (any color)

1/4 Cup Alcohol

5 Tablespoons Glycerin

Mix dye with alcohol to the consistency of thin cream. Add glycerin. Stir until well blended. This makes enough to replenish a stamp pad several times. Pour ink over stamp pad or a foam-rubber pad that is fine grained. To make the stamp pad you will need foam rubber and a small plastic box with lid (such as a travel soap box). Cut the foam rubber to fit inside the plastic box. Spread the ink evenly with a brush or a tongue depressor.

Online Classes

Topic of the Week:

Backgrounds

Coloring Skin

Using Multi-Colored Inks

Itty Bitty Stamps

Tags

Punches

Page Composition

Starting Out with Scrapping

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