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Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some inspiration using the absolutely gorgeous new Golden Poppies stamp set and coordinating Color Layering Stencils. My initial inclination was to do some no-line watercoloring (how gorgeous are those flowers?), but the stencils make things so much easier and quicker that I couldn't resist playing with them! I have two cards to share with...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have a fun shaker tag created using some of the brand new Scalloped Circle Infinity Dies, the new Floral Journaling Bundle, and my favorite ink for no-line coloring with colored pencils: Unicorn White. Let's get started with the details! When working with colored pencils on colored cardstock, I prefer to use Unicorn White pigment ink....

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I hope you're all doing well. I am so excited about the entire August release because it is a theme that is hitting me in my adventure-loving heart. Recently, my husband and I have been trying to get out of the house more often to enjoy this beautiful place we live in (California). Last month we drove up the...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here today and I hope you are all having a fantastic day. Today I've decided to play along with this month's Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge and the theme is "Another Year Older!" So, of course I'm making a birdday card. Mmmmhmmm, a "bird-day" card... I started out by grabbing the Every Which Way Stencil and ink-blending it onto white cardstock...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here today and I've got a fun and easy way to "paint" the canvas on the Painting Easel woodblock stamp. I started out by stamping the Easel on Luxe Watercolor Paper in INTENS-ified Black ink. Then I masked off the edges of the paper leaving only the easel's canvas exposed. I used my MISTI to stamp one of the stamps from...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here today and I've got a colorful stenciled card to share with you. I've combined some different and fun techniques to make the background using the Rays of Color Stencil then topped it off with the Love You Stamp & Cut XL and the Color Me Words stamp set. I started out with a watercolored background that I made using liquid...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and today I've got a fun card with a mixed media background to share with you. I wanted to use the new Art Deco Arches Stencil to create my background. I grabbed a piece of white cardstock and a bottle of Eggplant (purple) gloss spray. I sprayed my stencil (not the paper through the stencil, just the stencil itself) with...

Hello! I'm back today with more color combo inspiration featuring two new Color Layering stamps sets from our 2021 Spring Catalog. The first one is the Color Layering Hummingbird set. It was so much fun playing with the different color combos on this bird. And remember, the colors you choose don't always have to be realistic...choose whatever colors make you happy! The last color chart...

With the addition of some amazing new HeroScape and Color Layering sets to our 2021 Spring Catalog, I thought it would be fun to share some color combos that work great with the images! First up is the Lily Pond HeroScape stamp set. For each example, the inks are listed in the order that they are stamped. And next is the City HeroScape. This skyline...

Along with the debut of the 2020 Spring Catalog, we released eight new jewel-toned pigment inks that are a great addition to our ink collection. The properties of pigment inks allow for different techniques than dye inks since the ink stays wet longer. They create crisp results for stamping and are great for heat embossing. I created a chart to show off the vibrant colors...