Today Stamping with Friends has a blog hop with the theme Emboss Resist. It's a technique where you emboss an image and then add color over top and around it. Then you take a tissue and wipe off the ink. The ink will stay on the cardstock but not on the embossed image. Today's Project - Emboss Resist There is a version of Emboss Resist called Joseph's Coat. In this version, You start with a base with a lot of colors which you may have put on with blending brushes. Then you stamp with ... Read More about Emboss Resist Technique
Latest from the Blog
Love For You – New Spring Mini Catalog
Crafty Collaborations, a group of demonstrators from around the world, is hosting a blog hop today to show samples from the new January - April Mini Catalog. There is so much tool love about this catalog, that I'm sure you'll find something(s) to love in this catalog. My project uses two new stamp sets. But the star of my 'show' is the "Love for You" dies. Stampin' Up is finally replenishing the word dies and I couldn't be happier. Today's Project - Love for You I CASED the layout for ... Read More about Love For You – New Spring Mini Catalog
January – April 2023 Mini Catalog is Live
There is a lot happening in the Stampin' Up! world today! The new mini is live, Sale-a-bration (SAB) starts today, and there is a fabulous join offer. Read on to find the details. January - April Mini Catalog There are lots of fabulous stamps and ideas in this catalog. I've been playing with items from it for the last 6 weeks and I"m in love. Crafty Collaborations is having a two + day launch event. Almost every stamp set in the catalog had a video showing a card or cards made with ... Read More about January – April 2023 Mini Catalog is Live
Heat Embossing with a Mask
It's Technique Tuesday for Crafty Collaborations and today's technique is Heat Embossing. Heat Embossing was one of the first techniques I used when I first started stamping in 2002. Watching that embossing powder get shiny and melt seemed like magic. Today I have a variation that I'm sure you're going to like. Today's Project - Heat Embossing with a Mask First, let me qualify the terminology. Stampin' Up! calls them masks but the rest of the crafting world calls them stencils. So, if ... Read More about Heat Embossing with a Mask
Paper Pumpkin December 2022 – Good Things Come in Small Packages
It's time for Crafty Collaborations' monthly Paper Pumpkin blog hop where we show you alternatives to making the kit as designed. The December 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit is so darn cute! Let's take a look. Paper Pumpkin December 2022 Kit The image above shows the kit as designed. It makes 15 cute gift boxes. And if you are a subscriber there was an add-on product that contained coordinating card bases and envelopes. The image above shows the finished kit as designed. Aren't these just ... Read More about Paper Pumpkin December 2022 – Good Things Come in Small Packages
