Art Attack Thursday!
For a plethora of projects, all the resources and all the steps detailed, visit Mel Stampz! Mel describes herself as “totally shamelessly addicted to stamping and my favourite way to share that is blogging. I love reading about stamping on the blogs of the many talented people who share. I wanted to be […]
Alma Stoller has provided great instructions for carving your own rubber stamps from Speedball Speedy-Stamp carving block. She makes it look so easy that I just might give it a try. At any rate, I thought that some of you might also like to try this for stamping your own cards, wrapping paper, collages, etc. […]
Cards by Chris Tessnear, all using one theme
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1. Choose an old watercolor painting you know longer wish to keep.
2. Cover with Gesso (an acrylic prep medium). Run a texture comb or plastic fork through the wet Gesso in various patterns. Dry thoroughly.
3. Paint over the textured Gesso with […]
Technique Tuesday!
This time use a sheet of foil for your background! Wrinkle it and spread it back out without pressing out the wrinkles.
Use Golden’s GAC 100 as the acrylic medium that you mix with your paints. Do not use any water! This will eventually cause the paint to peel away from the foil. Use […]
Technique Tuesday!
Use a sheet of 140 lb watercolor paper. Apply extra heavy gel medium unevenly with your hands.
Stamp in texture with a large stamp and let dry (or use a heat gun).
Give it a light glaze of Quinacridone Gold acrylic.
Sponge lightly with Permanent Violet Dark, Quinacridone Violet, and Citrine. Repeat with colors as […]
OK, this seems almost too good to be true. Has anyone tried one of these? Or even heard of it? Inquiring minds need to know if you’ve got any information on this gizmo!
Make your own photo polymer rubber stamps at home using the revolutionary StampCritter stamp making machine.
Making stamps for card making and scrapbooking has […]
Here’s a great video with a stamping project for men. Just click the link! This post is dedicated to the very special man in my life: it’s his birthday today, and he would actually do something like this!
Make Art Monday!
Carolyn posted a comment after I shared the instructions for making a grid stamp and told me that she had used the technique to make a unique card. I was thrilled that she was willing to share both her process and the results with all of us. Thank you so much, Carolyn!
Carolyn created […]
Welcome to another Technique Tuesday!
Cut two pieces of craft foam into identical sized squares. Using an exacto knife, cut geometric shapes out of the middle of one piece, leaving at least a thin border all the way around the outside. Mount one on top of the other using spray adhesive.
Paint a background piece […]
Make Art Monday!
Hope
Tomorrow for Technique Tuesday, I’ll be explaining how to make a grid stamp that you can use on background papers that you’ve painted :-)
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
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