Greeting Cards with Vintage Stuff & Tips for a perfectly stamped Image!

   

Hi everyone, Susanne here today with some vintage looking greeting cards using our new Vintage Stuff stamp set. I worked with Distress Inks and Oxides to create the background. I just did the smushing technique with shades of Aged Mahagoni, Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap. To add texture to the background I used the text stamps from the set together with the same inks. The main image is stamped directly to the card! Click on more to read some tips on how to get a clear and crisp stamp image!

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Gelli Printed Christmas cards with Carved Collection #3

   

Hello, Mariken here, with two quick Christmas cards, using Carved Collection #3, Grungy Sequins and Textured Xmas Trees. Creating beautiful Christmas cards with mixed media can be a lot of fun and a great way to add a personal touch to the holiday season. In this blog post, I’ll show you how to make quick … Continued

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Winter inspired Birthday Cards with Big Maple

   

Hi stamping friends! Susanne here. Yesterday hubby and I went for a winter walk to our little fish pond. I took some photos there to then draw in my sketchbook and I was so inspired by the snowy autumn feel that I wanted to make kind of an autumnal winter card. I used one of our Big Maple leaves to use it as the background. I stamped it several times with watercolors and combined it with some cute animals on the cards. I will link up all the stamp sets I’ve used at the end of this post.

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