Posts tagged ink blending

how to make your oxide inks more vibrant?

Birthday Cards

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome! Ever wondered how to get your Distress oxide inks vibrant again after using water? I did. I love the oxides and the soft, chalky finish, but sometimes you want a bit more. Today I will show you how to achieve this while making a quick and easy card. This is a very beginner friendly card as the technique can be used with any oxide ink and any sentiment you want. You can find the making of on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/uEMu-3HZnLs products used in… Read More

Emboss resist with Beautiful Blooms

Birthday Cards

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome! Today I am making a card for you. And this video is jam packed with technique. From emboss resist, to ink smushing, to stamping and coloring using Distress Oxides. I had a blast making this card. And the Respect set from the beautiful Blooms collection really finishes of this card. I love the whole beautiful blooms collection but this one is one of my favorites. As there are many different techniques in this video I would suggest you watch it on my YouTube channel:… Read More

Classy cards using the inlay technique with a twist

Birthday Cards

Hello my fellow crafters, Today I am making two cards for you using the inlay technique. the second one using the left overs. this technique is simple to do but has such a high impact and looks really luxurious! To color the background I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs Water Color pallet. This stuff keeps amazing me as it is so pigmented! It’s crazy. In this project I show you how to use it for smushing. if you want to see how I made these cards, please visit my YouTube… Read More

Mixed Media February dashboard

Cards planner/art journal

Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. Today I am working in my 2022 planner again. In the Facebook group ECD planners & journaling we have monthly challenge. The challenge for this month was numbers. Just that. and yes, there are a lot of different dies we can use but it got my creative juices flowing. SO… I made a stencil out of yupo and created my own, unique back ground. I created the background by using crackle paste on the paper, toping that with embossing powder and let… Read More

simple and clean 2 for one card

Cards technique

hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing two cards that I made in one go. so two for one. I got inspired to do this technique just by looking at this beautiful background die. It’s a stunner and I love it. Making this two cards was so quick and easy that I just had to share it with you. if you want to see a step by step tutorial on how to make these cards, you can see it here: https://youtu.be/r2_RZ3BVsow Products used for this… Read More

Stunning stained glass effect using shimmer powders

Cards

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog. For today’s project I finally made a card again! I have been so busy with my ambassador ship for Elizabeth Craft Design Planner Essentials that this got pushed back a bit. But today was time for a card. And oh wow how I love this card. It was my first time ever playing with the Nuvo Shimmer powders and they are stunning. It is like magic happening on paper. Now when yo start it doesn’t look like much but once you… Read More

Last blog of the year: Two more pages in my December day by day!

Cards planner/art journal

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome. In todays blog I am keeping it short and sharp. it is the last blog of this year as I am taking a week of, but I will be back in January 2022 with some exiting news! stay tuned for that. Today I made to more pages for my December day by day journal. For this I used all Elizabeth Craft Design Planner Essential dies. as I did before. at the end of this blog you will find the complete list of what I… Read More

Stunning vintage gift tags

Cards Christmas Winter

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome. In todays blog I am making these stunning vintage gift tags. I cut the tags out using an Elizabeth Craft Design Planner Essentials die and started of by applying the collage paper. I covered the whole tag with the Distress collage medium, sticked the paper and the dolls on and covered it up with medium again. Than using different colors of Distress crayons I created this background. The poinsettia is made with a set designed by Tim Holtz for Sizzix and is stunning! I… Read More

Whimsical winter scene using ECD winter scenery

Cards Winter

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog. Today I had a lot of fun using the Elizabeth Craft Design Winter scenery die set designed by Joset van der Burgt. I used water color paint to color the wolf and reindeer and I love how they came out. they almost look like real fur. I combined the winter scenery with the dotted background die and this is a perfect combination. to create the background I used two different oxide sprays and a mica stain. In between layers I dried… Read More

Emboss resist snowflake Christmas card two ways!

Cards Christmas technique Winter

hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog. For today’s blog I am working with a lot of Tim Holtz product. I started off by stamping the snowflakes with clear embossing ink and then embossed them with a holographic embossing powder. Once this is melted it is a plastic layer that will resist the ink you put over it. it is such a fun technique and it gives stunning results every single time. To finish it off I made snowflakes with an embossing folder (Impresslits) that cuts them out… Read More