Category Archives: Technique

How to convert a clear mount stamp to a cling stamp

Posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Welcome to another Video Vednesday! A stamper talked to me this past week about using the Stampin’ Up! clear blocks and how our various stamp materials are mounted to the blocks. I thought this basic information might be needed by … Continue reading →

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Creating a watercolor swash

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Finally — Video Vednesday! After you watch this, make sure you scroll to see how I worked these panels (similar to the ones here) into cards! I’m never sure how these watercolor swash panels will come out, and that’s the … Continue reading →

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Double Wonder cards

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Here are the cards (well, at least three out of four layouts) from last week’s videos on the Double Wonder technique. As I said, I kept the palette pretty simple to avoid making too many decisions! At the end of … Continue reading →

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Creating using the Double Wonder technique

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2020 by Debra Burgin

A couple of weeks ago, Shannon West of Stampin’ Up! shared how she created 11 cards from two half-sheets of 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. Cutting both at the same time, she cut a total of 30 pieces of … Continue reading →

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Watercolor swash: Happy birthday

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Want to know what I did with some the Granny Apple Green card fronts I cut in yesterday’s video? Here they are: Isn’t this a riot of color? I created these two watercolor swash samples for an upcoming video. Frankly, … Continue reading →

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C.O.D. #4: Use a sponge

Posted on Monday, March 30, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Here’s what my card looks like for today’s challenge: Earlier I gave you some ideas how to use a sponge for this challenge — I decided to combine two ideas in one operation by using a Sponge Brayer to create … Continue reading →

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C.O.D. #1: Create a card with water

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Oh, the plans! I recorded a YouTube video yesterday morning showing how I create a watercolor wash, but it’s only processed 57% of it. So that will be my project today, to figure out what went wrong. Hopefully you’ll see … Continue reading →

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Lovely Lily Pad: Happy Birthday

Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 by Debra Burgin

I’m a little late, but as promised in this post, here’s the January camp card using Lovely Lily Pad: This card — full of FREE Sale-A-Bration items! — uses an old, old technique called emboss resist. The lily image was … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tip: How to color ribbon

Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 by Debra Burgin

I’m guessing you know that you can color ribbon by (a) applying ink with a dauber, sponge, or directly from the ink pad; or (b) with a Stampin’ Blends marker. But at OnStage in November, one of the stamping demonstrators … Continue reading →

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Forever Lovely: Rooted in Nature

Posted on Monday, November 4, 2019 by Debra Burgin

Have you experimented with saturating your Stampin’ Up! card stock with water before you use an embossing die on it? (You can read about this technique here.) I continue to be so pleased with the results and enjoy showing them … Continue reading →

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