2022 Christmas Cards: Glimmer Baubles With Gold!

These three cards have a beautiful sheen, thanks to the red glimmer paper, and gold foil diecuts.

I found the small ornament dies on Amazon, and paired them with the lovely detailed dies from Stampinup. I added adhesive paper to the small ornaments, so they wouldn’t cut all the way through, but give an embossed look, which makes them look metallic. The gold twine is by ValueCraft, which I found at the local dollar store.

Have a marvellously creative weekend!

Vicki 🎄🙂 

 

2022 Christmas Cards: How to add Depth with Inktense Pencils.

 Take your Watercolor pencils to the next level with this glazing technique. I use glazes in all my Watercolor paintings to intensify the color. These cards were a dream to make! Easy, no muss, no fuss watercoloring. 

Have a marvellously creative weekend. Vicki 🙂🎄🎅🏼🌟

Christmas 2022: Six fun doodled Christmas Trees!

 

This clever tracing hack helps you align your sketches perfectly every time.

I used Winsor and Newton Promarkers for these doodled trees, but any marker would work for these cards. A stamping platform aligns your stamped greeting. I used Canson XL Watercolor paper, but you could use smooth white card. If you wanted to use Copic markers then layer onto a card base, as alcohol based markers will bleed through.

Have a marvellously creative day! Vicki 🎄🎅🏼

Christmas 2022: Seven Snowy Gnome Cards.

Part of the 2022 Christmas Series of cards, these seven snowy gnomes are stamped on Crumb Cake card ( or Kraft would work as well.) See how I create dimensional snow , and see how you can personalise the scene with a scene building stamp set. Stamps are from Amazon. 

 

Christmas 2022 Modern Christmas Tree Cards

 Yes, it’s that time of year again! Time to start building our stash of Christmas Cards.

I have designed 6 Modern Christmas cards using simple designs and left over paper from my stash.

These are very quick to put together and are mainly collaged, with the greetings stamped on the inside.

Enjoy!

Have a marvellously creative day, Vicki x

How to Paint a Wreath Using Zig Brush Pens.

 

These flowers are seriously the easiest flowers you will ever paint. A gold pen creates a wreath.

The flowers appear to weave under and over the gold wreath. See in the video how I masked off some areas and how a fast, confident hand creates the easiest wreath you will ever draw. 

I am really into customising envelopes these days with my envelope punch board. 

It gives you the freedom to create cards of every shape and size.

Have a marvellously creative weekend!

Vicki 🌟🎨

6 Cards, Pre-Embossed Paper, Distress Inks Technique.

 Pre-Embossed paper gives a cool effect to your cards when smooshed into distress oxide inks. The ink skips over parts of the card stock, leaving a really textured pattern. I have paired these cards with Tim Holtz quote chips, which have been coloured using the same inks. I purchased my papers from Stampinup a while ago, and several craft companies sell pre-embosssed paper, or you could emboss your own using any embossing folder with a repetitive pattern. The card stock is not Watercolor paper, so I show you how to control the application of water so your paper doesn’t get too wet.

Have a great day! Vicki. 🙂

Can I Make 30 Cards in 30 Minutes?

 Here is a challenge I set myself to see if I could make 30 cards in 30 minutes! I have set up many production lines for making cards in the past , and have picked up a few tips for making it easier on myself, and keeping the mess to a minimum.

In this video you might see the critical tip every production line needs…. a large waste paper basket set just near my work surface to clean as I go. LOL