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Woodblock Wednesday | Coffee Card | Use Your Stash

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Welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday, the day of the week that we use a woodblock stamp (or more) to make a card or other project.  This week I paired the Coffee Girl rubber stamp on cling from Technique Junkies, with a wood-mounted rubber stamp from Inkadinkado.  Sadly, both brands have closed.          I made a top-folding A2 card using white cardstock and adhered it to my desk using washi tape.  Using vintage photo distress ink, I blended a coffee stencil from my stash to the card front, and set it to the side.    I stamped and colored the two images on a piece of white cardstock, die-cut it using a stitched rectangle die, adhered a piece of fun foam to the back, and then adhered it to the card front.  Lastly, I added Diamond Glaze to the glasses to give a glassy effect and set it aside to fully dry.   I hope you have enjoyed this idea.  Remember to use your stash!!   Until next time... Hugs from Brasil. ...

KCS Designs by Kim Design Team Project | Polk-a-Dot Mini Album | Your Book of Memories

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Hello everyone.  I hope y'all are doing well.  Today I am sharing an album I made using the Polk-a-Dot Mini Album Tutorial from Your Book of Memories (YBOM).  Frances, the brains behind YBOM, is offering this tutorial for FREE on her website.  If you have never made or are curious about how to make an album, follow the tutorial.  Frances walks you through everything you need to know - what supplies you will need, how to cut and score the cardstock, and how to put this together.   She is offering a 25% discount on your first month's subscription.  Just use the code ALL4ME2C at checkout.   All the papers I used in this album are digital junk journal kits from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  I used 4 different papers: Mixed Media Black Junk Journal Paper Mixed Media Flowers Junk Journal Paper Gelli Dreams Junk Journal Paper Quirky Circles I Junk Journal Paper KCS Designs by Kim is having a big SUMMER SALE and EVERYTHING in her Etsy sto...

KCS Designs by Kim Design Team Project - Birthday and Notecard 3D Cards

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Hey everyone.  Today is my first Design Team Project for  KCS Designs by Kim .  The owner, Kim, has a store on Etsy that sells digital junk journal papers, mixed media papers, clip art, brushes, and other digital items that are perfect for cardmaking, album making, junk journals, or any other papercraft idea. I hardly ever make traditional junk journals, but I love to use digital junk journal papers and collections in my mini albums, photo folios, and cards.  Today I am sharing some cards I made using papers from the Mixed Media Flowers  kit - a set of 12 beautiful journal pages of mixed media flower designs.      I've also have a video showing how I made 2 other cards using the same collection, and you can watch it below or on my YouTube Channel - World of Michael Trent .   KCS Designs by Kim is also having a Summer Sale - 45% off the entire store - through July 31, 2025. Card 1 I found an image I wanted to use.  Then I print...

How To Achieve a "Glass Effect" on Cards and Scrapbook Pages | Digital Image and Paper

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  Have you ever wanted to achieve the look of glass on an image for a card?   The other day I bought a set of digital wildflower images from the XoXoLine store on Etsy, and one of the images was a broken lightbulb with a simple flower growing out it.  I wanted to use this image for a card, and I wanted the lightbulb to look like glass by using Diamond Glaze.   Links to any products I used are at the end of this blog post.   Here is a step-by-step for the card I made. The first thing I did was to print the lightbulb image at 70% on white cardstock and die-cut it using a 3.25" x 4.5" stitched rectangle die.  Using the same die, I cut 4 more pieces using scraps of white cardstock.   I adhered all the pieces together, keeping the image of the lightbulb on top.  The reason for the layers of cardstock is to make the image more sturdy so that, when you apply the Diamond Glaze, the cardstock does not bend or warp.   I colored the ...

Say Cheese | House Mouse | Angie Blom | Woodblock Wednesday

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Welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday, the day of the week that we use a woodblock stamp (or more) to make a card or other project.  The other day, while going through my stash, I found the Say Cheese rubber stamp from House Mouse.  The image is of Maxwell, the mouse, taking a photo while holding a piece of cheese in the air.  As soon as I saw it, I knew it would pair perfectly with the "Say Cheese" digital paper from Angie Blom Digital Designs.     Links to everything I used are at the end of this post.  Below is a step-by-step for the card I made, and I swear, you can make this in less than 15 minutes.  I made a top-folding A2 card using black cardstock. I printed the paper that says "say cheese" all over it from the Say Cheese Digital Paper Collection from Angie Blom Digital Designs, and I die-cut a piece using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.  I adhered a piece of black fun foam to the back of the "say cheese" paper and adhered this to the...