{Video} Fineliner & Stencils

Hi everybody :-)

Its Birka here, and I have a new Video for you :-)

Some days ago I made a card with a very tiny critter and a full stencil background. And somehow that background looked bored. So I added some fineliner using the same stencil. I liked that idea and so I thought I will show it to you :-)

Here your can watch the Video in english


Hier ist das Video in Deutsch

Card 1:
Sentiment: Scheiß drauf

Card 2:
Mouse: Superkräfte
Text: Gib alles
Stencil: Cloud Pattern

Card 3:
Frog: Sei kein Frosch
Text 1: Keine Sorge
Stencil: Look here

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(VIDEO) Underwater Scene

Hello everybody :-)

Summer is coming.. somewhen.. so maybe we all can grab our water/sea/fishy-Stamps to create cards wich makes you want to have the summer now....

For some time now I really wanted to try out these "sunbeams break through the water"-thing. There are some great artists or lessons outthere, and you can surely do it with copics. But I wanted to try it with Distress Oxides.

Here you can watch the Video in english





.. and here in good old German ;-)












If you do not have a stencil like that, you can create one by your own. Just take some stable acetate, draw your lines with pencil & ruler and then cut it with your scissors or cutter-knife.

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Don't Worry!

Hello crafty friends, it's Kerstin here!

Today I have a clean and simple card for you without any coloring.

I wanted to try out the stamped background technique Birka used in her latest video and that's what I came up with.

• stamp the large sentiment with at least two different shades of your favorite color to create a little ombré effect
• stamp the sentiment on some sticky note paper and cut it out 
• mask off your sentiment and start stamping around your sentiment
• the more you stamp at the edge of your mask the better the result will be
• finish your card with some colored sprinkles 

For this ombré effects it´s best to use distress oxide or other pigment inks. And a stamping tool will also help a lot.

         




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