Art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
Art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
I just made these sweet orange Christmas cards for this holiday season! This year, I decided to shop my stash and use what I already have, instead of buying a new set of stamps to make Christmas cards. It could be part of the “under consumption” trend, or simply saving money. Either way, I am …
I am a sucker for dessert themed cards in general. It’s been a long while since I bought anything from Stampin’ Up but the Share A Milkshake bundle looks too yummy to pass up. I loved it so much I made 12 cards in one sitting! Here are my Share A Milkshake Cards. Designing Process …
Fall is my favourite time of the year, and the Birds & Branches stamp and die set from Stampin’ Up* is my favourite set. Today I am using all favourites to create some Thanksgiving greeting cards with birds. Shop Your Stash For some people, it’s not possible to keep buying a new set of stamps …
I have been off posting and busy learning watercolour these days. It’s quite the opposite from coloured pencils portraits, which are much more detail oriented and time consuming. If you are a beginner and don’t want to commit to paid classes yet, here are some of the best free watercolour lessons available online. Best Free …
This is the first time I have made easel cards. When I bought the Stamping Bella Flowery Gnome rubber stamp, I thought it was best suited for them. If you are intimidated by using a different fold, don’t be! It is quite easy, and makes card-crafting a little more fun than the same old, same …
I just bought Stampin’ Up Timeless Tulips stamp set as part of the retiring list/last chance sale. It is a disinktive set and so pretty for Spring, Easter and Mother’s Day! At first glance at the set, I was a little skeptical how it will turn out. However, once I started stamping, it turned out …
It’s Spring, and gnomes are popping up everywhere. What better time than now to make a sunflowers and gnome card? Trinity Stamps The Bright Side For this card, I am using The Bright Side stamp from Trinity Stamps. Something about the two sunflowers over his eyes really makes me smile. I had also coloured this …
I am in love with this Stamping Bella Gnome Pile stamp. Stamping Bella produces real rubber stamps, which I prefer, because the quality is much better than the photopolymer stamps. Even if you use some weaker dye-based inks you only need one pass and the image comes out crisp. I coloured the stamped image with …
Feeling a bit nostalgic on Lunar New Year, I recreated the classic Hong Kong harbour scene in with Frantic Stamper Junk Boat die. The finished size of the junk boat measures 2.65″x 1.9″, making it the perfect size for scene building or regular card sizes. First, I used a blending brush and blended in several …
Stamping Bella Rubber Stamps I discovered Stamping Bella‘s gnome stamps when I was searching for anything gnome-related. So far, I have purchased three of the gnome stamps in their collection, and I LOVE them. This one, Stamping Bella Gnome Bouquet, is my absolute favourite. In addition, I appreciate that these are real rubber stamps. The …
