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Video - +20 Alternatives March 2024 Paper Pumpkin - Memorable Meadows

Publish Date: 
3/17/2024

Another winning kit is complete! This came with a free bonus stamp set which I spent time demonstrating.

With the card bases having the design front and back, you can cut them in half doubling your design layer to at least 18 (there are 9 card bases, 3 of each design).

The nine envelopes are decorated inside which will get your a minimum of 9 more designs, and you can use some of...

Video - Spring Cards Using Playing In The Rain - Coloring Clouds As Many Ways As I Can Think Of

Publish Date: 
3/14/2024

This fun video explores all of the ways to color the clouds in the Playing In The Rain stamp set using Stampin' Up! products.

I have notes written and extra still images throughout the video and at the end.

Feel free to stop and rewind as you need to practice these techniques as I demonstrate them. Enjoy!

Video - Episode 53 - Brutfuner 120 Squares Detailed Walkthrough - Storage, Barrels, Cores, Swatches, Color Combos, Tests, Projects

Publish Date: 
3/10/2024

I did some digging and found color lists for three of the four coloring projects I shared in this episode. All were colored with this lovely set of pencils.

Eye Study on kraft paper (colored along with a very old Chris Cheng tutorial)
These were the closest match to the Prismacolors Chris used:...

Video - Episode 49 - Crayola 100 + 24 Colors Of The World Skin Tones Detailed Walkthrough

Publish Date: 
2/24/2024

Colors used on the R.J. Hampson free February coloring page:

Background: BG000, N2
Globe: Sky Blue, True Blue, Blue, Tropical Rain Forest, Shamrock, White
Globe Stand: Mahogany, Light Brown, Bronze Yellos, Dark Brown, Black
Mr. Fogherty:

  • Jacket - Outer Space, Gray
  • Pants - Gray,
  • ...

Video - +30 Alternatives - February 2024 Paper Pumpkin - Sweet Springtime

Publish Date: 
2/17/2024

Ok, I have to say either Stampin' Up! is getting better at Paper Pumpkin or I have settled into a groove. I don't even remember the last time I struggled with a kit!

This month's kit needed very little tweaking and only a few added supplies that should stretch it to make the 17 or so spring/Easter cards I will need to send out.

This kit arrived two days earlier than usual and...

Video - January Love Fest Episode 5 - Two Card Walkthroughs

Publish Date: 
1/26/2024
January Love Fest 2024 Episode 5 | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

Both these cards are lovely.

I spent alot of time working on the various treatments to the layers of paper on card two.

Here's the list of fun things I did with the layers.

  • started with dry embossing with Timber 3D. 
  • roughed up the edges of many of the layers
  • sanded off the top of the brown on the DSP layer
  • curled up a coupld of the corners
  • ...

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