Tutorial Tuesday
Tutorial of the Week: Acetate Tri-Fold by Melanie at
OK, I love this card and Melanie shares how to make it step by step! It opens up to reveal three different designs all layered together to make one beautiful card!
Runner Up: Metallic Art Pencils by Andrea from
I'm one of those Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who has never played with the metallic art pencils. I couldn't tell you how to use them, or even why. Well, you MUST check out this AWESOME tutorial by Andrea Walford on how to create this eye catching card! Coloring is my favorite part of card making and Andrea makes it look EASY!
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Coloring:
Easy Watercoloring by Leslie at Running with Scissors
Leslie has the ability to make everything look easy! She will walk you step by step in watercoloring this beautiful Anna Wright images and make it look like a piece of cake!
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Sponged Grid Background Technique by Theresa at Crafting the Web
I love how the background of this card came out -- the pattern is even repeated on the blue, but I didn't notice that right off. Theresa shows you how to use scrap paper to pull off this surprisingly easy effect!
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Shimmery Butterflies by Julie at Out to Impress
Check out this fabulous tutorial on how to use colored pigment powders and glue on acetate to color an image. The end result is just stunning. Here is one of the comments from Julie's blog: "Gosh, you know how butterflies leave that shimmery powder when you touch their wings...that's what this looks like--it's perfect! A beautiful image and absolutely wonderful tutorial!" What could I add to that?! Nothing!
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Smackin' Acetate by Diana at
Try this coloring technique using acetate and markers to get this neat effect! The end result is a rustic feel that matches that Bella Rose paper so well, you'd think they were made to go together!
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Always check out Michelle Zindorf for great coloring tutorials. She makes amazing cards that are all "frame worthy" and always includes a step by step tutorial.
Patterns and Templates
Candy Corn Template and Directions by Maren at Zany Not Crazy
I'm not ready for Halloween... or even Summer to be over, but Maren is getting me in the mood. Isn't this card adorable? Maren provides great step by step instructions on how to recreate this -- and they are simple enough to make MANY!
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Dressed to Sparkle by Linda at LMac's Catered Crops
Linda gives you the downloadable template and step by step directions for making this sparkly paper dress! Wouldn't these be great for wedding or bridal shower cards?
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Never Ending Card Tutorial by Vicki at Angel Stamper
No matter how you fold this card, you get something new -- one card -- four different looks! Click on over to Vicki's site for pattern and directions and pictures of all the different ways that this comes together. Wouldn't this be awesome with pictures as a "Thank you for your hospitality!" card?
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Tips & Tricks
Using Nestabilities to Make Medallions by Alli at Card Metaphors
I love Nesties, but I don't really know how to use them to their best advantage. Alli came up with a great way to emboss your cards to get different impressions from the same die. Love it. Click on over and check it out.
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Shabby Chic Cuttlebug Flowers by Nichole at Capture the Moment
Nichole was playing in her craft room and discovered how to make these beautiful "shabby chic" fabric flowers. I love them!
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Digital Must See's:
Easy Orton Effect by Bobbi-Jo at
Bobbi-Jo has a talent for making her photographs look amazing -- and she shows you how too! Learning how simple it is to make your standard picture look "dreamy" is easily worth the cost of the software. By the way, Photoshop Elements is less than $70 at Costco.
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Photo Shazam! by Jessica at The Spraugue Lab
Take your photos from drab to fab is 3 (yes THREE) easy, peasy steps. Can you say, "SHAZAM!"? By the way, if you're just learning Photoshop Elements, this is the place to start. Jessica will make you love your software so much that you can't remember how you were every happy without it!
Other Categories You Just Shouldn't Miss:
Blogging How To: Google Analytics to Help Build a Better Blog by Savitri at Scrappin and Stampin' With Savitri
Great card making Videos: Kristina Werner from KWerner Designs -- there are two this week, one for making bows and one for making an adorable star card.
Here is the Tutorial "BOB" list. Please click on the "read more" at the bottom of the box if you would like to see the tutorials as a web page with pictures.
