Color an Embossed Ombre Background with PanPastels
Looking for a colorful, sunshine-filled card idea to brighten someone’s day? Pull out your PanPastels and let’s create a sunny embossed background for a simple cardmaking project. Pick up a little Candy Apple PanPastel with the Sofft wedge sponge. Spread a diagonal stripe of PanPastel across the embossed panel. Use a clean portion of a wedge sponge and spread another stripe with Citrus Cooler, and then again with Lemon Drop. Once you’ve covered the panel with color, go back and further blend where the colors meet. In the video below, you can watch just how Kim blends the colors together by layering and mixing colors. To finish this card, Kim…
T3: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Festive Graduation Cards
Every Tuesday at 4pm (Arizona time) FSJ comes to you LIVE on Facebook and YouTube for our T3 video – that stands for Tools, Tips, and Techniques. Recently, Kim Kesti shared two creative (and simple) handmade cards for graduation. Tis the season, right? Today’s projects both begin with the Hats Off Die Set. On today’s video, Kim will show you step-by-step how to assemble this fun and festive graduation die set. The most fun part is that you can customize the mortarboard for whatever color you’d like. Use cardstock to match your graduate’s school colors, or just pick a color you love! Once Kim assembled the die, she began creating…
How to Use One Small Stamp Set for Four Mighty Cards!
The Fun Stampers Journey ATS sized stamps are small rubber stamp sets that can be used in MIGHTY ways. On today’s featured T3 video (that’s Tools, Tips, and Techniques) Kim Kesti explores FOUR gorgeous ways to use the Love Block stamp. This stamp was released as part of the Follow Your Heart collection, which was a Valentines themed release of stamps, dies, and accessories. But as you’ll see today, the floral details on this stamp make it fantastic for springtime cards too! Today’s cards all begin with white embossing on colored cardstocks, Summer Days, Watermelon Fusion, Lemongrass and Turbo Teal. After embossing the sentiment on each color, Kim fussy cut…
How to Make the Most of Your Paper Scraps
Hello crafty friends! We’re going to ask a possibly scary question today – are you ready? How’s your paper scrap stash looking? Is it a hot mess, or is it well organized? Kim Kesti recently shared an awesome T3 (that’s Tools, Tips, and Techniques) video with us, and in this episode she’s dealing with her SCRAPS. Let’s take a look at three coordinating cards she made using cardstock and printed paper from her stash, plus her tips to create with your own scrappy stash. Kim began her card set by choosing 3-5 colors of scraps, and these became the color palette for all of today’s projects. Kim chose Bubble Gum,…
3 Ways to Use Stencils and Modeling Paste on Handmade Cards
Have you been keeping up with FSJ’s weekly video tutorials on YouTube? Each week we come to you live from the FSJ studio to share cardmaking ideas and tutorials that are sure to jumpstart your creativity – and we bet you’ll learn something new too! Today, let’s take a look at one of our recent Tips, Tools and Techniques videos which focuses on using stencils and modeling paste. Kim started off this tutorial by adding modeling paste to the Polka Dot Wall stencil, on three different panels of cardstock. Then, she added color in three different ways. You are going to learn so much during this video, so we hope…
Colorful Journey | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because there’s just so much fun and creativity. You love to be creative, right? You probably also like to use those wonderful True Color Fusion Ink Pads. That’s one of the things Creative Director Kim Kesti shared with us during an episode of T3? Would you like to watch her do this? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets take a look at Kim’s cards. Aren’t those just the most fun? We absolutely love the colors and designs of all of them. Kim created The Color Outside The Lines card during our T3 video…
3 Cards, 1 Sheet! | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to be so excited about what we’re sharing with you. You love to be creative, right? You probably also like to get the most bang for your buck, too. That’s what Creative Director Kim Kesti did by taking one single sheet of cardstock and creating 3 full size cards? Would you like to watch her do this? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets take a look at Kim’s cards. Aren’t those beautiful? And they are so creative, you wouldn’t even guess they were from a single sheet of…
Better Together! | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to be so excited about what we’re sharing with you. You know and love Fun Stampers Journey products, right? Well, today Creative Director Kim Kesti is sharing some Spellbinders stamps with our beautiful Liquid Colors. Would you like to watch how Kim paired these two together? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets add color. Isn’t this one lovely? As you can see it’s super simple, just a couple of steps and you have something amazing to send to your loved ones. Let’s talk about how Kim made this…
Easy Marbling Technique | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to LOVE what we’re sharing with you. You love simple and gorgeous paper crafting techniques, right? We love how Creative Director Kim Kesti shared how to create a beautiful marbled background using our Liquid Colors. Would you like to watch how Kim created these two cards? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets get a little bit messy! Isn’t it just stunning?! That beautiful marble background looks like some expensive piece of stone or artwork that took hours to create. However, as Kim showed us in her video –…
Embossing With Color | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We cannot wait to share with you today. We’re hoping that you’ve been having fun with your favorite Fun Stampers Journey products this week. And, we’re thinking that you might want to try embossing with color like Creative Director Kim Kesti shared on our T3 series! Would you like to watch how Kim created these two cards? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets stamp! Aren’t those simply gorgeous? They are soft and elegant — perfect to send to someone who maybe needs a prayer. Not only are they gorgeous, they are fun and easy to make. Both of these cards were created with…
