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  • Cardmaking,  Mixed Media,  Video Tutorials

    Tryday Friday: How to Use a Brayer to Make Painted Clouds

    June 15, 2019 / No Comments

    Hey crafty friends! Have you been loving the Easy Breezy Spring collection from Fun Stampers Journey? Today let’s look at an absolutely darling card featuring the Loads of Love stamp set. Along the way, we’ll teach you a simple mixed media technique for adding puffy painted clouds to the background of your cards. To begin the background, add Beach Ball and Cool Pool acrylic paint onto a non-porous surface – like an acrylic sheet or a large clear block. (We used more Beach Ball and just a little Cool Pool.) Use a brayer to blend and spread the paint across the clear block. Then roll the brayer over a card-size…

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    Double Embossing | TryDay Friday

    February 22, 2019 / 1 Comment

    You know how we love our Try Day Friday series!  Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we share a new technique with you LIVE.  Isn’t that so fun?  This week Creative Director Kim Kesti is sharing with us a super cool double embossing technique.  Not only is the card so super cute, but we loved how certain elements really pop. If you’d like to watch on our YouTube channel, you can see the video right here.  Make sure you leave Kim a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her technique & card and appreciate her sharing fun ideas with all of us. Isn’t that just adorable?…

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    Fresh & Beautiful Die Cutting | TryDay Friday

    January 11, 2019 / 1 Comment

    You know how we love our Try Day Friday series!  Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we share a new technique with you LIVE.  Isn’t that so fun?  This week Creative Director Kim Kesti is using some old favorites, some leaf dies with our True Color Fusion Ink pads.  Not only are the results stunning but it’s such a good way to use dies you might not always reach for AND experiment with color palettes. If you’d like to watch on our YouTube channel, you can see the video right here.  Make sure you leave Kim a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her technique &…

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    Buffalo Check Stencil + Card | TryDay Friday

    December 14, 2018 / 1 Comment

    You know how we love our Try Day Friday series!  Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we share a new technique with you LIVE.  Isn’t that so fun?  This week Training Manager Lynn Leusch is using a classic product, our Buffalo Check Stencil!  This fun stencil feels so on trend right now, as the Buffalo Check pattern is everywhere. If you’d like to watch on our YouTube channel, you can see the video right here.  Make sure you leave Lynn a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her projects and appreciate her sharing fun ideas with all of us. Isn’t that just a gorgeous and oh…

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    Simple Mixed Media Inspiration with Canvas Sheets

    May 24, 2018 / No Comments

    One of our favorite parts of the week at FSJ is bringing you LIVE inspiration and education through our Tryday Friday videos. We’re on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel each Friday afternoon with a crafty project or two – and today we’re featuring a product you may not have used on your cards yet. It’s FSJ’s Canvas Sheets. Watch the video right here or check out the photos below and learn to add canvas and just a little mixed media into your cardmaking. Isn’t that beautiful?   The canvas sheets  create a beautiful textured base to work on and adding the Journey Gesso prevents the ink from soaking in and…

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