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Good Vibes Only – Colorful Liquid Color Background Tutorial
This week Creative Director Kim Kesti shared a fun paper crafting technique with Liquid Colors and we think you’ll love it! You can see the video right here. Make sure you leave Kim a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her lovely card and all of the fun she had trying something new. Isn’t this beautiful? It really feels like summer — all of the best parts! [Because we all know sometimes the idea of summer is better than the actual season — sometimes it can be *too* hot, right?!] Not only that, it’s very fun to send AND to create. Let’s take a quick look at…
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Make A Wish! Z-Fold Birthday Card
Don’t you just love this cheerful and fun interactive card? This Z-Fold birthday card is something you can make for anyone’s birthday – young or old! It’s pretty much perfect for anybody, don’t you think? Besides, there are always so many birthdays it’s fun to try something new like this! Let’s take a look at how this is created, with a photo tutorial. And at the end, you’ll find a complete video tutorial of this same process. First stamp and die-cut some candles, using the Birthday Candles Stamp and Die sets. This stamp set is a two step stamping set and we love how playful it is. It’s meant to be whimsical…
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Make an Interactive Sloth Card with Sliding Feature
You know how we love our Try Day Friday series! Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, our concept designer Shannon Smith shares a new technique with you LIVE. Isn’t that so fun? This week Shannon used a really fun new product – we think you’ll love it! You can see the video right here. Make sure you leave Shannon a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her lovely card. How much do you love the little sloth from the Don’t Hurry Stamp Set? We’re pretty crazy about this guy! Not only that, we’re pretty smitten with the In Motion Die Set — easy to create slider…
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Elegant Cardmaking With PanPastels
Did you know that each Friday afternoon we share a new paper crafting or cardmaking technique with you LIVE on the FSJ Facebook page, and YouTube channel? This week we featured a simple and beautiful technique featuring PanPastels and the stunning Rose Garden background die. This is positively stunning, isn’t it? Let’s take a look and see how this card was created: The first step is to spread PanPastel color on a background panel, where the roses from the Rose Garden Die Set show the background paper. There’s a beautiful blend and build up of color with the Rose Gold, Copper, Raspberry Berry, and the pink & yellow from the Confectionary…
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Partial Die-cutting for Handmade Cards
Say thank you with this bright summer card featuring a fun partial die-cutting technique. Talk about a card that feels like summer! This one is perfect for sending to anyone that you need to thank for their kindness and generosity. With it’s clean and simple design, there’s nothing fussy about this one! We used a partial cutting technique with our Floral View Die Set and the Journey Platinum Machine. Simply, this means letting the part of the die that you do not want to cut hanging out of the end of the “sandwich”. This way, there’s no cutting happening on that portion of the cardstock panel. Don’t you love these…
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Simple Mixed Media Inspiration with Canvas Sheets
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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FSJ Color Burst Colored Pencil Tutorial
We live for Fridays! Not just because it’s the start of the weekend (hooray!) but because it brings us one of our favorite things, Try Day Friday! Are you familiar with Try Day Friday? Every Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we create something new LIVE on our page. We share exactly how to do a fun technique and it’s so cool to see it in real time. Besides, who doesn’t love learning how to do something new? This week, we’re looking at coloring techniques with the FSJ Color Burst Pencils. They are gorgeous and oh so fun — but do you really know how to get the most out…
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5 Ways to Add Gold to Elegant Handmade Cards
We’ll wait a minute while you pick your jaw up off the floor. I mean, we totally understand. Where do you even begin? Every last bit is gorgeous, right? Let’s take a look at the details of this card – it was created live on our Facebook page, during Try Day Friday series? We’re pretty sure you’re going to run for your crafting area once you see how fun and easy this card can be! Start With a Subtle Gold Background Do you see that shimmery and shining gold on the card? That started with our Journey Gel Press, some dabs of Shimmer Gold Color Splash and three small dollops…
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How to Use PanPastels with Clear Pigment Ink
Hey there, Fun friends! We’re excited to share with you another beautiful Try Day Friday project created LIVE on our Facebook page. It’s such a fun feature we share each Friday. Today we’re playing with stamps and PanPastels, and we know you’re going to LOVE this beautiful project! This week, Shannon used our set Good Karma that is in our newest mini catalog, Celebrating Life’s Moments. The card’s beauty comes from the Pan Pastels used to color both the elephant AND the background. First, taking a Whip Cream Cardstock panel, stamp in a pattern using the two larger flowers from the stamp set with your Clear Pigment Ink Pad. Once you’re…
