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Friday, January 28, 2011

Great places to go to get crafting

CRAFTY STASH SHOPS
Advanced Crafts
Art and Craft World -
Aud Design -
Clever Cut
Craft Creations
Crafts By Carolyn
Crafty Devils Papercraft
Create-n-Celebrate
Cut At Home
Cutting Edge Crafts
Funky Kits
Happy Stampers
Imag-e-nation
Invoke Arts - USA
Jillcraft
Joanna Sheen
Magnolia Sweden
Non Sequitur Rubber Stamps - USA
One Stop Card Crafts
Oyster Stamps
Stampeezee
Stamping Mad
Stamps.co.uk
The Glitterpot
The Papermill Shop
The Range
The Stampman
trago mills
the range
barnet hill garden center
wilksons
tesco


(((somthing for you all to read)))
**hayleys top tips**

hayleys 5 top tips for using your ink
1. dab the ink around the edges of your card layers to give them extra difinition and texture.
2 .Try using your ink with a water brusg to colour your stamped images in.
3 .If you dont have many colours to mix your inks on a palette yo create new shades.
4. Use a sponge to lightly add ink around the edges of your stamped images ,choosing a colour that matches your projects..
5. Try ''stamping'' your ink pads diretly onto your paper,to make it an interesting background design.

((top 10 colouring tips))

1. Always stamp your images with a dye based ink..
2.Start with a few basic colours..
Three of your skin tone shade markers and three of your favorite colours is a good starting point.
3.Beginners should buy the lighest of shades because its much easer to change the shades makes the light colours easly darker,,
4.Always start to colour small areas frist,,like the faces ,hair,and then the selves one at a time,,
5.use three shaed of the same colour togeather to add depth..
6.Start colourig your image with the darkest of colours,then the mediium shade,then the lighest,while blending togeather with the lightest marker for the outline..
7.outline your images with a grey or beige marker?to make it stand out.
8.Then use your blender pen to erase any colours that have gone over the lines..
9.Always store your markers pens flat not upright..
10.Always use a blender pen to a achieve a faded out look on your images.



1 comment:

Margarets designer cards said...

Hi Hayley

Very interesting little piece and well worth while reading, there is always something new to learn. Tips and advice are always welcome especailly to someone new to crad making.
Margaret