| OK one small thought has led to a new favourite technique. I’ve bought some Pan Pastels and have yet to really use them,I also had some beautiful soft white Velvet Cardstock (which I’ve been hoarding) from The Paper Temptress –I figured I’d play with both and WOW what amazing results,the velvet card [...] Patricia posted this in Designer greeting cards on February 26th,2011 I am thrilled to be the Guest Designer for Paper Temptress this month! PaperTemptess is having a Design Team Call right now –so if you are interested go check it out –HERE. I have to say WOW! SOOooo many WONDERFUL papers in that store!!! I have been ordering some papers here and [...] I absolutely love Halloween and really wanted to create a spooky scene. I used this fun image by Sandra Hammer called “Spooky Tree Background Stamp“. Rather than use this as a background I decided to use it as the focal image of my card. I added a fun Halloween poem [...] My daughter has a very good friend who just graduated from Nursing school last night so I made this card for her.  For those who know this stamp,they are looking at it saying what is different,I know something is different but I can’t figure it out!! Well,Tiffany (my daughter’s good friend) [...] Dawn posted this in Bags and Boxes,Great gifts to make on November 6th,2009 I am gifting a friend of mine an unmounted Paper Makeup Stamp and I thought that a Matchbook would be a fun way to present it. I created a pro to type out of copy paper so I could get the correct dimensions before cutting into the lavish Paper Temptress papers. The outside cover [...] A funky little shaped-box with a template &pictorial. Paper Temptress Cardstocks used:Kraft Cardstock &Black ‘Velvet Touch’Cardstock Details added:embossing,beading,and stitching. The image is a digital freebie. [...] jackie posted this in Designer greeting cards on June 2nd,2009  And I had such fun making this one. You have heard from Patricia about the new papers she has and how wonderful they are. Well,I can tell you that the new Ruche papers are just TOO COOL! They have such texture and the colors are vivid. When I felt this paper the first [...] Michelle posted this in Designer greeting cards on May 18th,2009 Have I ever told you how much I{heart} Mountain Rose Glimmer cardstock? I know,I know,it’s not the Prima Donna of papers in the Paper Temptress store,but it’s totally my favorite anyway. It makes me feel so girly –it reminds me of my little girl wearing a pink dress and [...] OH MY GOODNESS! You read about Patricia’s experience with the Velvet Touch paper. All I can do is second ,third and fourth her enthusiasm.  This paper is unreal. Mind you,that all of what is posted by me so far has been somewhat of an experiment as I have never been privileged [...] Patricia posted this in Misc.,Techniques,Tips on April 20th,2009 Now that I have pulled out the fabulous velvet paper to find out what it can handle I have been blown away by it’s versatility and ability to color. I posted earlier about how it embosses,colors,and accepts ink like a dream. I,like everyone else out there,am totally in awe with the [...] | Great causes that PaperTemptress supports |