How to Make a Handmade Card with TGF

How to Make a Handmade Card with TGF Rubber Stamps! I love card making. It's relaxing and simple. When the adult coloring craze hit, I stayed true to just coloring stamped images and making handmade cards. Make a handmade card and mail a smile to someone today! I've posted about The Greeting Farm stamp images before. I love them. They are the perfect size for cards, they are absolutely adorable and they fit every occasion. This image is Holiday Anya 6.  I love her comfy sweater and cup of hot cocoa, perfect for sweater weather. Supplies Needed for Handmade Cards: TGF Rubber Stamp Memento Black Ink Pad Clear Stamping Block White Cardstock Tombow ABT PRO Alcohol Based Markers Colored Cardstock Washi Tape Tombow Foam Tape Scissors Making a Handmade Card Step 1: Stamp the image on thick, white cardstock with the memento ink.  Making a Handmade Card Step 2: Next color the skin of the image. I love using the palest colors in the palette...but probably because I'm a pale whit...

DIY Altered Notebooks with The Greeting Farm Stamps!

DIY Altered Notebooks with The Greeting Farm Stamps! I love making altered notebooks. They are a fun way to set apart a boring old composition book in the back-to-school section. Make decorative altered notebooks using rubber stamps from The Greeting Farm .   When I first started blogging, in 2008, I started a card making blog where I showcased cards and other paper crafts. Mostly featuring rubber stamps from The Greeting Farm . They have a darling line of character stamps that I cannot get enough of. They release a bunch of new ones each month, and I sprung for the Mermaid set and love it. Here's 4 altered notebooks I did a while ago, and the mermaid one is recent. Supplies Needed for Altered Notebooks: Rubber Stamps from TGF Composition Notebook Memento Ink Pad Clear Block Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen Cardstock ( white and various colors ) Tombow Power Mini Tape Tombow Foam Tape Tombow ABT PRO Alcohol Based Markers Step 1: Stamping Begi...

Coloring Stamped Images with Alcohol Based Markers!

Coloring Images with Copic Markers! Learn how to color beautiful stamped images using Alcohol Ink markers. There are a variety of Alcohol based markers on the market and they are awesome! They blend smoothly and flawlessly, leaving no marker lines behind.  They also come in ultra pastel shades for a wide range of applications. I'm using Copic Markers in this post, but the same techniques apply to all Alcohol Based Markers. Let's get sidetrack first: You are Outstanding in your Field! Haha, love the scarecrow this time of year! I like simple cards because they are so easy to mail...if they are too bulky or covered in  embellishments they cost extra to mail...so I go simple and highlight the image. Supplies Needed to  Color Images with Copic Sketch Markers! Rubber Stamp: I'm using  Royal Cutie Pies from The Greeting Farm! Memento Tuxedo Black Ink White Cardstock Alcohol Ink Markers Step 1: Skin Color   I have v...