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How Rawr You?

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How Rawr You? Masking with The Greeting Farm Hello! I wanted to share the tutorial for how I made this cute little dinosaur card featuring stamps from The Greeting Farm and a masking technique.  Let's get started!  You will need:  -"How Rawr You?" Stamps from The Greeting Farm -Tim Holtz distress inks in mowed lawn, twisted citron, gathered twigs, wilted violet, broken China, and peeled paint (any inks you want to use will do, just make sure they blend nicely first!)  -Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink ink blending tools -Masking paper (I used inkadinkado's stamping mask paper) -masking tape -spectrum noir markers or whatever you love to color with -3M foam tape -clear embossing powder -white cardstock, 2- 5 1/4" x 4 1/4" pieces -glitter cardstock -card base -sequins -stamp positioner (I used Tim Holtz Tonic Studios stamp positioning tool)  -heat embossing gun So, first things first: stamp all the images you in

Valentines made with The Ton

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     Hello, everyone! I had a snow day from work today. Buffalo is getting slammed with a nasty blizzard, so I've been crafting up a storm!       For today's project, I'm sharing a quick and fun way to make a bunch of Valentines at once, using my stamp set from The Ton. These are great because you can make so many different color combinations to personalize them to whoever you're making them for!  To make these cards, you will need:  -"Heart Diamonds" stamp set from The Ton (can be found here:  https://www.thetonstamps.com/collections/photopolymer-clear-stamps?pa ) -Sentiment stamps from Technique Tuesday -rhinestones (or sequins, etc., whatever shines float your boat) -colored ink pads (I used Ranger Ink's distress inks) -"love" dies (mine are from Memory Box) -glue (I always use Ranger's matte collage medium) -anti-static powder tool (mine is the bag from ranger) -stamp positioning platform, not necessary but very h

Mass-producing quick thank-you cards

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Hey, everybody! Today I wanted to share how I make lots of cards at once for thank-you's. I frequently make large bunches of these, as I send a handmade thank-you to all the customers who purchase a car from me at work. So I need them to be unique, fun, and quick- selling cars means lots of thank-you's! This is a quick way I found to make lots of cards at once using the Triple-Step thank you stamp from  Concord & 9th. There are so many variations you can make with this stamp and die set- it's amazing! To make these, you will need: -White heavy-weight cardstock (whichever you prefer) -lots of fun colored ink pads, I used my Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Distress Inks and loved how they came out. -Concord & 9th Triple-Step Thank you stamp and matching dies (Available for purchase here: https://www.scrapbook.com/store/con-10427.html?w=Concord+and+9th+triple+step+thank+you however, I got mine from one of my favorite online craft retailers, Kraftgali. Shes not stocking