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Simple Ways to Go Beyond on Clean & Simple Cards
Hello everyone! Nina here again with another post in our on-going series: The Missing Manual for Card Making. I am one of those people who reads every word in a user manual and hopes there is one for everything, haha! While I am still learning new things everyday, I want to go ahead and document what I’ve learned. I'm sharing simple bite-size tips in the hope that they will be useful to you too. Today, I'm sharing some simple ways to go beyond on your normal clean and simple cards! CAS (clean & simple) cards usually utilize a strong focal and a lot of white space. It does not mean that the...
Scoring Board Basics - Getting Ready for Twelve Days of Gift Giving
Hello everyone! Happy November! Are your schedules getting busier and busier for the upcoming holidays? We here at Waffle Flower Crafts like to work a little ahead and be prepared :) We are kicking off a Twelve Days of Gift Giving event on the WF Blog today! Our design team will be using scoring boards throughout the days so we would like to cover some basics first. Basic Scoring Boards If you are new to paper crafting, here are the three most commonly used products that can do the scoring for us. All of them have a smaller/mini version but the...
[Video] Stamping Basics for Planner Users
Hello everyone! We've had some questions about the basics of stamping from our planner users so we put together a short video to show you how to use them. We used a personal size Filofax page in the video but the stamps can be used on any planner. We used Fresh Ink but all pigment inks that dry on top of paper should work. Feel free to leave a comment if you have more questions! Video: Stamping Basics for Planner Users Watch below or in HD on YouTube here! http://youtu.be/UMIHH2vDpTg Supplies Waffle Flower Crafts - Planner - Stay Focused...
[The Missing Manual for Card Making] Stretch A Sketch
Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a post for a series of postings I've wanted to do for a while. I am one of those people who reads every word in a user manual and hopes there is one for everything, haha! While I am still learning new things everyday, I think I should go ahead and document what I've learned. I will share simple bite-size tips in the hope that they will be helpful to someone else too. When I first stumbled across card sketches, I felt like that I found a piece of that missing manual for card making. A sketch takes out the majority of the "guess work". I believe limitation is what stimulates creativity! The...
