Rachael's Handmade Designs

Welcome Back! Today I’m bringing you a great technique to try when you need vibrant colors or if you want something to look like it is caught in a liquid. Supplies Rubber gloves, if you don't want to get inky. Tissue Paper Acetate StazOn Ink™ Stamps - Bombshell Stamps used here. Clear drying glue or glaze Fine sparkly glitter, if you wish. Dye Ink Reinkers or alcohol inks Neutral colored cardstock Step-by-Step Step 1 - Stamp your image on the Acetate with Stazon™ . Step 2 - Stamp your neutral colored cardstock with an image you want to appear in the back of your Acetate piece. Doing this helps to add layers, depth and interest to the finished piece. Use a light-colored alcohol ink for the background. Step 3 - Turn the reverse side of the acetate up and lightly coat with your glue or glaze. Step 4 - Add a few drops of alcohol ink randomly around the sheet. Start with a a few and then add more l...

Break out your favorite Bombshell and let's get started with a great style of movable card - slider cards! You will need the following: 1.  Pop dots - preferably the round ones, but if you do not have those, you can always round off the square ones. 2.  Two pennies 3.  Stampin' Up Word Window Punch (or the like) OR a craft knife/xacto 4.  Your favorite Bombshell image. I am using Bombshell's  Hawaiian Girl  set. First, select the papers that you would like to use and stamp out your images. Stamp, color and cut out the images that you would like to use. Now create the base of your card. Now, on the base of your card, figure out how far you want your slider to go, lengthwise. On a scratch piece of paper, punch out a template if you like, as I did here. Trace and punch the actual paper you would like to use. Distress if you like. I'm using Tim Holtz's Distress Ink in Antique Linen. Add pop d...

Tools Tin with clear top (I am using the  Grundtal Container  from Ikea.) paper acrylic paint of your choice in color crackle medium (I'm using Deco Art 1 Step Crackle Medium) applicator or brush to spread the paints distress color in either a matching or contrasting color to your acrylic paint scissors rubber stamps (I'm using the Bombshell Stamps Vintage Mermaid Rubber Stamp set  Mermaid Treasure ) pen permanent ink *Note - my tin has a magnet on the back so I can stick it to the fridge. If you want to use a scrap tin that you have, such as an Altoids tin and you would like to add a magnet sheet to the back, magnet sheets can be purchased at your local hardware store. Usually they are adhesive backed or you can hot glue them to the back of the tin. There are also variations on this project such as laying down paint and letting it dry, sanding the peaks of the tin, then laying down a second coat of paint and wiping the second layer of paint away so that ...

Welcome! Its amazing to me how many techniques you can use from one sort of craft and transpose the same technique with another sort of craft. Today's technique you might have seen in needlepoint crafts. The exciting part of Bargello is that you can re-create the look with papers!  Above: an example of Bargello. So to recreate this technique with paper, here's what you can do: 1. Select your complimentary papers. Stripes and geometric patterns look pretty and cool. I used shades of blue. 2. Cut your papers into varying widths of long strips. 3. Organize your paper strips into a fashion that pleases you, running lengthwise and glue down. Make sure there isn't any gap-osis! :) You can either tape the strips from the back or lay the strips directly onto a piece of tacky paper. 4. Cut the strips vertically. Now you can stagger the strips by moving some up and some down to create the cool effect! Tape the strips together on the back to permanently form the patte...

HEY! Today’s post is a Spinner Card tutorial! YAY! I haven’t done a tutorial in almost a year, so I figured it was about time. :) Stuff you will need: pop dots or other dimensionals - round if you have them. (If not you will have to round them off with scissors.) two pennies roll-on glue Stampin’ up Word Window Punch (long skinny) or xact-o knife scissors Stamps - 1 to feature and 1 as a spinner piece. (or a clip art image) patterned papers and or your favorite stamp set any other accouterments you would like. 1.  First you need to decide on the general layout of your card, what stamps you will be featuring and if this will be a horizontal or vertical type card. Decide where you want your spinner to be. 2.  Assemble the card the way you want it. Now it's time for the fun part! 3.  Take your Stampin' Up! Word Window Punch and a sheet of paper. This will be the slot for the spinning bit of the card. About a 1/2 inch in from the edge of the paper, ...

Hi All! I wanted to share with you a fun and exciting new way to create a card.  Let me first say that I did this tutorial with just a regular 80 lb. sheet of legal sized paper to make a mock-up first. You may want to do this, too, before you start to work with your favorite sheet of cardstock.  So - let's get started! You Will Need: 1.  8.5x14 piece of cardstock; 2.  a ruler; 3.  something to score with (I use scissors+my ruler) 4.  craft knife + self-healing mat or protected surface. 5.  pencil ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ To Do: 1. Cut down your 8.5x14 sheet of paper to 12x5.5. 2. Lengthwise, score at 2"; 4"; 8"; and 10". 3.  Now, along the first score line, measure 2" down from the top of the card. Mark with a dot.  Do the same on the 10" score line and, pressing LIGHTLY, connect the dots across lengthwise.  This is where you will cut. 4.  Now do the same, only measure 2" up from the bottom and do the same as you did befor...