Chalks are awesome, they are a great tool to use when looking for a soft, subtle look and they can be used in a variety of ways on your scrapbooking layouts. Chalks are very easy to use and usually mistakes can be fixed very easily. Here I would like to show you how great chalk can be to color in your stamped images or use in other ways on your scrapbooking layouts. There are several different ways that you can purchase your chalk, however I prefer to use the kind that come the way the picture shows. The reason for … Continue reading →

Obviously there are a dozen different ways you can incorporate colored pencil coloring into your scrapbooking. From titles, to journaling, to embellishments to clip art, there are so many great ways to use it. However, another fun use for colored pencils is coloring your stamped images. These stamped images can then be used for cards or adhered to a scrapbook layout. Colored pencils are great fun to use because they allow for a couple of different looks depending on how you use them to color. If you use a sharpened colored pencil, which I actually do not recommend very often, … Continue reading →

Markers are the most commonly used way to color in your stamped images. The best part is that they come in a wide variety of types and shades of color. This allows you maximum flexibility when trying to coordinate or match your colors to your scrapbooking layouts. Markers are also extremely easy to find and fairly inexpensive. There is not a right or wrong type of marker to use on your stamped images, but each type of marker will achieve a different look. You can even mix and match different types of markers to color in the same image, so … Continue reading →

The ease and versatility of a water color pencil is amazing. There are so many cool ways to use water color pencils in your art, which can then be turned into scrapbook layouts and cards to give to others. They are very simple to use, easy to locate at a variety of stores, as well as being fairly inexpensive. I would like to show you how cool using water color pencils to color in your stamped images can be. There are several ways that you can use water color pencils to achieve different effects in your artwork. To begin with, … Continue reading →

Once you have stamped an image onto a piece of paper or cardstock, there are several things you can do, or not do. We will discuss these ideas and you can choose the one that works best for your project. A stamped image can look great all by itself, but most stampers and scrapbookers decide to color in their image or alter the image in some way. Many choose colored stamp pads to add the color that way. For the sake of this article, we are going to assume that you are looking for different ways to color in the … Continue reading →