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Double Gate Fold Card
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Guest tutorial author Dawn Olchefske shares her clever double gate fold card - easy and elegant!
Supplies you'll need for this project
Double sided cardstock
Paper trimmer
Scoring tool
Stamps and embellishments
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Our Artist in Residence answers your questions
Q: Ramona wants to know: "What's your favorite white pencil for adding highlights?"
A: Pencils are great for adding just a little extra highlight over marker, watercolor, ink or acrylic work - I like the way they pick up the texture of the paper, too - it's a different look than just leaving a highlight area uncolored. My favorites to use are Prismacolor and Derwent Coloursoft - these both have really soft leads and they don't require much pressure to apply color to an image. For a more muted highlight, I also like the Coloursoft Cream and White Grey.
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Feedback From Past Tutorials
Katie has some tips for the Embedded Image technique: "I played with this technique two times today with varying results. My first piece just melted and spread into a variegated mess. I ended up kind of liking that too, but it sure didn't show the image! I learned that I needed to keep the heat gun a good distance away from the piece when melting the image into the piece. Add heat slowly! Then really look at it to make sure it's all melted. If you need to heat more, go ahead. There was still some spreading of the colored embossing powder, but as long as I went slowly with the heat, the image stayed pretty well intact."
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Tutorials You May Have Missed
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No special supplies are needed for next week's tutorial.
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Shop our largest new die release for fall and Halloween.
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Stamp show fun this weekend in Westminster, Maryland for demos, shopping and paper inspiration.
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NEW online shop, with NEW products released TODAY, September 9th! Check it out!
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This Week's Hot Topics
Embracing the shake
Inspiration for creative slumps
The power of demos
Things we didn't need until we saw them used
Cards piling up?
More ideas for sharing your art
Ways to use wheels
Extending the life of discontinued product
Scrapbook lingo..
What's a crop?
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September 2 to September 8
Use supplies you likely already own and try new techniques.
Half On, Half Off.
Back to school.
Try this color combination: Tempting Turquoise, Blackberry Bliss, Pink Pirouette.
Blue chip we beseech thee.
Seasons.
Cake.
Check out Maria Patrick's gallery, then upload a creation inspired by your work.
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