Gerry van der Velden

  • Custom Coloured Paste & Stencils

    Hi lovely crafty friends, how about a great way to stretch your supplies? Mix your own pastes into a custom colour and make your own stencils in a simple way. That’s what you’ll learn today. All techniques and ideas are shown in the video tutorial. Make sure to watch it to get all the best […]

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  • Extremely COOL and EASY GELATOS Technique

    Hi lovely crafty friends, do you ever have a to-do list as long as your arm? I sure did and that’s how the idea for this Journal Page was born, thanks to my husband. You’ll learn one of the coolest gelatos techniques, you have to try, it works everytime. You can check out the story […]

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  • Simply Stunning Mixed Media Cards

    Hi lovely crafty friends, last week we made some super fast textured backgrounds and I turned a few of those backgrounds into cards and an Art Journal Page. Today I’m going to use up the rest and turn them into super cool layered Mixed Media cards. You can dive into your stash and use up […]

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  • the FASTEST way to MAKE TEXTURED backgrounds

    Hi lovely crafty friends, today two fun and fast techniques are waiting for you as well as I want to make sure that you’re fully prepped for Halloween. Because as we all know time flies and before you know it, it already happened yesterday, so you better get started right asap:-) p.s. if you are […]

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  • Customizing My Phone Mixed Media Style

    Hi lovely crafty friends, today I am going to try something different, I am going to customize my phone Mixed Media style.  It’s time to grab those supplies and have some fun! All techniques for layering Mixed Media style are shown in the video tutorial. Make sure to watch it to get all the best […]

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  • Try this SIMPLE WAY to make a gorgeous WATER EFFECT

    Hi lovely crafty friends, water effects are always intriguing and super cool to use on your craft projects. Every year I seem to come up with a fun new “water technique” but I totally missed that this year. So it’s about time again and I have a new one for you! All techniques and ideas […]

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  • DIGITAL STAMP HACK you want to KNOW

    Hi lovely crafty friends, the plan was to show you a new water effect the week. But during the making of my card, I stumbled upon an incredibly cool technique. And it all started with a fish… This cool technique and all the testing is shown in the video tutorial. Make sure to watch it to […]

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  • DIY Fancy Spacer Beads

    Hi lovely crafty friends, for some reason DIY Fancy Paper Beads seem to be extremely popular these last couple of weeks.  Could it be a perfect summer craft? Maybe lots of people are in desperate need of paper beads or want to shrink their stash… It did spark the idea for a new paper beads […]

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  • Dripping Mask Technique Art Journal Page

    Hi lovely crafty friends, sometimes you are working on a project and you have no idea how to move on. What is the next step, do you want to add a bit or a lot? Stamp or die-cut, spray or ink, flowers or geometrical shapes, so many options, making it hard to choose. That’s exactly […]

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  • ALL about MICA POWDER Part 2

    Hi lovely crafty friends, last week I took you on a little trip, where I showed you how I go about trying and testing a product that I like. This week I will have another playing session with Mica Powder and more cool ways to use it. Again you can explore the possibilities of Mica […]

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  • ALL about MICA POWDER Part 1

    Hi lovely crafty friends, I am going to take you on a little trip, I am going to show you how I go about trying and testing a product that I like. This week I will be playing with Mica Powder and you can explore the possibilities of Mica Powder right alongside me. You’ll learn […]

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  • The coolest PAPER CRAFTS for SUMMER

    Hi lovely crafty friends, we are already in the middle of July which means we have entered summer holiday season. Whether you are going away or staying at home, having your own kids to entertain or grandkids come over, paper crafting is always fun. So I have lined up a bunch of fun crafts to […]

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