Stampin Up Kintsugi - Broken Is Beautiful!

Broken is beautiful. I imagine you have heard this phrase. Today I’m going to take this idea and we are going to apply it to our craft projects. Why would we want cards to look broken? I think the techniques I’m sharing today are fun and unique, and that they are especially appropriate if you’re sending thinking of you cards to people experiencing difficult times. I’m featuring the Stampin Up Kintsugi product suite and Inspiring Imperfections bundle on these cards, but you can try these techniques with any products. Let’s get started.

Broken is beautiful - even on card projects! Click to see techniques for making your cards look 'broken' yet beautiful! Featuring the Stampin Up Kintsugi product suite.

Broken Is Beautiful Video Tutorial

Watch along here to see several ways to create imperfections on purpose on your paper projects!

Stampin Up Kintsugi & Inspiring Imperfections

Here is the stamp and die bundle that I used on today’s projects. It comes as part of the Kintsugi product suite, which has a coordinating embossing folder, designer paper, and embellishments.

Ways To Make Your Cards Look Broken

Ha! This may sound silly. Hopefully it makes more sense when you see the cards I have created. Let’s take a look at these techniques.

Tear Them

For this card, I tore the edge, but you can always tear the edges of your layers as well.

Add Cracks

The Inspiring Imperfections stamp set includes two different stamps that can be used to create cracks, but I also showed in the video how to use a marker to do the same thing.

Crumpling

If you follow along with my tutorials, you’ve probably seen me do this before. I love to crumple paper – not because I love to crumple it, but because I love the effect after I flatten it back out. It creates amazing texture.