Emily Midgett used Karin Markers to watercolor these beautiful Magnolia stamps from Altenew. For the metallic frame on the card she used iridescent foiling and decided to add some of those same iridescent colors to her no-line water coloring and … Read More...
“Woo Hoo” Graduation Layout
This festive Graduation layout from Monique has lots of wonderful layers and color! Using a star stencil she ink blended her background, stitching lots of little pattern paper flags to create banner all around the page along with layers of … Read More...
One Layer Frog Card
Who says you can’t get dimension if you’re card only has one layer? You don’t need pops up or layers of paper to get depth on your design. Gaylynn used a stencil to create a starry frame around her cute … Read More...
House Shaped Album with Box
Wow, check out this House Shaped Album with a Box from Celes, isn’t it amazing!? The front cover of the album looks just like a little house, there’s even shaker elements for the windows. Inside are simple pages that follow … Read More...
3D Spring Scene Shadow Box Card
Shabreez used dies from Tonic Studios to create this amazing 3D Shadow Box Card for Springtime. For a card that can fold flat for mailing this card has lots of depth and dimension. I love her tip of coloring white … Read More...
6 Star Wars Layouts
Last year on our Disney visit one of my favorite places was Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge so I was super excited to come across these great layouts to inspired me to get started on my pages. The team over at … Read More...
Birthday Balloon Arch Easel Card
Bobbi used a bunch of round die cut circles to create a huge balloon arch for this amazing Easel Card that could be for a birthday, graduation or most any celebration. Notice how she used a white gel pen to … Read More...
Ampersand Layout
I love the bold graphic design of the large Ampersand (&) on this page from Kerstin. She die cut it from the center coral cardstock, adding a striped coordinating pattern paper behind and stitched around the edges. Along the … Read More...
Different Ways to Create Interactive Page Elements
Natasha loves to add interactive elements to her pages. Over on her blog she’s showing different ways to add some fun to memory keeping designs like lift the flaps, pull tabs and envelopes. She’s included a process video on how … Read More...
Card making – Lots of BBQ Card Idea for Father’s Day
If you’re looking for creative ways to express your love for Dad on Father’s Day, especially if he’s a barbecue enthusiast, you’re in the right place! Our CraftGossip roundup features a delightful collection of BBQ-themed cards that are perfect for … Read More...
3D Shadow Box Frames Project
Madeline used Shadow Box Frames dies from Sizzix to create this wonderful home decor project. She die cut and folded up three 3D frames and connected them together for a photo frame tryptic. She embossed and added Distress Inks to … Read More...
Dragonflies Mini Slimline Card
I love the beautiful water colored Dragonflies on this Mini Slimline Card from Laura Evangeline! She stamped and heat embossed the dragonflies on watercolor paper in white before she colored them. This card also has some fun features like the … Read More...
“Adore” Baby Layout
I “Adore” the yellow and teal with black color combination on this sweet Baby Layout from Tracy. She used lots of chipboard elements and a sentiment on the page that she colored with embossing inks and powders along with some … Read More...
Card Organizer Binder
Are you the type of card maker that makes up cards in advance? Do you remember to send them or do they sit in drawers and boxes forgotten? Jana wanted to create a way she would remember to send her … Read More...
Design Theory with a Stitched Grid Layout
A new article over on the Close to My Heart blog talks about learning to look at scrapbooking layouts and pick up techniques that you can then use on your own designs. For their example they share a beautiful page … Read More...
Birthday Bunny Card
I love it when creators use stamps from one occasion for another. Traditionally you probably think of Bunnies for Easter Cards but Sherri used this rabbit in a carrot car stamp from Art Impression to design a Spring Birthday Card, … Read More...
Crafty Creative Mini Album
Traci used products from Simple Stories to design this wonderful “Creative” Mini Album. Check out that pretty cover she decorated and inside are pages to celebrate being crafty and creative. I love that she’s got pages that are different size … Read More...
Card with Colored Pencils on Kraft Cardstock
I love coloring my stamped images with colored pencils, they are easy to layer and blend and I love the results. Charmaine used colored pencils to color in her Top Flight Stamps on Kraft colored cardstock. Coloring on this … Read More...
Paper, Scissors Glue Layout with Free Cut File
Celebrate your craftiness with this fun FREE “Paper, Scissor, Glue” cut file. Perfect for adding to layouts featuring your craft room, projects you’re working on or attending crafty classes or crops. Lisa is sharing what she created with the file … Read More...
Birthday Card with Circle Shaker Element
Waffle Flower has taken shaker elements to a whole new level with these new Circle Shaped Shaker Covers. I’ve seen rectangles and squares but these circles are so fun and easy to create a cool new style of shaker card. … Read More...