Amber used translucent embossing powders from Wow to create an amazing chameleon color changing effect on these holiday cards. The embossing shows a different color depending on what it’s over top so by ink blending her card background with different … Read More...
Focal Scene Card
I love creating scenes on my cards but sometimes it’s a lot of work and sometimes I might want to keep things simple or I don’t have a lot of time. This idea from Therese is perfect for these instances, … Read More...
Card Making Gatefold Gift Card Holder
These lovely offset Gatefold Cards hold a fun surprise inside, there’s a pocket that’s perfect for tucking in a gift card! Nicole Watt designed a simple card sketch but took it several steps further turning them into card holders. She’s … Read More...
Techniques with Embossing Folders
Embossing folders are a simple way to add depth and texture to your cards. Simply place cardstock in the middle, run it through your manual die cutting machine and that’s it, or is it? There are actually many more techniques … Read More...
7 Techniques with Watercolor Brush Pens (and a Discount!)
I recently got the chance to try out the Watercolor Brush Pens
from Chalkola. Last year I shared how you could use their Chalk Markers in your paper crafting (click here if you missed it) and now … Read More...
Resist Embossing Technique with Watercolors
Verity is sharing 3 different card ideas using an Resist Embossing Technique with watercolors. The beautiful metallic heat embossing really stands out beneath the washes of watercolor colors. She’s sharing how to use 3 different types of watercolors: liquid, pan … Read More...
Wizard of Oz Card
I love the large bold stamp images from Colorado Craft, they are so big they fill an entire card. Bibi used their Ruby Slippers card for these amazing Wizard of Oz
themed cards. I love all the extra details she … Read More...
5 Card Ideas with Turn About Stamps
Turn About Stamps allow you to easily create colorful stamped patterns and backgrounds for your cards. Daniel West shares how to use stamps from Concord and 9th along with a stamp positioning tool to create 5 different card ideas.
Seagull Shadow Box Card
Jenn used stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle to create this fun little shadow box card. She’ll show you how to use dies to create a quick and easy shadow box card that folds flat to fit an an envelope. … Read More...
Coloring on Vellum
Lydia added a pretty spotlight of color in the center of her floral card using vellum. By stamping on one side of the vellum and coloring on the backside with colored pencils she achieved a soft blended look with out … Read More...
Cottage Scene Card
Lindsay combined several stamps from Top Flight to create this lovely Cottage Scene Card. By using a masking technique she was able to give depth and dimension seamlessly to her scene. I love the little bird nest embellishment she made … Read More...
Crackle Card Background
Wow, check out the stunning background on this card from Nicole Spohr! She heat embossed a Crackle stamp on her cardstock and then used an ink smooshing technique with Distress Oxide Inks over top for some amazing looking texture. She … Read More...
Abstract Circles Card – Birthday Card
By simply die cutting lots of different sizes of circle on different colors of cardstock and layering them Cherion designed an amazing abstract card. This modern looking card is simple to create but has a big impact. It’s also a … Read More...
Rainbow Cake Slimline Birthday Card
This yummy Rainbow Birthday Cake Card from Brenda looks good enough to eat! I love that she used the slimline card style, it’s perfect for a tall stacked cake. She added lots of texture and dimension using glitter paper for … Read More...
Ink Smooshing Technique w/ a Block
I love the ink smooshing technique, it’s a fun and easy way to add color to your card backgrounds. Normally you get a random pattern with this technique but Mindy used a large clear stamping block which have her a … Read More...
Layering Stamps with Embossing
Layering stamps usually are used with different colors of ink to create a multicolored design but Jenny had the terrific idea of embossing each layer instead. She used metallic and pearl embossing powders from WOW! with stamps from A Pocket … Read More...
Layering Stencils Card
Layering stamps have been a trend for awhile and this idea has now expanded out with layering stencils. Taylored Expressions has some beautiful layered stencil designs that allow you to create custom backgrounds and designs. This card looks like it … Read More...
Card Making Interlocking Gatefold Card
Cat combined two fun card opening designs with this interlocking gatefold card. The card base is a basic gate fold but she added the solid and open circles that “lock” together over the flaps to close the card. All you … Read More...
Message in a Bottle Shaker Birthday Card
Lynnea has a great tip for turning any open image stamp into shaker images. She used a bottle stamp from LDRS Creative and used her scissors to cut out the inside of the stamped design so she could turn it … Read More...
Rose Card with Vellum Sentiment
A great way to soften a bold color scheme is to add vellum over top. Deni colored her rose stamps in a bright pink but by layering her heat embossed white sentiment over top on vellum it you still still … Read More...