I used some brand new products from Stampin’ Up to create this fun Underwater Porthole Card. I love using a slimline style for cards when I feel like I could use come extra room to set the scene. Using dies … Read More...
Thank You Roses Card
I love the combination of colors on this beautiful Roses Thank You Card from Tina Smith. She used a single stamp from Newton’s Nook and stamped it several times, cutting it apart and layering them together for a pretty grouping … Read More...
Tie Dye Lettering
I’m seeing Tie Die patterns make a huge comeback, in not only clothes but in design as well. You can add a little handmade tie die touch to your cards with your own handwriting. Kelly shares how to use watercolors … Read More...
Landscapes with Layered Stamps
Hero Arts has some absolutely stunning new landscape stamps. These designs are layering stamps so you can easily build a colorful scene card. I love all the little accessories you can add like clouds and hot air balloons to complete … Read More...
Coloring Embossed Sentiments
If you’re new to coloring stamped images Cathy has a great tip. If you heat emboss your stamps it gives you a little raised “edge” that helps hold in the color so you don’t color outside the lines. She used … Read More...
6 Different Ideas for Using Border Dies
Border dies are perfect for, well, card borders of course but there are lots of other things you can do with them too. Bibi Cameron used brand new border dies from Tonic Studio for pockets, bands around gift boxes, card … Read More...
Floral Card with Multiple Ink Techniques
Nicole used Versacolor inks with several different techniques to make this lovely floral card. She used them for stenciling, coloring in her stamped images, traditional stamping and splattering. What a great way to show so many uses with just one … Read More...
How to Make a Tent Card
A Tent Card is a fun design that has a 3D effect and can stand up on it’s own. Rachel used some sweet little house stamps for her card, she designed the inside and outside of the card opening to … Read More...
Heat Embossed Inlaid Dies
I love doing inlaid die cutting, placing die cut images together like a puzzle piece. Verity took this idea a step further by apply heat embossing on every other section of her inlay. I love that she used glitter embossing … Read More...
Tropical Aloha Card
Wow, doesn’t this amazing card from Marine make you wish you were on the beach right now? She used stamps from Hello Bluebird for this card and she’s blown me away with the palm trees. Why? Because Hello Bluebird doesn’t … Read More...
Simple Painted Card Backgrounds
By using a paintbrush and paint and painting short stripes you can create some simple but effective card backgrounds. Using different paints like watercolor or gouache will give you different looks. Debby explored this idea and created several different cards … Read More...
1 Stencil, 3 Card Techniques
Amber used the same stencil and three different mixed media techniques to create three different card designs. One card has dimension from stencil paste with alcohol inks over top, another is just liquid alcohols and the third was colored in … Read More...
Nuvo Glitter Markers
Who doesn’t love to add sparkle and shine to their cards? Loose glitter is so messy but Glitter pens and markers can add the perfect touch of shimmer with no mess. Michelle is sharing 3 techniques using Nuvo Glitter Markers … Read More...
Bunny Slider Card
Lynnea used a Seesaw Slider die and stamps from LDRS Creative to design this adorable Bunny card. These little guys look like they are having so much fun and the card recipient will also have fun playing with this card … Read More...
Flamingo Printable
This fun and funky Flamingo is ready to add some tropical flair to your scrapbook pages, planners and cards this summer. He’s FREE to download and print from Pretty Grafik.
-Heather
Faux Quilting Birthday Card
Dina used pattern papers and cardstock to create blocks that look like quilted panels to form candles on this birthday card. This is a fantastic way to use up paper scraps. I love that she used a leaf die for … Read More...
How to Ink Blend on an Embossing Folder
Embossing folders add great texture to your cards but you can also use them to add color as well. I used ink pads and a blender brush to add a blue sky to the starry background on my Unicorn Card. … Read More...
Llama Twist Card
Using some super fun new Twist Stamps and Dies from Art Impressions Nina designed this adorable Llama card. His backside is on the inside of the card and he’s suspended inside the opening so he can twist and flip around. … Read More...
Watercolor Powder Resist Card Background
Lisa used several different products to create this colorful background on her card. She first stenciled paste onto watercolor paper, then she added Color Burst powders and wet them with water. The paste resisted the colors so the diamond pattern … Read More...
Watercolor Banners Printables
The look of watercolor is really trendy but you don’t have to be an artist to get the look. These printable banners have colorful designs with gold trim that you can use on any paper crafting project. There are 11 … Read More...