If your Dad loves to fish then this stunning card idea from Julissa is perfect! She stamped the background, the scene and some lures, coloring them with Copic markers and added a bit of ink blending on the postage edge … Read More...

Hi everyone, I am excited to bring you a product review for COLOP who make a wide range of stamps and inks for home, school, office and crafting. You’ll find clothing stamps, perfect for marking your child’s name in … Read More...

If you’re tired of the same folded at the side or top design of card then try something different like a gatefold. This style of card has two folds on each side with flaps that meet in the middle and … Read More...

“On Wednesday’s we wear pink”

Depending on your age you might have grown up loving Bratz Doll, they’ve made a come back recently with new dolls being released and you also might have loved the movie “Mean Girls” which has … Read More...

You can add additional dimension to die cut designs by applying ink blending to colored cardstocks like Carol did for this stunning floral card. She inked her cardstock before die cutting instead of after which is a nice tip for … Read More...

Continuing on with our celebration of MerMay this week is a stunning Mermaid shaker card from Mindy. If you don’t know about MerMay it happens each year in May where crafters and creators make Mermaid themed arts and crafts and … Read More...

This week we’re celebrating MerMay here on the Card Making blog, there’s a post from earlier this week sharing lots of handmade Mermaid card ideas for inspiration, click here to check it out if you missed it. And to help … Read More...

One of my favorite companies for Mermaid stamps is Sweet November, with clear and digital images you’ll find so many wonderful designs. Amy Young is sharing four stunning cards using new or new to the public stamps for beautiful underwater … Read More...

The kids will be graduating from school soon so let them know how proud you are with an out of this word handmade card. Jessica used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn for this amazing outer space themed pop up … Read More...

This touching Mother’s Day image is FREE for you to download, print and use on your handmade Mother’s Day paper crafting projects. Include this digital stamp on your cards, scrapbook layouts or planner pages that are all about Mom. Print … Read More...

Suzy created a wonderful slimline card for Mother’s Day featuring stamped Moms and baby animals colored with Copic markers. She ink blended the background and added a stamped sentiment and some tiny hearts floating around too. She created a … Read More...

Mirisha has a great tip with one of her favorite techniques, ink blending on colored cardstock. There’s nothing wrong with die cutting images from colored cardstock and just adding them to your card but you can easily take it to … Read More...

How stinkin’ cute are these chunky unicorns!? I love the idea of something we normally think of as being sleek and majestic being so poofy and fluffy! If you love fun and fantasy like I do then you’ll want to … Read More...

Sweet November has some of my favorite fairy stamps! Amy used them for a trendy Spring postage style card with buzzing bees and falling flowers and a darling dancing fairy scene in the center. She colored her stamped images and … Read More...

Earlier this week I shared a post with card ideas using cats and dogs, click here if you missed it, so I thought it would be fun to share some FREE digital stamps that went along with that theme. … Read More...

I love Tim Holtz’s products, he creates so many unique paper crafting items from pattern papers, ephemera bits, stamps, inks, sprays, dies, coloring mediums and so much more. They are perfect for creating mixed media and rustic designs for handmade … Read More...

This row of party pups are sending a cheerful Birthday greeting on a card from Tammy. She used rainbow striped pattern paper as a base and echoed those colors in the hats, balloons and banners. I love the word bubbles … Read More...

These beautiful Springtime digital stamps would be wonderful on your handmade cards, tags, scrapbook pages and planner layouts. There are four design included in the collection and they are FREE for you to download, print and use on your Spring … Read More...

Mindy used a masking technique, stenciling and ink blending to create the beautiful Easter eggs on her sweet card. There’s more inking in green around the card edges, a sweet die cut bunny and a stamped and die cut sentiment … Read More...

I love using my paper crafting products to create other items like candy and treat holders for different Holidays. This adorable 3D chick is cut from colored cardstocks and sized to hold a chocolate egg, perfect for Spring and Easter. … Read More...