Do we really have another year to wait for more episodes of Game of Thrones? How will we get by? Well, one way is to make fun projects like these awesome ATC’s (artist trading cards) using Game of Thrones inspired … Read More...
Project: Bold Color on Black Valentine Card
Wow, the bold pop of color on the black background of this card from Heather Telford is just stunning! She heat embossed her stamp on black cardstock with gold embossing powder and colored it with pearlescent water colors. Visit the … Read More...
Tips: Stenciled Card Backgrounds
Justine Hovey has some wonderful cards that feature a bold stamped silhouette over top of stenciled backgrounds using stencils from Stencil Girl. She used ink and two different pastes with her stencils, check out her card tutorial video over on … Read More...
Tip: Die Cut Shapes from Large Stamps
Get more from your larger stamped images by only using small portions of them. Like in this card Kajcyika used a heart shaped die to cut out smaller pieces of a large border stamp, it really gives a bold look … Read More...
Projects: New Valentine Release from Penny Black Stamps
Jill Foster has made some amazing cards using the latest Love and Roses stamp and die collection release from Penny Black. For the card shown she combines a stamp of a sweet older couple with come city dies to create … Read More...
Project: Peek a Boo Flip Card
Know someone who loves to bake? Make them an adorable baking themed Peek a Boo flip card. Channin has directions on scoring, folding, die cutting and stamping up this fun card. Visit the Waffle Flower blog for her video tutorial.… Read More...
Tip: Make a Rainbow Ink Pad with Ink Cubes
I love getting inks in those tiny cubes, it’s less expensive to get loads more colors and they take up less storage space. Jennifer McGuire has some tips for using these tiny ink pads like making your own rainbow ink … Read More...
Project: Mermaid Card
Last week I shared some new products from Stampin’ Up’s 2017 Occasions catalog. I decided to film a video tutorial for the mermaid card I made and a little look at the Myths and Magic collection. You can watch it … Read More...
Travel Spinner Card
Wish someone a happy trip or good luck on your move with this cool Travel Spinner Card. The plane moves around the globe, how cool!
Find direction for making this card over on the Kaiser Craft blog.
-Heather
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Technique: Card with Pencils Shavings and Stencils
Bibi Cameron has a cool technique that I’ve never seen before. She uses pencil shavings to color and blend over top of stencils for some amazing cards. Just imagine all the pretty patterns, designs and color combos you could create! … Read More...
Technique: Coloring Embossed Images with Alcohol Inks
Wow, how bright and vibrant the colors are on this stunning card from Jess! She’ll show you how to use alcohol inks to color heat embossed images to get this look. Visit her blog All The Sparkle for a video … Read More...
DIY Paper Cut Christmas Card with SVG Cut Files
You can still make brilliant Christmas cards for loved ones and friends with this free template and DIY from Persia Lou. Paper cut designs are perfect for Christmas cards, and these will be pretty simple to whip out.
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Project: Layered Mandala Card
Juliana Michaels will show you how to cut apart sections of a single large Mandala stamp and layer them together for a wonderful dimensional card. Visit the Sugar Pea Designs blog for more info.
-Heather
Project: Snowman Card with 3D Garland
Vicky will show you how to stamp and color this happy snowman and how to add embossing to wooden letter for a fun little 3D word garland for him to hold. Visit her blog Clips N Cuts for a video … Read More...
Tips for Making Quick and Easy Holiday Cards
The holidays can be hectic and finding time to do everything can be tough and as card makers we feel like we just “have” to make everyone we know a card this time of year, right? Well take some of … Read More...
Download: Snowman Digital Stamp
These kids are having so much fun with the snowman they built! You can download a color or black and white version of this fun snowman digital stamp for FREE over on the Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps blog, click here … Read More...
Project: One Layer Holiday Card
May Park will show you how to combine many smaller stamps to create a large frame background for a one layer holiday card using a masking technique and coloring them with Copic Markers. Visit her blog Mayholic Designs to watch … Read More...
Project: Northern Light Polar Scene Card
Learn how to create a stunning Northern Lights polar scene card using Distress Ink , Copic markers and cute stamps from Sugar Pea from Miss Nice Road. She’s got a video tutorial over on her blog, click here to watch.… Read More...
Technique: Winter Deer Card with White on White Background
This lovely winter white on white scene on this sweet card from Nichol Spohr carries over from the card base to the center panel to pull the entire look together. And the sweet deer and sentiment stamp are perfect for … Read More...
Project: Woodland Deer Card
Debbie Henderson will show you how she colored this woodland trees embossing folder and how she cleverly slipped a stamped deer image behind the embossed trees for this lovely woodland forest scene card. Visit her blog Debbie’s Designs for a … Read More...