Make these pretty paper tissue flower cards for Mother’s Day or Teacher Appreciation Week. This is a kid friendly craft, and you only need basic craft supplies as shown
– Tissue paper in various colors
– Scissors
– Tape
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Technique: Die Cut Stained Glass Look
By using a die cut that cuts out a thin design outline image and coloring them in with gel pens you can get a super cool stained glass look. Hop over to the Technique Tuesday site and watch a video… Read More...
Project: Card with Braille Sentiment
What a wonderful idea to incorporate braille onto a card! Even if the recipient doesn’t read braille the sentiment is still a wonderful idea and maybe they’ll learn something new by finding out what the phrase means. The raised dots … Read More...
Technique: Stamping with Water
Allison Cope is going to show up how to stamp with water, yup water! Since certain stamping inks react with water she was able to ink up some panels of water color paper, apply water to her stamps and that … Read More...
Giveaway- My First Card-Making Book: 35 easy-to-make cards for every occasion for children aged 7+
Giveaway- My First Card-Making Book: 35 easy-to-make cards for every occasion for children aged 7+
Leave a comment in today’s post by May 4th, 2017 and you are in the running for this fun and colorful card making book filled … Read More...
You are my world card for Mother’s Day
Last Saturday was Earth Day and Mother’s Day is just around the corner. So I thought I’d make a Mother’s Day card with an image of the Earth and the words, “You are my world” Fun hu?
It was easy … Read More...
Trend: Jars!!
Jars are really trendy right now, whether it’s real canning jars or images of jars they are every where in the crafting world right now. There are lots of jar stamps right now and there are so many fun way … Read More...
Project: Super Girl Action Card
Let someone know how super you think they are with this fun action hero girl card, the image in the center in on a “wobbler” spring so she moves and bounces. Sadilla will show you how she colored this card … Read More...
Tip: Adding Shading to Stamps
You can add shading to a solid stamp but inking the image with a light shade of ink and then re-inking just a section of the stamp in a slightly darker tone of ink. Ardyth used this technique on the … Read More...
Tip: Dryer Sheet Hack for Getting a Clean Cut with Intricate Dies
Here’s a really cool die cutting “hack” that I’ve not seen before. By using a layer of dryer sheets after cutting out an intricate die cut design Channin was able to cleanly separate the die shape from all the tiny … Read More...
Download: Beauty and the Beast Digital Stamp
Have you seen the new live action Beauty and the Beast movie yet? I LOVED it!
To celebrate here’s a fantastic digi stamp of the Beast, FREE to download from Elizabeth Dulemba. Isn’t he cute?
-Heather
Looking for more digital … Read More...
Tip: White Embossing on Vellum
Get a lovely light and lacy look by embossing your stamped floral images in white on vellum. Alexandra added a touch of color and added her embossed panels into windows on her cards for some stunning designs. Visit her … Read More...
Technique: Swipe Stamping
Solid stamps can sometimes be hard to work with, they only stamp out in one color so they are a bit limiting. But Jennifer McGuire has come up with a fun way to add some texture to solid stamps with … Read More...
Project: Framed Flower Bouquet Card
This stunning framed floral bouquet card comes from the queen of die cutting, Kittie Caracciolo. She’s sharing her techniques for using die cuts from Impression Obsession, it’s amazing how much detail, depth and dimension she gets. You can find … Read More...
Project: Card with Floral Stamped Die Cut Letters
How lovely is this card? It makes me ready for spring. Lydia Evans die cut several of the same letters from cardstock and glued them on top of each other for a thick look and on the top most layer … Read More...
Technique: Card with Nail Polish Marble Background
I love using house hold items in my card making and this idea from Lizzie with Paper Trey ink is such a neat idea. She used nail polish for a marble background on her card, how cool is that? I’m … Read More...
Download: Vintage Violet Frame Image
The Enchanted Place of Neli has this stunning vintage style violet frame to download for free. Use it on cards or as a frame for home decor or a scrapbook page. Click here to download it.
-Heather
Tips: Coloring Stamps with 3 Different Coloring Mediums
Kathy with the Daily Marker will show you how to get similar coloring results with 3 different coloring mediums. She used Sharpie Markers, Distress Ink Pads and alcohol markers to color the same stamped flower. Showing us we don’t always … Read More...
Project: Make and Envelope from a Coloring Book Page
Coloring pages are so much fun! But when you’re finished coloring don’t leave them in the book, remove them and use them in projects. Like this stunning envelope that Kristina Werner made from a coloring page. She’s got a tutorial … Read More...
Flower Pot Card Tutorial with Free Printable Template
Give your mom a lovely pot of flowers that will really last! Follow the tutorial and make this card shaped as a flower pot. The perfect touch for Mothering Sunday and Mother’s Day.
Along with step-by-step instructions, you’ll also get … Read More...