Add a cool twist to your Christmas cards with this fun and funky Gate Fold Twist card design. The Stamp Art Papel blog has directions.
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Great Giant greeting card idea- Send a Hug
This project combines so many cool elements- it is personal, it is crafty, and its BIG! You know what a fan of BIG and easy projects I am. Pop on over to the blog Paging Supermom for the tutorial on … Read More...
Project: Snowman Pop Up Card
Learn how to make a snowy scene pop up card with some adorable snowman stamps and dies from Gerda Steiner Designs. Pop on over to their blog for a video tutorial.
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Technique: Coloring Stamped Images with Colored Pencils on Kraft Paper
Add a vibrant pop of color to your stamped images when you heat emboss with white on Kraft colored cardstock and color them in with bright colored pencils. Nichol Spohr from Mama Elephant will show you how to make … Read More...
Project: Twisted Gate Fold Card Making Tutorial
Add a cool twist to your next card with this Twisted Gate Fold design from Dawn Olchefske. She’s got cutting, scoring and folding directions over on Splitcoast Stampers. This fun idea can be used for so many different occasions. Click … Read More...
Tutorial: Autumn Scene Card with Water Color Marker Technique
This stunning card from Sandy Allnock looks hand drawn but she actually used rubber stamps along with markers to get a stunning water colored design. She’s got a video tutorial showing how to get this wonderful painterly look, click here … Read More...
Project: Thank You Card with Real Looking Leaves
Kittie Caracciolo will teach you how to transform simple die cut white paper leaves into amazing realistic looking fall leaves using Distress Ink to color and clear embossing powder for shine. Visit her blog for all the details.
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Tips: Coloring Inspirations with Large Digital Stamps
Suzy’s Doodles makes whimsical digital stamp designs in large card front sizes with the trendy look of coloring pages. Currently a set of 12 images is available at Simon Says Stamp and Suzy is sharing a sample made with each … Read More...
Project: Snowman Triple Easel Card
Get a jump start on holiday and winter cards with this super cute triple easel card. I love all the details and dimensions on this card! You can find directions and a link to a Youtube video over on the … Read More...
Tip: Coloring Clear Bubble Embellishments
Clear plastic or glass bubble embellishments can add a fun dimension to your cards or scrapbook pages but did you know you can customize them by adding a touch of color to them? Using alcohol inks, like those from Tim … Read More...
DIY Watercolor Thank You Cards
Have some special people you need to thank for summer memories or something else? try making this quick DIY watercolor thank you cards. They only take 10 minutes!
Zakkiya shares her best trips, tricks and techniques for making this DIY … Read More...
Freebie: Frida Kahlo Coloring Page
One of my favorite mixed media artists is Danita, I discovered her on Etsy and just love her whimsical style! She designs jewelry, original art, prints, dolls and more and now she’s trying her hand at coloring pages. After coloring … Read More...
Project: Light Up Dragon Birthday Card
How adorable is this birthday card? The amazing thing about it is when you push the dragon’s tummy the candles light up!! Using tiny lights from Chibitronics and stamps from My Favorite Things Jennifer McGuire will show you how to … Read More...
How to make an Election Year Greeting card
Doesn’t everyone make election year cards? It’s on the news it seems every day without fail. So if you like crafting with recycled dictionary pages and maps of the U.S. pop on over to Sweater Surgery for the tutorial on … Read More...
Project: Nutty Squirrels Birthday Card
Visit the Memory Box blog and find out how Donna Sledzik made this adorable squirrel card using die cuts and stamps on water color paper with Distress Ink
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Card Making Project: Gate Fold Boarder Card
Here’s a different way to use those V shape corner/banner shaped boarder die cuts, make an interesting gate fold style card with them. Jennifer Mcguire has a video tutorial with complete directions, click here to watch.
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Tutorial | Happy Birthday Card
Follow this video tutorial from TrimCraft, and adapt it to make this simple but lovely birthday card. You can change the patterns, colors and sentiment to make it appropriate for any occasion you like.
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Technique: Water Colored Die Cut Card
Take your die-cutting to a whole new level with water colors. Instead of using colored paper to die cut your images try cutting from white cardstock and color them with water color paints or watercolor markers
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Stamping Technique: Perfect Pearls Shimmer Water Coloring
Add some sparkle to your next hand made card. Learn how to make your own shimmery water color paints using Perfect Pearls Powders and just water. This beautiful paint is perfect for coloring your stamped and heat embossed images on … Read More...
Technique: See Though Card with Alcohol Inks
This fun see-through card was made by embossing clear acetate and tinting it with alcohol markers, it gives it such a cool glazed look. You can find a video tutorial for this technique over on Ellen Hutsons Classroom blog.… Read More...