Sometimes solid stamped image can look a bit flat. Nichol has some great tips on adding shading, shadow and depth to solid stamps by using colored pencils. I think this really gives them a much more realistic look.
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Geometric Masculine Card
I find masculine cards can sometimes be tricky to create, I have so many flowers and cute animals stamps and those might not work for every guy. Amber used some bold triangle stamps with dark ink colors and filled them … Read More...
Tropical Vacation Card
These Hippos look like they are ready to head out on a fun tropical vacation. Using some current trends like inking, stenciling and Nuvo Drops Allison created this pretty travel card.
Three Cards Made Only with Dies
I find it challenging to create cards using only dies so I was really inspired by Jung Ahsang. She created three amazing cards with no stamping, using some of the Die D-lite dies from Spellbinders . All her extra touches … Read More...
Jumping Dog Interactive Card
Torico has put a clever spin on the new Swig Dies from My Favorite Things. She’s flipped it upside down so that the show dog jumps over the hurdle. So cute!! She’s got step by step photo directions over on … Read More...
5 Different Stamped Card Backgrounds
Yana Smakula has stamped 5 wonderful card backgrounds without using large background stamps. I love the idea of using smaller stamps to create designs and patterns for card backgrounds, it’s a great way to get more from your stamped images. … Read More...
Circus Party Spinner Invite
This adorable spinner card is the perfect way to invite someone to a circus themed party. Eva created it with papers and dies from Pebbles. I love her tip about using a stamp positioning tool for easily stamping lots of … Read More...
Book Nerd Layout
I’m a huge reader, I read everyday, so this terrific layout made my bibliophile heart so happy! Lacey Gasper drew simple long rectangles and filled them in with stamped text and patterns to create book spines on this awesome Book … Read More...
Six Birds and Blossoms Coloring Pages
The return of Spring means lots of birds and lots of flower blossoms. Celebrate with 6 amazing coloring pages that are FREE to download from Dover Publications.
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Grounded Scene Card with Partial Ink Blending
Emily helped ground the background of this pretty scene card by masking off and ink blending only a section of her cardstock. If you don’t want to color your entire panel this is a great way to still add an … Read More...
At Home Traveler’s Journal Page
Using trendy rainbow pattern papers with label dies and stamps from Technique Tuesday Ashley Horton created this layout for her traveler’s journal. I love the simple photo of the kids just hanging out at home. And the little birdhouse is … Read More...
Cards with Alcohol Ink Backgrounds
Bibi Cameron used alcohol inks and a large sponge to create colorful rainbow plaids for her cards. She added addition pattern and detail by heat embossing a large stamped image over top. Changing ink and embossing colors makes it easy … Read More...
Inlaid Frame Cards for Spring
The inlaid frames that Nichol used on these lovely Spring and Easter cards really creates a wonderful spotlight on the focal images. She’s sharing a video on how she made all three card using My Favorite Things stamps and dies.… Read More...
Stamped Journaling Cards
Daniela Dobson used some stamps that hadn’t seen any love in awhile to create some great journaling cards for her travel journal. It’s a nice reminder we don’t always have to have the latest, newest items to be creative, go … Read More...
Peacock Feather Card
Kyriakos creates a beautiful design with a couple different stamping techniques using VersaColor inks, embossing powders and a frame created with a mold. It is simple and stunning!
Visit the Imagine Crafts blog for directions.
-Heather
Ink Blended and Embossed Card with Vellum
Crystal stamped the large floral image from Unity stamps onto white cardstock and heat embossed it in silver and then ink blended a pretty color gradation over top for an amazing looking card base. I love the soft touch the … Read More...
Little Clay Easter Eggs
Here’s an adorable mixed media project from Rachel Berry. The clay is a small part but it’s a perfect addition. Make a basket or a bucket for your crew at Easter or your own spring-y wishes for some decor.
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Top Paper Crafting Supplies for Easter
Scrapbook.com has collected some of the best new products to use this Easter in your paper crafting projects. You’ll find links to stamps, pastel ink pads, pattern papers, embellishments, dies and more for making cards, scrapbook pages or home decor … Read More...
Marshmallow Easter Bunny Cards
These pastel little bunnies look good enough to eat! Taylor VanBruggen used some yummy new dies and stamps from Taylored Expressions to create fun marshmallow bunny cards for Easter. I love her tip about using a stamp positioning tool to … Read More...
Best Selfie Layout
Sue Plumb is sharing her layout process for this amazing “Best Selfie Ever” scrapbook page. She used a brayer with inks and stamping for her background, a paper bag and cheesecloth adds lots of great texture as do the wooden … Read More...