This fun Ice Cream Slimline card from Karen looks so yummy! She used stamped pattern paper to create her delicious “flavors” (no coloring needed) and inside the card is a fun little surprise, part of the sentiment is a pop … Read More...

This unique Pinwheel Fold Card has multiple sides giving lots of room for creating, it stands up easily and folds flat for mailing. Kristina Rees is sharing cutting, scoring and folding directions as well as a video tutorial to show … Read More...

Do you love washi tape? It’s such a fun way to add a decorative adhesive to paper crafting projects! There’s lots of pretty tapes on the market but you can create you own custom patterns and colors with items you … Read More...

When you pull the tab on this unique interactive card a flap pulls out and pops open! This give so much extra space on the card for adding more images and sentiments without needing an odd size envelope. You can … Read More...

If you’re needing to make a quick card or don’t feel very confidant in your coloring skills there are simple ways to add color using stamps without actually coloring them in the traditional way. Kristina is sharing 3 different ways, … Read More...

Foil and foiling is so hot right now (pun intended :))! You can foil your main card images or add a touch to your card backgrounds. The Stamp Market has some wonderful foil plates in large and small polka dots … Read More...

Shauna used products from Papertrey Ink to create this stunning Flamingo Paradise card. The large cluster of colorful stamped and die cut flowers are the perfect balance to the bright pink flamingo that she ink blended. And the white oval … Read More...

Pocket Gnome

Gnomes has been trendy for while now, getting way from just being for Christmas and are popping up for all sorts of holidays and occasions.  I thought it would be fun to round up some of my favorite … Read More...

I don’t normally start my holiday cards until later in the year but I know lots of you do Christmas in July to get a jump start on yours. Verity is over on the WOW! Embossing blog with a card … Read More...

Since Lotus Flowers float in water what better medium to color them in but watercolors? Gaylynn used stamps from Unity for this stunning card with a white heat embossed wavy background and beautiful stamped and water colored lotus flowers. She’s … Read More...

How cute is this little turtle floating in the ocean on this card from Michelle?! She created her underwater background using ink sprays from Tim Holtz with an ink smooshing technique on die cut wave panels for some amazing movement … Read More...

This pretty bike with it’s basket filled with flowers is sure to brighten anyone’s day. Channin created this card with stamps and dies from Honey Bee. For the bicycle she die cut the pieces from white cardstock and used ink … Read More...

I love how dimensional and realistic this beautiful flowers look on this card from Laura! She used layering dies from Honey Bee stamps, adding ink blending to colored cardstock for added depth. The white card base also helps these flowers … Read More...

Christine create this fun little scene of Gnomes having a wonderful time on the beach using stamps and dies from Trinity Stamps. The clouds, waves and sentiment pop up when the card is open for a great interactive card design. … Read More...

Dover Publication is offering 6 brand new coloring pages from their Blissful Beauty Coloring book. Each page combines either people or animals with nature like flowers or seashells for complex designs that will be so much fun to color. These … Read More...

Nichol Spohr used adorable new stamps from Mama Elephant for this fun Beach Scene Slimline Card. The long slimline style has lots of room for creating a terrific scene and the die she used breaks the design up into different … Read More...

Intimidated by shaker cards? Well Amy R. has a quick and simple way to create shaker cards and bonus, they are flat for easier mailing! She used thin clear plastic from packaging (recycling, that’s another bonus!), wrapped it around her … Read More...

Michelle Short combined two popular trends, succulents and rainbow colors for this beautiful botanical card design. She stamped the bouquet onto watercolor paper using liquid watercolors to color around the outside of stamped images, she then stamped and colored the … Read More...

How much fun are these ocean animals dressed up like Pirates?! Annie Williams used cute stamps from Rubber Necker along with some Slimline dies to create the wooden ship with portholes card background. The stamped ocean waves and embossed sentiment … Read More...

Debbie used dies from Lawn Fawn to create this fun interactive Birdhouse Card. When you pull the tab at the side of the card the Magic Iris opens up to reveal the sentiment inside the birdhouse, so cute! I love … Read More...