For us card makers it can be difficult sometimes to keep track of all the cards we would like to make and send to the special people in our lives. So Angela came up with the clever idea to make … Read More...
Easter Egg Cards
Waleska designed these colorful Easter Egg Cards with dies and Shimmer Powders. She added a mix of pretty Spring colors of the powders to color the egg shapes and also to create the background patterns with them too. This is … Read More...
Coloring with Alcohol Inks
Alcohol Inks
add loads of color and pattern for card backgrounds but did you ever think of using them to color a stamped image too? Well, Lydia did for this beautiful floral card. She created purple and green inked panels … Read More...
Etsy Shop Spotlight: Biterswit
Looking for stamps for a wedding, return address, card making or scrapbooking with a nerdy, geeky flair? Then check out Biterswit over on Etsy. They’ve got amazing wood mount and clear stamps inspired by Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, … Read More...
Faux Inlay Technique
An inlay die technique is taking the sections of a die, cutting them from different color of paper and them putting them together like a jigsaw puzzle, it’s a great way to add color to die cut shapes. But Channin … Read More...
Peach Blossom Card
The soft pinks and blues on this lovely Peach Blossom Card from Marcia are so perfect for Spring. The sweet Geisha stamp makes me think of Mulan,
making this a terrific birthday card to send to someone who is a … Read More...
Underwater Mermaid Cards
Caryn used new products from Avery Elle to create a couple of sweet Underwater Mermaid Cards. For the backgrounds she created her own stencil with a wave die, adding color over top with ink blending and ink sprays. She colored … Read More...
Funny Birthday Fairy Card
I love this funny birthday card from Lynn, I’m sure many of us wouldn’t mind a fairy to come along and magically make us 29th again! 🙂 She used metallic watercolors for lots of shimmer and shine for the background … Read More...
Interactive Theater Box Scene Card
Bibi used new products from Spellbinder to make this wonderful Theater Box Card. This card looks a bit plain at first but when you pull the tabs at the side it opens to reveal a sweet scene and sentiment and … Read More...
Heat Embossing on Vellum Technique
I love all the depth, texture, color and dimension on this wonderful card by Anna-Karin! She heat embossing a large background stamp on vellum, then colored in some of the circles and then used a stylus to dome out the … Read More...
Easter Slimline Card
These bunnies are busy painting eggs and getting ready for Easter and aren’t their little chick helpers so cute too!? Nichol Spohr used new products from Mama Elephant to create this adorable slimline card and she’s sharing a video tutorial … Read More...
Embossed Card with Spot Blending
By now I’m sure most stampers are familiar with the popular technique of ink blending, adding color to cardstock with a blending tool 
and ink pad so it’s fun to see someone put a bit of a spin on it. … Read More...
Mice and Bubble Cards
Lawn Fawn has a new release featuring some of their popular little mice designs. These cuties mix and match with all their other mice stamps and work well for so many different styles of cards. This release also has lots … Read More...
Misses Cards
The Misses dies and stamps from Studio Light give you the freedom to create your own custom ladies in lots of fun designs and styles, perfect for making sweet cards to send to your gal pals. Amy R used these … Read More...
Masking Detailed Card Scenes
Sandy Allnock is amazing at putting together detailed stamped scenes. One way to create complicated layered designs is with masking, using a low tack sticker paper to cover images while stamping others over top. Sandy has lots of tips and … Read More...
Create Card Bands with Punches
Some cards like pop up and gatefold styles might require a little help in keeping closed and a removable band around the center that slips off is the perfect option. It’s also just a nice way to add extra embellishment … Read More...
Foiled Sunset Card
Foiling adds such a wonderful metallic shimmer and shine to cards and I’ve seen and used it myself for digital stamps, sentiments and accents but I’ve never seen it used quite like this. Verity has used gold foil for the … Read More...
Cricut FLASH SALE 40% Off
Starting today through 3/2, Cricut is launching their Flash Sale featuring 40% off materials and accessories! The Cricut Maker is also on sale for $369 and the Explore Air 2 is on sale for $229!
Cricut.com is offering Free Economy … Read More...
Easter Card with Ink Lifting
Amanda used an ink lifting technique for this lovely Easter Card. She inked her panel with blues and greens, heat embossed the bunny in gold then used just clear water inside the bunny image to remove some of the color. … Read More...
Spring Flowers Mini Slimline Cards
Emily used the same floral stamp from Taylored Expressions for these two beautiful Spring Mini Slimline Cards. She stamped it on one of the cards horizontally, on the other she stamped just the top a few times vertically, getting two … Read More...