Lacey Gasper used stamping and watercolor for this sweet Subway Art Style layout. The background on the left was created the gold embossed stamping with watercolor applied to the paper and the title was also stamped, this time in black … Read More...
Landscapes with Layered Stamps
Hero Arts has some absolutely stunning new landscape stamps. These designs are layering stamps so you can easily build a colorful scene card. I love all the little accessories you can add like clouds and hot air balloons to complete … Read More...
Tropical Flowers Watercolor Card
Erum used beautiful tropical flower stamps from Altenew for this card. She first heat embossed the images in black and then used a wet on wet watercolor technique to color them in. I love the big blue splash of watercolor … Read More...
Summer Pool Watercolor Layout
Nathalie used a monthly color challenge from Pink Fresh Studio as inspiration for her Summer Happiness Layout. I love the bold and colorful splashes of watercolor
(perfect for pool photos) that she used on her background and the large stamped … Read More...
Get Well Pop Up Card
Using the adorable new Cat-atstrophe stamp set from My Favorite Things I designed this fun Get Well pop up card. On the inside of the card I created a faux tissue box with new Playful Pets pattern papers from Stampin’ … Read More...
Friendship Fox Card
This sweet little fox is ready to bring some sunshine into someone’s day. Christy used new stamps from My Favorite Things for her Fox with Flowers card. I love the mix of patterned papers she used and the combination of … Read More...
Mini Castle Shaped Card
I’m in love with the new fantasy stamps from Lawn Fawn! Eloise used the brand new stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this adorable Castle Shaped Mini Card. She’s got tips on how to use a regular die … Read More...
Coloring Embossed Sentiments
If you’re new to coloring stamped images Cathy has a great tip. If you heat emboss your stamps it gives you a little raised “edge” that helps hold in the color so you don’t color outside the lines. She used … Read More...
Monkey Jungle Card
If you know someone who could use a little pick me up these adorable Monkies are ready to swing in and do the job. Caly used new stamps from Pretty Pink Posh for this fun card. I love how she … Read More...
Ink Smooshing Flower Card
If you need a quick way to add some color to some stamped flowers try the ink smooshing technique. Dana used Distress inks
, sprayed with water picked up and applied with some acetate. It adds a pretty colorful splash … Read More...
Alternative Die Ideas
I love seeing the creativity of others who can turn a stamp, punch or die into something completely different. Ardyth designed this bee and shark card using a rocket ship die from Ellen Hutson, how clever is that!? And for … Read More...
Quick and Easy Pet Cards
Sometimes you just need a quick and easy card and one way to do that is by using pattern papers. For these cute Cat and Dog cards I used the new Playful Pets Papers from Stampin’ Up. Yup, that’s right, … Read More...
Stamped Butterfly Layout
Laura used colorful inks and lovely new Butterfly stamps from Catherine Pooler for this beautiful layout. By having the butterflies flutter across the page at a diagonal she added lots of movement and the splatters and drops she added make … Read More...
Floral Card with Multiple Ink Techniques
Nicole used Versacolor inks with several different techniques to make this lovely floral card. She used them for stenciling, coloring in her stamped images, traditional stamping and splattering. What a great way to show so many uses with just one … Read More...
Inspiring Umbrella Card
I love this inspiring card from Chari Moss! The sun and umbrella have a watercolor marbled look that she achieved using an ink smooshing technique. This is a great way to add color and texture to your die cut images. … Read More...
Using Stamps on Traveler’s Notebook Pages
Stamps are a great way too add color and embellishment to your traveler’s notebook pages. Adelina added lots of journaling and photos to her layouts adding stamps for titles and also gives a passport look to the pages.
How to Make a Tent Card
A Tent Card is a fun design that has a 3D effect and can stand up on it’s own. Rachel used some sweet little house stamps for her card, she designed the inside and outside of the card opening to … Read More...
How To Make Shaker Tags
Using some fun little dies from Studio Katia Galina created these adorable little tags. And each one is actually a mini shaker too, how cute! I love the little faux stitching detail on each tag and the sweet stamps she … Read More...
Tropical Aloha Card
Wow, doesn’t this amazing card from Marine make you wish you were on the beach right now? She used stamps from Hello Bluebird for this card and she’s blown me away with the palm trees. Why? Because Hello Bluebird doesn’t … Read More...
How to Color Acrylic Shapes
Acrylic shapes can add a colorful or clear embellishment to your layout but what if it’s the right design but not the right color for your project? You can easily change the color with embossing powder, using the same tools … Read More...