Looking for a simpler way to add color to your stamped images? Jennifer McGuire has a neat tip using the negative space of a mask, similar to a stencil, to place over your image and add color with ink blending. … Read More...
Animated Stamps from CTMH
Close to My Heart has just released a fun new line of Animated Stamps! When you pull the tab on cards created with these products the images flutter, jump and move. This really takes interactive cards to a whole new … Read More...
Color Changing Embossing
Amber used translucent embossing powders from Wow to create an amazing chameleon color changing effect on these holiday cards. The embossing shows a different color depending on what it’s over top so by ink blending her card background with different … Read More...
Focal Scene Card
I love creating scenes on my cards but sometimes it’s a lot of work and sometimes I might want to keep things simple or I don’t have a lot of time. This idea from Therese is perfect for these instances, … Read More...
7 Techniques with Watercolor Brush Pens (and a Discount!)
I recently got the chance to try out the Watercolor Brush Pens
from Chalkola. Last year I shared how you could use their Chalk Markers in your paper crafting (click here if you missed it) and now … Read More...
Resist Embossing Technique with Watercolors
Verity is sharing 3 different card ideas using an Resist Embossing Technique with watercolors. The beautiful metallic heat embossing really stands out beneath the washes of watercolor colors. She’s sharing how to use 3 different types of watercolors: liquid, pan … Read More...
Wizard of Oz Card
I love the large bold stamp images from Colorado Craft, they are so big they fill an entire card. Bibi used their Ruby Slippers card for these amazing Wizard of Oz
themed cards. I love all the extra details she … Read More...
5 Card Ideas with Turn About Stamps
Turn About Stamps allow you to easily create colorful stamped patterns and backgrounds for your cards. Daniel West shares how to use stamps from Concord and 9th along with a stamp positioning tool to create 5 different card ideas.
Tea Traveler’s Notebook Layout
To many drinking tea is an important part of their day, either having a cuppa waking up, caffeine helping you get through the day or unwinding at night. Patrica devoted a double page layout in her Traveler’s Notebook to her … Read More...
Seagull Shadow Box Card
Jenn used stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle to create this fun little shadow box card. She’ll show you how to use dies to create a quick and easy shadow box card that folds flat to fit an an envelope. … Read More...
Cottage Scene Card
Lindsay combined several stamps from Top Flight to create this lovely Cottage Scene Card. By using a masking technique she was able to give depth and dimension seamlessly to her scene. I love the little bird nest embellishment she made … Read More...
Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Brush Marker Review
If you’ve watched any of my card making videos or tutorials in the last year you’ve probably heard me say how much I love Tri-Blend Markers from Spectrum Noir. They have quickly become my favorite alcohol based marker. So … Read More...
How to Stamp A Face Mask
Now that wearing face masks is part of our new normal people are finding fun ways to incorporate them into their wardrobes. You can make your own with fun fabrics (I sewed mine with Star Wars fabric :)) You can … Read More...
Double Page Travel Layout
Since many of us aren’t traveling this year it’s the perfect time to reflect on trips from the past and also to get those photos scrapped that you haven’t done yet. Kim created double page layouts from a trip to … Read More...
Ink Smooshing Technique w/ a Block
I love the ink smooshing technique, it’s a fun and easy way to add color to your card backgrounds. Normally you get a random pattern with this technique but Mindy used a large clear stamping block which have her a … Read More...
T-Shirt Shaker Birthday Card
Tie Dye has been making a big comeback lately in clothing lately so naturally a stamping trend is sure to follow. Hero Arts has designed a fun clear stamp set with rings of tie dye patterns for fun and funky … Read More...
Make a Custom Stamp from a Die
Did you know you can turn many dies that you have into stamps? By cutting them out from thin fun foam you can create your own custom stamp. Laurie has a few card ideas she made with the leaf shaped … Read More...
Message in a Bottle Shaker Birthday Card
Lynnea has a great tip for turning any open image stamp into shaker images. She used a bottle stamp from LDRS Creative and used her scissors to cut out the inside of the stamped design so she could turn it … Read More...
Rose Card with Vellum Sentiment
A great way to soften a bold color scheme is to add vellum over top. Deni colored her rose stamps in a bright pink but by layering her heat embossed white sentiment over top on vellum it you still still … Read More...
Harry Potter Interactive Birthday Card
If you know anything about me at all you know I’m a huge Harry Potter
fan! So I go nuts anytime I see cards with a Harry Potter theme. Marine used adorable stamps inspired by Harry and the gang along … Read More...