Natasha did something I’ve never heard of and that’s heat embossing with water! She first ink smooshed her background panel with stamping inks and water then left some sections wet and poured on glitter embossing powder and then heated. The … Read More...
Inking Dies with Gel Press
If you’re not familiar a Gel Press it’s a large flat piece of polymer that you can use for inking, stamping and mixed media techniques. Jennifer McGuire has an easy way to use a Gel Press, stamping ink and a … Read More...
Tips for Choosing Ink Blending Tools
When it comes to ink blending and stenciling it can be hard to know what the best tools to use are. There are tools with bristles, tools with foam, different sizes, shapes and brands. And also the type of paper … Read More...
Watercolor with Perfect Pearls
Perfect Pearls are a shimmery powder that can be used for lots of different techniques. They add sparkle and shine on light and dark cardstocks and are perfect to color in stamped images or create backgrounds. Simon Hurley used them … Read More...
Easy Watercolor Techniques
Adding watercolor to your scrapbook pages doesn’t need to be detailed or complicate so don’t be afraid to dive into watercolor with some simple techniques. Add some details with paint splatter, painted edges or add simple coloring to stamped images.… Read More...
Stenciled Rainbow Floral Card
Amy R. used Distress Inks and a pretty flower stencil from Simon Says to create this beautiful rainbow colored Floral Card. After inking she sprayed water to get a faux watercolor look and then added some splatter and large sentiment … Read More...
Handmade Sunflower Card Tutorial
Nichol used mostly dies to create this stunning Sunflower Card. The large yellow flower has such a big impact on the stamped woodgrain background and the sentiment cut from gold paper also pops with the white border behind. I love … Read More...
Women’s History Month Card
To celebrate Women’s History Month
Sandy Allnock created this terrific card featuring Katherine Johnson who worked as a mathematician at NASA, she’s one of the amazing women featured in the wonderful film Hidden Figures. Sandy transformed some stamps from Ellen … Read More...
Paper Pleating Technique
I love the vintage fashion style of this wonderful layout from Lea! The area that really stands out is of course the paper pleating. This dimensional fold can be easily done with pattern paper and a scoring board and will … Read More...
Interactive Typewriter Card
This Typewriter Card from Jessica has a fun interactive detail, there’s a hidden message! When you pull the paper from the typewriter it reveals the hidden sentiment, so cute! She used new products from Hero Arts to create it and … Read More...
Stencil Background Floral Card
This lovely card from Channin has a graphic modern look with sections of colors and the simple black stamped image and sentiment. For the background she used the “beam” from a light house stencil to ink blend different color blocks … 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...
Tips for a Memory Planner
A Memory Planner is a fun way to keep track of things that happened on a daily basis. Amy Tangerine has 5 tips to help you get started Memory Planning. Fill your planner with journaling, stickers, photos or whatever you … Read More...
Floral Wreath Stencil Card
Laura used stencils from Pinkfresh Studio to create this pretty Spring Floral Wreath Card. These layering stencil give lots of depth and dimension to the stenciling and I love the blend of soft pastel ink colors she used, perfect for … Read More...
Layouts with File Tabs
File tabs are a fun way to add an accent to most any scrapbook page. Use them for backgrounds, borders, write words, journaling and dates on them, use them as arrows and more. Over on the Katie Pertiet Designs blog … Read More...
DIY Fruit using Templates
Amy used templates from Kiwi Lane to create some yummy fruit accents for her fun Summer layout. To create her watermelon and strawberries she got really creative with the templates, turning a ring design into the watermelon and the petals … 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...
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...
Koala Mini Slimline Card
Nina-Marie has a great tip for getting more from your stamps. She “stretched” this fun Koala tea cup stamp by using the tea cup portion of the stamp twice, stacking them up for an even taller image. She filled the … Read More...
4 Ideas for Stitching Dies
I love the look of sewing on paper crafts, I used to really be into cross stitch so added sewing or stitching on a card really appeals to me. Ellen Hutson has several dies that have small holes so you … Read More...