I love how bright and colorful the flowers are on this card from Kelly Latevola. She used Nuvo markers from Tonic Studio 
to color them. After she fussy cut the stamps she went around the edges with a black marker, … Read More...
Add a Subtle Handmade Card Background w/ Embossing
Try adding a soft subtle background to your cards with dry embossing. This gives some texture to the card but with a clean look. Michelle Short will show you how easy it is to do this technique using a metal … Read More...
Foiled Travelers Notebook Cover
Foiling is super hot and trendy right now, adding it to cards and scrapbook pages adds a lovely metallic shine. But did you know you can add it items other than paper? Aly used her Silhouette machine and Foil Quill … Read More...
5 Simple Watercolor Card Backgrounds
These card background from Kristina Werner are bold, bright and fabulous but are also super easy to do. She’s sharing 5 different patterns using 5 colors of liquid watercolors and the new Water Media Mat from Waffle Flower.
Tulle Shaker Card with Rosettes
Using tulle instead of acetate is a fun departure from the normal shaker card. Diana stitched the tulle to her cards to inclose the sequins inside. She also made her own pretty paper rosettes to add to the card front. … Read More...
DIY Pattern Paper for an Easter Card
Larissa created her own pretty pattern paper for this sweet Easter Bunnies card. She used layering plaid stencils with distress inks and then on the last layer used stencil gel for a nice metallic touch. She’s sharing a step by … Read More...
Journal Pocket Folders
Violeta created these fun journal pocket folders made with pretty pattern papers. Add them inside traveler’s notebooks, planner or journals and use them to tuck in photos, notes and paper ephemera. Learn how to make these quick and easy pockets … Read More...
How to Apply Foils with Liquid Adhesive
Foiling is all the rage right now! There are lots of different brands of foil and products to apply them, some use adhesive, some use heat but all give a terrific shimmer. Jenny is sharing how to use liquid … Read More...
How to Pose Family Photos
Elena Blair has some wonderful tips on how to capture lifestyle family photos. Think about how you want the photos to feel, try varying heights and poses, snap what happens in between poses and give good directions.
Vacation Wreath Layout
I love how Monica used all her images in a large circle on her page to create a fun wreath shape. This idea would work for just about any occasion. She’s got directions for how she laid her scrapbook page … Read More...
How to Add Shading to Solid Stamps
Sometimes solid stamped image can look a bit flat. Nichol has some great tips on adding shading, shadow and depth to solid stamps by using colored pencils. I think this really gives them a much more realistic look.
Find … Read More...
Tips for Pocket Scrapbook Pages
The Close to My Heart blog has some helpful tips for pocket scrapbook layouts. Stick with a color scheme to keep it cohesive, pick a single event or story and plan out your pattern. There’s even some template for page … Read More...
3 Tips to Correct Photos
Do you have some photos that just aren’t looking as good as you hoped they would when you snapped them? Elif has 3 helpful tips on how to digitally adjust them to fix underexposure, remove unwanted items and changing perspective.… Read More...
5 Different Stamped Card Backgrounds
Yana Smakula has stamped 5 wonderful card backgrounds without using large background stamps. I love the idea of using smaller stamps to create designs and patterns for card backgrounds, it’s a great way to get more from your stamped images. … Read More...
Get the Foiled Look with No Heat!
Deco Foil Metallix Gel from Therm O Web comes in 6 colors and adds a fantastic metallic shine to your paper crafting projects without heat! These gels work perfectly with stencils, apply with the stencil pal and let dry for … Read More...
How to Watercolor Die Cuts
Nina Marie added some amazing color to her die cut images using watercolors. The splatters and specks she added seem to be stars or fireflies and are perfect for this evening scene card.
Learn a little more about how she … Read More...
Fun Ways to Use Stickers
Chrissie has some fun ways to use some cute stickers from Kindred Stamps. Adding them to planner pages, using them on cards, turning them into magnets and embellishments and more. I love the fun Rapunzel theme!
How to Watercolor a Vintage Rabbits Card
Sandy Allnock has some terrific tips on using watercolor pencils to color some vintage style bunny stamps. She used drawing paper instead of watercolor paper for a smoother look and has more tips like adding shadows and mixing colors.
Rose and Trellis Card
This lovely detailed die makes the perfect trellis background for the layered roses on this pretty card from Mona Toth. I love her tip of applying her cardstock to an adhesive sheet before die cutting, it makes the design like … Read More...
Card Background with Alcohol Marker Refills
I love the background is on this lovely card from Nicole, it’s looks like colorful marble and the gold letters for the sentiment work beautifully with it. She created her card background using different colors of refill for alcohol markers… Read More...