Kerri is over on the La-La Land Stamps blog sharing a step by step photo tutorial for coloring up a cute Santa stamp with Prisma Colored Pencils. She includes tips for layering and shadowing for detailed coloring. I love … Read More...
Positive and Negative Foiling
When you foil using foil sheets the design is removed from the foil and added to your cardstock leaving behind a “negative” design on the foil sheet. Don’t throw away those pieces because they can be just as pretty as … Read More...
Fall Page with Flocked Border
Katrina used a circle punch, flocked paper and ink to create her own custom scalloped border. I love how she used ink on white flocked paper to change the color and using punched circles cut in half for a scallop … Read More...
Autumn Layout with 3D Leaves
Wow, check out these 3D Autumn Leaves on this layout from Bea! She used a magnetic ruler, paper trimmer and bone folder from We R memory Keepers to cut and score, accordion folding the shapes to create this fantastic fall … Read More...
Autumn Still Life Card
Using a digital stamp from Power Poppy Stamps Gloria created this wonderful Autumn Still Life Card. To color the stamped image she used water soluble crayons and a water brush for an artsy watercolor look. She sharing step by step … Read More...
Autumn Sunflower Card
This Sunflower Card from Amber is the perfect friendship card to send to your bestie this Autumn. She used a large sunflower background stamp but only partially stamped and water colored it, leaving some “white space” for some interest and … Read More...
Coloring Stamps with Masks
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...
Woodland Animals Slimline Card
These little hedgehogs and fox are having so much fun playing the the autumn leaves! This amazing card is by Elaine aka the Marker Geek and she’s sharing how she used Copic Markers to color her slimline Fall Scene card. … Read More...
Stencil Distress Card Background
Kathrin created this wonderful card background with Distress Inks and a Stencils. She first ink blended her cardstock with fall colors, then she placed a baby wipe over top, then a leaf stencil and then she embossed it in her … 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...
Techniques with Embossing Folders
Embossing folders are a simple way to add depth and texture to your cards. Simply place cardstock in the middle, run it through your manual die cutting machine and that’s it, or is it? There are actually many more techniques … Read More...
20 Tips for Pocket Pages
Pocket pages are quick and easy ways to put together a fast scrapbook layout. But you don’t want them to all start to look that same so Close to My Heart is here to give you 20 helpful tips for … Read More...
Vintage Looking Photo Album
Sharon Payne Bolton created an amazing album using new photos but made it appear as if it was an old family heirloom. Printing her new photos in black and white or sepia tones gave them an aged look and using … 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...
Make a Hybrid Page About Yourself
Cathy Z is sharing some tips on how to create a Hybrid scrapbook layout all about yourself. Using one the digital templates available in her store she’ll show you how to add a photo and text on your computer. This … 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.
How to Watercolor with Re-inkers
Did you know re-inkers aren’t just for re-inking your ink pads? You can also use many of them alone as a a way to color or paint! Mansi used her Distress Re-Inkers to watercolor this beautiful Slimline Card. Using a … Read More...
Masculine & Feminine Layouts w/ Same Papers
Lisa Dickinson has some great tips for getting more from your pattern papers. She used the same paper to create both a masculine page and a feminine page. By using the paper to create different design elements like flowers and … 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...