Wow, check out all that sparkle and shine on the sand and waves on this stunning Beach Card from Gemma! She die cut her waves and beach from white cardstock, applied clear ink to each section and heat embossing beautiful … Read More...
Spring Pockets Layouts
Meghann used pocket pages for this pretty Spring Pages. I love all the yellows and green with sweet daisy accents scattered around. The pockets allow for quick pages with lots of room for photos and plenty of journaling.
Creating a Stamped Wreath Card
By using a wreath builder stencil and your stamp positioning tool you can use just about any shape and create a wreath design. Jill Cameron used a heart shape for this sweet card which shows this is a great way … Read More...
Rockin’ Neon Gatefold Card
I love the bright neon colors on this fun and funky card from Amanda, it makes me think of the 80’s! She designed her own gatefold card with a fun heart shaped opening for this card and is sharing how … Read More...
Distress Inks with Stencils Technique
Jennifer McGuire has a cool new technique using stencils with Distress and Oxide Inks . First she ink blends some white cardstock, then places the stencil over-top and then by placing a wet baby wipe over that and running it … Read More...
Using Stamps for Embroidery
Take your stamping off the card and onto fabric projects with embroidery. Stamps make the perfect pattern design to follow for stitching. Debi used sweet flower stamps from Hero Arts and embroidered over top of them to create a sweet … Read More...
Stamped Paper Piecing
Crystal has a terrific way to add color and layers to a single stamp. She stamped a large floral stamp from Unity multiple times in different colors of ink, cut them apart and them pieced them back together, how clever!… Read More...
Vibrant Rose Card
Shannon heat embossed a large rose background stamp from Brutus Monroe in gold for this bold and beautiful card. She colored the design with liquid watercolors for a really vibrant look. A simple sentiment and a few gold dots was … Read More...
How to add Extra Details to Stenciling
Stenciling is fun and trendy and can add amazing designs to your cards with ink blending techniques. Birka took this idea to the next level by adding lines around sections of the stencils edges with a fine line black pen. … Read More...
How to Color Die Cut Shapes
Check out this beautiful card from Courtney! I love how she used mostly die cuts for her design. She added realistic color, depth and dimension by coloring her shapes with her Copic Markers. She’s sharing how to over on her … Read More...
DIY Glitter Paper
Glitter paper is really popular and can add loads of sparkle and shine to your paper crafting projects. But what if you don’t have the perfect color of shimmery cardstock for your card? Well, you can make your own using … Read More...
Card Using Gilding Flakes
Gold gilding flakes can add an amazing touch of metallic shimmer and elegance to your cards. Echo used them two different ways on this lovely Bee Card. She adhered them to tape for a golden border between her papers and … Read More...
Watercolor Card Designs with Painters Tape
I love the bold geometric shapes that Kristina Werner created on these cards. She used blue painters tape trimmed into thin strips to mask of areas of her watercolor paper and then colored over top. The sentiments die cut from … Read More...
One Card, Many Techniques
Simon Hurley created this beautiful floral card using lots of different “hacks” on just one card. He’s sharing how to use a matte medium for a resist technique, how to choose the right cardstock for ink blending, how to use … Read More...
Antiquing Techniques for Vintage Layouts
If you’re working on heritage or vintage scrapbook layouts or want to create a vintage look on a modern page there are several different technique you should try. Close to My Heart is sharing 4 ways to add that aged … Read More...
Horizontal Row Layouts
The design team at Designer Digitals used a similar page sketch to create several different layouts, with a row of photos across the center of the page. Keeping the title and embellishments close to the photos leaves lots of “white … Read More...
Hybrid Scrapbooking for Beginners
Do you do all your scrapbooking digitally on the computer or the traditional way with paper, photos, stickers and scissors? If you’re looking for something new to spice up your scrapbooking why not try creating a hybrid layout. This means … Read More...
Alcohol Inks and Embossing Card Backgrounds
Verity created the most stunning card backgrounds by applying alcohol ink to vellum paper. And then took it to the next level by added embossing powder to sections that were still wet for an added metallic shine. These pattern are … Read More...
How to Cut SVG Files
If you’re new to using an electronic die cutting machine you might have seen the terms SVG or PNG cut files. These are files that your Cricut, Silhouette or Scan N Cut uses to cut out shapes and designs. The … Read More...
Mini Easel Card
Jennier D. is sharing how to create a mini easel card base using circle dies. Once you’ve created the base you can decorate it with as many layers of stamps and embellishments as you’d like. Hers are quite wonderfully detailed … Read More...