Stamps are a great way too add color and embellishment to your traveler’s notebook pages. Adelina added lots of journaling and photos to her layouts adding stamps for titles and also gives a passport look to the pages.
Heat Embossed Inlaid Dies
I love doing inlaid die cutting, placing die cut images together like a puzzle piece. Verity took this idea a step further by apply heat embossing on every other section of her inlay. I love that she used glitter embossing … Read More...
Tropical Aloha Card
Wow, doesn’t this amazing card from Marine make you wish you were on the beach right now? She used stamps from Hello Bluebird for this card and she’s blown me away with the palm trees. Why? Because Hello Bluebird doesn’t … Read More...
How to Color Acrylic Shapes
Acrylic shapes can add a colorful or clear embellishment to your layout but what if it’s the right design but not the right color for your project? You can easily change the color with embossing powder, using the same tools … Read More...
Product Review: Distress Embossing Glaze
The new Distress Embossing Glazes from Tim Holtz are translucent colored embossing powders that add a glossy shine to your mixed media and paper crafting projects. They come in many coordinating colors to other products in the Distress Line and … Read More...
Colorful Summer Layout
I love how Terhi used color on this amazing Summer Layout! Moving across the page from blue to green to pink she added loads of layers and groups of similarly colored pattern papers in strips, circles and blocks all clustered … Read More...
9 Techniques with Distress Oxide Sprays
Distress Ink Oxide Sprays from Tim Holtz are so versatile! Laurel Beard has 9 different ways you can use these sprays on your cards, they work perfectly on their own as colorful backgrounds and you can use them with stencils, … Read More...
Simple Painted Card Backgrounds
By using a paintbrush and paint and painting short stripes you can create some simple but effective card backgrounds. Using different paints like watercolor or gouache will give you different looks. Debby explored this idea and created several different cards … Read More...
1 Stencil, 3 Card Techniques
Amber used the same stencil and three different mixed media techniques to create three different card designs. One card has dimension from stencil paste with alcohol inks over top, another is just liquid alcohols and the third was colored in … Read More...
Nuvo Glitter Markers
Who doesn’t love to add sparkle and shine to their cards? Loose glitter is so messy but Glitter pens and markers can add the perfect touch of shimmer with no mess. Michelle is sharing 3 techniques using Nuvo Glitter Markers … Read More...
How to Ink Blend on an Embossing Folder
Embossing folders add great texture to your cards but you can also use them to add color as well. I used ink pads and a blender brush to add a blue sky to the starry background on my Unicorn Card. … Read More...
Glittery Beach Card
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...