These sweet little birds are getting their house all ready for Spring on this wonderful card from Kari. She’s added so much depth and dimension to the card and the spray of flowers is the perfect accent.
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These sweet little birds are getting their house all ready for Spring on this wonderful card from Kari. She’s added so much depth and dimension to the card and the spray of flowers is the perfect accent.
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Emma used a stitched scalloped edge die to cut multiple strips from different paper papers, adhered them together then die cut out the heart shapes for this pretty matching set of a box, tag and card . They are so … Read More ...
Richele used Distress Ink Sprays from Ranger and Tim Holtz to both watercolor her stamped images and stamp the background on these cool botanical cards. I love the loose artsy style of these cards.
Tell someone you hope they feel better soon with a fun pop up tissue box card. Silkie is sharing step by step cutting, scoring and folding directions for making one over on the Stempeleinmaleins blog. And the design team also … Read More ...
These pretty soft floral tags work so nicely with the burlap bags in this packaging idea from Rebecca. I love the lace and ribbon ties too! These would be perfect favor bags at a rustic wedding. She sharing how she … Read More ...
“We all live in a Yellow Submarine!” This adorable card from Cristena looks like your looking out of a porthole into the ocean with the little submarine behind acete and the fishes swimming by. I love the little water droplets … Read More ...
Lisa Hoel created this lovely mermaid journal with stamps found at Top Flight. She used a journal die for the inside, covered it with matboard and decorated the pages and cover with paints and stamps.
Heather Telford was inspired by a technique from Gelli Arts using a gel plate and real feathers to create some stunning stamped images. I bet other natural items like leaves and flowers would work too, this idea makes me want … Read More ...
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 cute are these two Bunnies? Allison used markers and a watercoloring technique to color them for her sweet Easter card. She’s sharing a how to video along with a link to download the digital stamp image for FREE!… Read More ...
Vicky Papaioannou tried out the new Izink glitter paints and created 11 stunning cards, each with big sparkle and shine! This paint is great when used with stencils, it can be painted on or applied with a spatula, they come … Read More ...
Suzanne shares how she made her mixed media card background using torn pattern papers, paint and string. Along with this sweet fairy image from Some Odd Girl it makes the perfect Springtime card.
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Up your doodling game with this pretty technique from Norine. She stamped out some layered flower and leaves in different colors of ink and then added her own hand drawing around the images for a really wonderful artist look. This … Read More ...
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.
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I find masculine cards can sometimes be tricky to create, I have so many flowers and cute animals stamps and those might not work for every guy. Amber used some bold triangle stamps with dark ink colors and filled them … Read More ...