Amber transformed some simple egg cartons into adorable little treat holders for Easter . She painted the egg cartons in spring colors and used some of her extra paper crafting supplies, like paper, twine and embellishments to decorate them, so … Read More ...
Painting and Stamping with Distress Oxide Sprays
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.
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 ...
Feather Print Cards
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 ...
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 ...
Mixed Media Fairy Card
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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Handmade Card Tutorial – Butterfly Shaped Card
Large shaped dies are perfect for making fun shaped cards. Ilina used a large butterfly die from Hero Arts to cut out her card base, adding some lovely stamped flowers in white embossing which really pop on the dark cardstock.… Read More ...
Pen and Ink Card Technique
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 ...
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.
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Geometric Masculine Card
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 ...
Light Up Shaker Card
This cute card is double the interactive fun. It’s a shaker card and also when you press the button the terrarium jar lights up. How cool! Kelly shares how she used lights from Chibitronics to create it.
Tropical Vacation Card
These Hippos look like they are ready to head out on a fun tropical vacation. Using some current trends like inking, stenciling and Nuvo Drops Allison created this pretty travel card.
Marbling Card Technique
These colorful cards created by Carly were made using a marbling technique with alcohol inks. The backgrounds are the star so some simple die-cutting and sentiment is all that is needed to finish these off. Honey Bee
Three Cards Made Only with Dies
I find it challenging to create cards using only dies so I was really inspired by Jung Ahsang. She created three amazing cards with no stamping, using some of the Die D-lite dies from Spellbinders . All her extra touches … Read More ...