Trina Fam is sharing three amazing ways to use a mirror technique. With this reverse stamping technique she shows how you can use the same stamp to have images facing each other, a reflection or a double sided spinner card.… Read More ...
Glimmer Hot Foil System
Looking to add some shimmer and shine to your cards? Foiling adds that perfect metallic look to any card or paper crafting project. Spellbinders has just released their brand new Glimmer Hot Foil System. The hot plate works with many … Read More ...
Autumn Tags
The backgrounds on these wonderful Autumn tags are strips of different fall colored washi tapes over a die cut shape. Dawn also added stamped circles and acorn clusters for the perfect fall finish.
Fall Leaves Card with Distress Oxide Inks
Distress Ink are very popular for techniques like ink blending but don’t forget it’s an ink pad too and you can just plain ol’ stamp with them. Kristina Werner used several wonderful fall shades of Oxide Inks and leaf stamps … Read More ...
Elegant Floral Christmas Card
The combination of bold red and gold embossing makes this Christmas card from Erum Tasneem so elegant. The water colored stamped images and splattered background also make this card really on trend too.
Add Gold Gilding to Christmas Cards
Pat Huntoon added a lovely vintage hint of gold gilding to her Santa card with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. It’s easy to apply with a sponge and adds such a nice finishing touch.
Trick or Treat Scene Card
How cute are these kids all dressed for Trick or Treat? Laura used Spectrum Noir markers to color stamps from Roberto’s Rascals and a watercolor galaxy technique for the moon which really highlights the Halloween scene.
Snowflake Spinner Card
This cool snowflake card stands up and the snowflake inside spins. For this wonderful winter card Pam Simpson added glitz and glimmer with embossing enamel and a gold paint pen.
You can find her card directions over on the Poppy … Read More ...
How To Make Handmade Fall Cards with Tiny Stamps
When making your cards this fall don’t overlook those small stamps. Tiny stamps are great for all over backgrounds, making “inchie” blocks, borders, groupings and more. Hero Arts has some terrific Fall card ideas using tiny stamps as the focal … Read More ...
Adding Doodling to Your Stamps
Using a thin Micron pen Lisa added some extra lines to her stamped owl image and leaves to the branch for a more hand drawn doodled look. This idea would be great for lots of stamp designs and is a … Read More ...
Modern Fall Leaves Card
Ardyth used black embossing and glitter glue to get a bold modern look on these fall leaves. Using a stamp positioning tool makes it easy to repeatedly stamp a sentiment many times like she did on her card.
Embossing Resist with Stencils and Oxide Inks
Candice used clear embossing ink over a circle stencil, heat embossed it with white embossing powder and then appliedDistress Ink over top for a great resist technique to make her water bubbles. I love the Beavers and the funny … Read More ...
Colorful Corn Coloring
This stunning harvest corn looks like a painting but it’s actually a rubber stamp from Power Poppy stamps colored with Copic markers and colored pencils by Amy Shulke. She’s sharing some tips on how she gets realistic looks with her … Read More ...
Card Making Tutorial – Thanksgiving Card
The combination of gold embossing and color pencils on dark blue cardstock makes this bounty of harvest veggie stamps from Hero Arts really stunning. Make a Happy Thanksgiving card that really pops this year with this card idea from Nichol.… Read More ...
Sunflower Shaker Card
Sunflowers always get me in the mood for fall. This lovely Sunflower shaker card was made by Stephanie using dies from My Favorite Things. I love the stitching for extra texture and how the brown sequins she used inside look … Read More ...