Adding water to your water color paper before laying down your water colors makes for an easy to blend, movable color. It give a soft natural look to your stamped images. Learn more about this wet on wet technique from … Read More ...
Project: Ink Cube Card Background
Do you have lots of those small little ink pad cubes? I have a whole Tupperware container full myself 🙂 They are a great way to have many ink colors without the cost or storage of larger pads. Plus you … Read More ...
Project: Distress Inked Butterfly Tag
Using rubber stamps, Distress Ink and Sprays Kymona designed this cool collage styled tag. She even used the inks to color her ribbon! Get your fingers inky and follow along with her project directions on her blog Kreative Kymona.
-Heather… Read More ...
Technique: Mirror Image Stamping
If you’ve got a stamp but you’d like it facing the opposite direction then this technique is for you. Jennifer McGuire has a couple of different ways to use a MISTI stamping tool and a large clear stamp for an … Read More ...
Project: Corset Card
This laced up coreset card is so pretty and unique! It’s made using two strips of a border edge punch laced up with ribbon. You can find the step by step for making it over on the May Arts blog.… Read More ...
Project: Father’s Day Star Shaker Card
Let Dad know this Father’s Day that you think he’s a star with this amazing shaker card. It’s made with layers of a detailed star die cut glued and stacked together with glitter added inside some of the stars with … Read More ...
Project: Duck Slider Card
Slider cards are really trendy right now! You can buy dies to make the sliding channel but you can also use your paper trimmer like Emily Cupley did on this adorable duck slider card. She also added a cool twist … Read More ...
Project: Window Scene Card with Dies
Kittie Caracciolo will show you how to combine several different die cuts to make this fun window scene card. I love how much layer and depth this card has, so realistic! Find her step by step tutorial over to the … Read More ...
Project: Doily Shaped Card with Dies
You can make a shaped card using a doily and round die cut cardstock shapes, add some embellishments and a pretty stamped image in the center for a lovely card design. Find out how to put it all together over … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stamping on Vegan Leather
SnapPap paper is made of paper and synthetics but has the look and feel of leather. This cool product out of Germany can be used to make all sorts of projects and is perfect for vegans, vegetarians or those who … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Bird Card
Catherne designed this awesome mixed media card using several different technique like stamping on an embossing folder, ink sprays, heat embossing on die cuts, adding texture with micro beads, stenciling with texture paste and lots more. Visit her blog Daydreams … Read More ...
Project: Pull Tab Slider Card
Designer Sandy Allnock has a video for making a fun pull tab slider card. In her video she’ll show you step by step how to cut and assemble the card. As well as some tips on water coloring and putting … Read More ...
Project: Stamped and Stitched Wall Hanging
This amazingly cute wall hanging was made with stamping, stenciling and stitching. Penny Nuttall will show you how to make a stencil with your stamps for inking on fabric, stamping over top and then sewing around for this wonderful mixed … Read More ...
Project: Gold Gilded Bird Card
Jennifer Vanderbeek used metallic medium and gold heat embossing to jazz up this pretty bird card she made out of various pattern papers. Find directions for her gilded Sympathy card over on the Imagine Crafts blog.
-Heather
… Read More ...Card making Project: Masculine Card with VW Bug Van
Here’s fun masculine card that would work for father’s day, birthday, graduation and more. Clare Prezzia used a fun VW Bug van stamp from Hero Arts and Distress Ink s with water to make this cool card. You can find … Read More ...