Our pets are part of our family and these wonderful coloring page reflect how much we love and appreciate them. Dover Publications has 6 different pet pages you can download, print and color and best of all they are all … Read More ...
Quick and Easy Pet Cards
Sometimes you just need a quick and easy card and one way to do that is by using pattern papers. For these cute Cat and Dog cards I used the new Playful Pets Papers from Stampin’ Up. Yup, that’s right, … Read More ...
Flip Flop Die Cut File Download
Don’t you just love Flip Flops? It’s the only footwear I wear in the summer! This fun Flip Flop die would be perfect for creating 3D shaped cards, gift tags or as table decor for a beach party or even … Read More ...
Floral Card with Multiple Ink Techniques
Nicole used Versacolor inks with several different techniques to make this lovely floral card. She used them for stenciling, coloring in her stamped images, traditional stamping and splattering. What a great way to show so many uses with just one … Read More ...
Inspiring Umbrella Card
I love this inspiring card from Chari Moss! The sun and umbrella have a watercolor marbled look that she achieved using an ink smooshing technique. This is a great way to add color and texture to your die cut images. … Read More ...
How to Make a Tent Card
A Tent Card is a fun design that has a 3D effect and can stand up on it’s own. Rachel used some sweet little house stamps for her card, she designed the inside and outside of the card opening to … Read More ...
How To Make Shaker Tags
Using some fun little dies from Studio Katia Galina created these adorable little tags. And each one is actually a mini shaker too, how cute! I love the little faux stitching detail on each tag and the sweet stamps she … Read More ...
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 ...
5 Masculine Birthday Card Designs
Did you struggle to come up with masculine cards for Father’s Day this year? I hear lots of card makers say “It’s hard to come up with more masculine designs.” Theresa Calvird has created 5 different masculine card ideas using … Read More ...
Cards with Positive and Negative Die Cuts
Using both the positive and negative cuts from your dies gives you twice as many options. This means using the cardstock that was cut out and also the cardstock that was “left behind” after cutting. Becky used this idea for … 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 ...
Floral Cards with Only Dies
I’m seeing more and more cards made with using only or mostly die cuts. So even if you don’t stamp there are lots of options for making amazing cards. Spellbinder has so many dies to choose from including monthly kits. … 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 ...