Dina used pattern papers and cardstock to create blocks that look like quilted panels to form candles on this birthday card. This is a fantastic way to use up paper scraps. I love that she used a leaf die for … Read More ...
6 Sea Life and Fish Coloring Pages
Nothing is more relaxing than watching fish swimming, except maybe coloring them. Grab your favorite coloring medium, print out these Sea Life coloring pages and relax while coloring. There are 6 different pages and they are all FREE to print … Read More ...
How to Ink Blend on an Embossing Folder
Embossing folders add great texture to your cards but you can also use them to add color as well. I used ink pads and a blender brush to add a blue sky to the starry background on my Unicorn Card. … Read More ...
How to Make A Coffee Cup Card with Digital Stamps
Renee used beautiful flower digital stamps from Joy Clair to create her own custom pattern paper for the background of her handmade card — and I absolutely love this technique.
If you’ve never tried making your own background using digital … Read More ...
How to Watercolor on Colored Cardstock
Normally when using watercolors for your cards you’d stamp on watercolor paper but Amber has a technique using cardstock. She used liquid watercolor markers and just a bit of water on a paint brush to color her images with. … Read More ...
Llama Twist Card
Using some super fun new Twist Stamps and Dies from Art Impressions Nina designed this adorable Llama card. His backside is on the inside of the card and he’s suspended inside the opening so he can twist and flip around. … Read More ...
Watercolor Powder Resist Card Background
Lisa used several different products to create this colorful background on her card. She first stenciled paste onto watercolor paper, then she added Color Burst powders and wet them with water. The paste resisted the colors so the diamond pattern … Read More ...
Tissue Paper Butterfly Cards
Cindi had the wonderful idea for her butterfly cards of die cutting their wings from tissue paper! This really added lots of dimension and a real flutter to them. And since tissue comes in some many different colors and patterns … Read More ...
Slimline Coffee Card
I love the trendy Slimline design of this cute Coffee Card from Tracy Shultz. The die cut window openings look like a walk up counter at a cafe’. To get her bright neon colors she used Gel Pens to color … Read More ...
Clear Tri-Fold Bee Card
Kristina Werner used new stamps from Colorado Craft Company to create this stunning clear Tri-Fold Card. The top panel is clear acetate with a gold embossed bee on vellum, the panel underneath was created with an ink blended resist … Read More ...
Interactive Multi Slider Card
All types of interactive cards are very trendy right now, especially slider cards. These cards have a pull tab that allows the stamped images to slide along a track. Simon Says Stamps has really uped the slider game with their … Read More ...
Scrape Painting Card Technique
I sometimes find solid silhouette stamps can be difficult to design with. Karen Dunbrook has a fun Scrape Painting technique that adds a colorful background behind her stamps that she stamped in black. By adding dots of acrylic paints to … Read More ...
6 Country Garden Coloring Pages
The warm weather is finally here, the plants are blooming and it’s time to get your hands dirty working in the garden. Or you could just stay indoors coloring a garden with these 6 beautiful Country Garden coloring pages. 🙂 … Read More ...
Three Card Techniques Using One Stamp Set
Using a lovely Peony stamp set from Recollections I designed 3 cards, each with a different technique. I’ll show you how to ink blend over a mask, how to do an ink smooshing technique and how to color with colored … Read More ...
Card Making – Tulip Card
I love all the layers and depth on this beautiful Tulip Card from Jules. She used Copic markers
to color her tulips and Distress Oxide Ink
and a stencil for her background. The frames and layers of metallic gold paper … Read More ...