Ishani ink blended Distress Oxide Inks over Masking Stencils from CrafTangles to create some fun one layer cards for Valentine’s Day. I love how she overlapped and layered some of her stencil designs, it really adds extra depth to the … Read More ...
Minecraft Valentines Idea
If there’s a kid (or adult) in your life that loves to play Minecraft then these little Valentines are perfect. Miss Mandee has designed pixelated Creeper and Hearts dies that you can download for FREE and use with your electronic … Read More ...
Voo Doo Valentine Card
This little guy is ready to stick a pin in Valentine’s Day. Faye used Copic Markers to color in this adorable Voo Doo Doll stamp from Whimsy Stamps. She’s sharing step by step photos of her coloring process over on … Read More ...
Send Some Crafty Hugs To A Crafty Friend
Laura used Distress Inks with water to create a fun drippy paint look to coordinate with artsy stamps from Studio Katia. This technique is an easy way to add an artistic touch. And this card is perfect to send to … Read More ...
Custom Birthday Cake Cards
The Cake Creations stamp set from Ink to Paper has multi layers, different patterns, numbers and accents to create a custom cake for a card. The numbers are perfect for marking birthdays and anniversaries and you can stamp in any … Read More ...
Card Making – Flower Bouquet Card with No-Line Coloring
Caly used a light colored ink to stamp beautiful flower stamps from Hero Arts on her card and used watercolors to color them for a lovely no-line coloring technique. Not seeing the stamped lines give the look of a hand … Read More ...
Heart Locket Template with 30 Samples
This lovely Heart Locket Template is FREE to download from Somerset Studio. It’s perfect for Valentine or Anniversary paper crafting projects like cards, scrapbook pages or collage art. Somerset Studio is also sharing over 30 samples made with this template … Read More ...
Stamping Style Trend: Plaid
I usually think of plaid as being a winter themed style but plaid isn’t just for cold weather anymore. It’s been really trendy lately even after the holidays and I’m seeing it used in all sorts of styles and designs. … Read More ...
Rainbow Panda Card
Using the tiny but adorable Whittle Panda die from Poppy Stamps I created this colorful birthday card with a trendy rainbow theme. Using shimmer watercolors added a pretty sparkle to the card. Learn how I made this design over on … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Card with Watercolor Powders
Brusho watercolour powders
are a fun and easy way to add bold splashes of color to your card backgrounds. Sprinkle them on watercolor paper and spray or “paint” with water and they will react and spread to create beautiful patterns. … Read More ...
Princess Birthday Card
Elaine created this pretty, pink Princess Birthday Card with stamps, dies and a stencil from Heffy Doodle. And what’s a princess without some sparkle? So she used the stencil with metallic paste for some shimmer and shine on her ink … Read More ...
Valentine Double Slider
These cute double slider cards from Chris Slogar are so fun and interactive. When you pull the tab a candy bar slides out from one side while a sentiment slides out from the other, so clever! They would make perfect … Read More ...
Watercolor Heart Cards
Kendra used a heart shaped stencil to mask off a section of watercolor paper then stamped and water colored beautiful scenes inside for these lovely Valentine’s Day cards. Using water based markers is an easy way to achieve a soft … Read More ...
Tropical Valentine’s Day Card
Send someone warm tropical vibes this Valentine’s Day. Christiana used stamps, dies and pattern papers from Lawn Fawn to create this pretty in pink card, I love the flamingos and the punny saying!
Distress Crayon Techniques
Distress Crayons
are a versatile coloring medium that you can use to add a colorful artistic flair to your cards. Simon Hurley has a terrific tutorial showing how to use them for several different techniques. He’ll teach you how to … Read More ...