Water coloring doesn’t have to be neat and perfect, it’s one of the great things about that medium. Sandy Allnock used some loose and easy watercolor techniques to create these wonderful Autumn and Christmas Foliage Cards.
Holiday Baking Treat Bags
Do you bake for the Holidays? If so these adorable little gift bags are the perfect way to package and pass out your yummy treats this year. The new Baked with Love stamp set from Mama Elephant works for anyone … Read More ...
Fall Squirrels Card
Christy used new stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to create this fun Fall scene card. Those squirrels are having so much fun jumping in a pile a leaves! I love how she used ink blending on her tree, ground … Read More ...
Caramel Apple Card
This Caramel Apple Card looks yummy enough to eat! Amy R. used new dies from Simon Says, applying clear glaze over top to add a wonderful shine.
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Autumn Leaves Thanks You Card
Shari ink blended white cardstock with fall colors and then die cut the paper with leaf shapes for this wonderful Autumn Thank You Card. Her leaves look very realistic and the touches of gold splatter and copper words add an … Read More ...
Stamping and Shading on Pattern Papers
A quick and easy way to add color and pattern to your stamped images is by stamping on patterned paper. Heather Hoffman used some pretty florals for this technique and added some inking to the edges of her images for … Read More ...
Halloween Lollipop Covers
Add an extra special touch to your Halloween candy this year with these fun Lollipop Covers. Dina shows how to score, fold and cut cardstock using some simple die shapes to create a Pumpkin and Cat. Your trick or treaters … Read More ...
Halloween Balloons Card
Maria had a very clever idea to take stamps that might normally be used for a birthday card, in this case a bunch of balloons, and added some Jack O’ Lantern faces to them to create a fun and festive … Read More ...
Create Custom Ink Colors
Laurie has a fantastic tip to get more from your ink pad colors. She creates her own custom colors by stamping two colors over top of each other for a totally new shade. She stamps the lighter shade then stamps … Read More ...
Jack O Lantern Card
I love how Cassie cut apart a large detailed background die cut shape to create something smaller for the background of her Halloween Card. It’s a great way to get more from your dies! And the black glitter paper works … Read More ...
Haunted House Knock Knock Joke Card
This Haunted House Card from Kara is just too much fun! When you turn the wheel a knock knock joke is revealed and the punch line is hidden behind the door, so clever! She used house and wheel dies along … Read More ...
Stamped Fabric Bag
Martha has directions for customizing a muslin fabric bag with layering stamps and Versa Color Ink Pads. I find I don’t always get the best image when stamping on fabric so I love her tip of using a stamp positioner … Read More ...
Fall Watercolor Resist Card
Crystal used white heat embossing with leaf stamps on watercolor paper and then added a lovely wash of watercolors over top for a resist technique on this wonderful autumn card. The Nuvo drops and embossed sentiment finish off this Thank … Read More ...
Flip Flap Halloween Card
When you pull the tab on this amazing Halloween Flip Flap Card it flops to the side to reveal another scene behind it. How cute and clever is that!? You can find step by step photo directions for making one … Read More ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Card
I’m back with another paper crafting project for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Using stamps, stencils and dies from CAS-ual Fridays Larissa added heat embossed images and words in black and glitter pink over a stenciled and splatter background for a … Read More ...