I used the cute new More Jungle Littles stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to created this fun birthday card. I wanted the card to have more dimension and the focal images to stand out so I created a more … Read More ...
Inlaid Die Cut Shaker Card
Galina used several different techniques to create this sweet card. She cut a lovely floral wreath die in white and added colors to the different elements with markers. She then inlaid the die shape into her card front using it … Read More ...
Wagging Puppy Tails Card
When you pull the tab on this adorable interactive card from Nina-Marie the tails on the puppies wag, how cute and fun is that!? She used stamps and dies from Art Impressions to create it and she’s sharing a how … Read More ...
Unicorn Galaxy Background Card
I love how Yana Smakula created an all over card background pattern by repeatedly stamping the same unicorn stamp from My Favorite Things. By coloring in around the images with markers and drawing constellations with a white gel pen this … Read More ...
Retro Record Card
As a kid from the 70’s and teen in the 80’s I have very fond memories of LP records. And I still actually have a turn table and albums. So of course I love this retro record album card from … Read More ...
Lunch Box Notes
If you’re kids are heading back to school leave them a little extra smile in their lunch box with these cute lunch box notes. I love how Carly used the die cut kids shapes to hold the food items, so … Read More ...
1 Background Die 3 Ways
The new Folk Art background die from Sizzix is really versatile and can be used as the entire focus of card with just some added sentiments. Over on their blog they’ve got three ways to use it, ink blending, embossing … Read More ...
Leo Lion Digital Stamp Download
I’m a Leo August Birthday and I love lions so I of course was super happy to see this fun FREE digital stamp from Some Odd Girl. If you know someone who’s also a Leo be sure to snag this … Read More ...
Back to School Book Cards
Kim has used cool new stamps from Fun Stampers Journey to create some fun back to school cards. I love the focus on books and reading! She created some neat backgrounds for her cards like her own plaid and a … Read More ...
No Line Coloring Floral Card
Erum used a light ink color to stamp her flower image and colored it with watercolors for a wonderful realistic look. The splatters make for a very painterly look and the gems add a nice touch of sparkle.
Stamping Technique – One Pencil Shading Card
Jessica used just one pencil to add shading to her lovely floral card. She stamped in white ink one dark cardstock and used a white pencil to add the shading. It’s a simple technique but the results are really beautiful … Read More ...
Ombre’ Background Scene Card
I used some of the smaller stamps from the Lawn Fawn Toadally Awesome stamp set to create a little nighttime frog scene. I used Spectrum Noir Markers
to create an ombre’ background.
Visit my Youtube channel for a video tutorial… Read More ...
Submarine Slider Cards
The submarines on these fun cards slide to reveal sentiments and underwater creatures, how fun! Ardyth used stamps and dies from Ellen Hutson to create both her cards. I love how much texture and movement she got in her water … Read More ...
Mixed Media Coloring
Try mixing your media to get some new coloring looks. Kathy used Tombow markers
with water for a watercoloring technique on this pretty rose stamp from Paper Smooches. To add extra depth and detail she then colored over top with … Read More ...
Card Maps
Stuck on design ideas for your cards? Page Maps provides fresh new layouts to help inspired you. For July you’ll find 10 new Card Map sketches and a couple of card samples. Check back quarterly for new maps.