Gold and metallics are super hot in paper crafting right now! There are many way to add merallics to your card projects like heat embossing, foiling, pastes, glitters and more. Justine Hovey shares 10 different ways to add gold to … Read More ...
Round Shaped Thank You Cards
Cutting dies make it easy to create fun shaped cards like these round Thank You cards from Steph. She’ll show you how to partial die cut the base for quick and easy card.
Sheep Wheel Card
Wheel cards are all the rage right now! They are so fun, just turn the wheel to reveal different sentiments behind the opening. Vicky created this sweet jumping sheep interactive card with stamps from My Favorite Things.
Cottage Shaped Box
How sweet is this Cottage Shaped Box? Clarissa has step by step directions and measurements for making one out of cardstock using a scoring board and dies. These fun little houses can be decorated for any occasion. And the design … Read More ...
Unicorn Card Coloring
Wow! Cynde’s coloring on this unicorn card is just amazing! It makes me want to step up my coloring game 🙂 She’s used Copic markers and is sharing a detailed coloring tutorial over on the Ink on 3 blog.
Calico Cat Valentine’s Day Card
Using the adorable new Nine Lives stamp set from Stampin’ Up I made this fun Calico Cat Valentine’s Day card. I thought it would be fun to make it appear the cat had been playing all over with the yarn.… Read More ...
Layered Heat Embossing
Metallics are still really trendy right now! And metallic embossing powders are a great way to add a big shiny wow to your cards. Lydia took her heat embossing one step further by layering different colors over top each other … Read More ...
Pantone Color of the Year: Living Coral
This year pantone chose Living Coral as the color of the year. I love this color, it’s not quit pink and not quit red and it’s a darker, richer color then the dusty rose that’s been really trendy for a … Read More ...
Snowman Valentine Day Card
Where I live it’s still winter and it’s not unusual to have snow around Feb 14th. So using winter images like snowmen are so fun on Valentine’s Day cards. This winter Valentine is from Nichol Spohr is so cute, I … Read More ...
4 Owl Coloring Pages
I grew up loving owls, my grandmother collected them so I have fond memories of her whenever I see them. Being a Harry Potter fan doesn’t hurt either 🙂 Dover Publication has 4 delightful owl themed coloring page that you … Read More ...
Skunk Valentine Card
I’m not sure why skunks work so well for Valentine’s Day card but they really do. Maybe it’s that black and white goes well with red, or all the cute puns that go with them? Like in this fun “You’re … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Matchbooks
This sweet little matchbooks can hold a little treat or note inside and are perfect for handing out at school or the office for Valentine’s Day. They are quick and easy to make so you can create a whole bunch.… Read More ...
Cards with the Look of Batik
This stunning cards from Norine have the look of batik dyed fabrics. She used layers of ink blending and heat embossing to make her lovely leafy cards.
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Make A Mandala Thank You Card
Don’t forget to send Thank You cards for all the nice holiday presents you’ve received. Michelle used small ink pads in multiple colors of blue on one large Mandala stamp to get this lovely tone on tone Thank You card.… Read More ...
Paper Jewelry Pendant
This idea from Dina is a fantastic way to get more from your cutting dies! She used several layers of die cut watercolor paper colored the top layer and sealed it to make a pretty paper pendant.