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Justin combined the bright colors of Summer with cute spooky stamps for his darling Summerween card. He used OLO Markers to color the stamps and Catherine Pooler ink pads to ink blend the different backgrounds behind each section of the … Read More ...
Creating beautiful tablescapes in real life has been trendy for awhile, if you’re hosting a big event, special occasion or a party you might have worked hard to design an amazing table yourself. This trend has now made its way … Read More ...
Doesn’t Janet’s amazing floral card look like a quilt? She called this card a Floral Fancy Fold and is it so floral and so fancy with several scored and folded panels, some that tuck behind, held in place by the … Read More ...
Charlene’s wonderful card has two fabulous Summery drinks that used techniques that give the glasses a realistic look. She die cut them from colored cardstocks and then added darker inking along the edges for dimension, used white gel pen for … Read More ...
Who wouldn’t love to receive this stunning floral card in the mail for their birthday!? Yana’s beautiful design is a tri fold with extra flaps, folds and opening for a unique interactive experience. The front of the card has a … Read More ...
Faux postage has been very popular in card making and paper crafting recently with lots of stamps, dies and papers that help you create faux postcards, postage stamps and cancelations for fun designs that work with a variety of styles … Read More ...
This tote-ally lovely card from Mindy combines two different die sets, one is a floral set and the other is a fun large tote that she filled with the flowers. I love the pink and coral color combo, it works … Read More ...
It’s Christmas in July and it’s time for all of us card makers to get started early making all those cards for the Holidays! To help you get going here’s a collection of 55 different Christmas, Winter and Holiday digital … Read More ...
Since many of us card makers participate in Christmas in July and get a head start on making our Holiday cards I wanted to share some inspiration this week to get you excited and creating early. This amazing interactive card … Read More ...
Wreaths are always popular during the Holidays and this pretty card added it to a card base with stenciled door for a festive design. The greenery and bow are die cut from cardstock with tiny glitter paper die cut houses … Read More ...
This week on the blog I’m focusing on the newest popular animal trend and that’s the darling Highland Cow! They are popping up everywhere including our paper crafting products and so far this week I’ve shared hand made card ideas… Read More ...
This week on the card making blog I’m celebrating the new popular “it” animal, the adorable Highland Cow. Earlier I posted some amazing cards featuring them (click here if you missed it) and today wanted to share some downloads … Read More ...
Lawn Fawn is always on top of the trends, here Catherine used a new stamp set to create a wonderful platform pop up birthday card full of a herd of cute highland cows. I love the soft colors she used … Read More ...
This fabulous Tropical Fish card from Justin is just bursting with so much color! On the base of his light blue card he stamped swirls and bubbles in an ombre of blue, adding sequins for some shimmer but the stars … Read More ...
Barbie has of course been popular since she was first released back in 1959, having surges of popularity throughout the decades, especially after the release of the very popular live action Barbie movie in 2023 and she’s stayed trendy and … Read More ...