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The brand new Tunnel Scapes dies collection from Spellbinders allows you to design amazing cards that have lots of depth and dimension. There are three different sets of dies that create unique patterns for so many different types of scenes … Read More ...
It’s June, so that means it’s Wedding season! If you know a couple getting married let them know how happy you are for their new life together by creating them a handmade card. This set of 18 different hand … Read More ...
The flowers are blooming and the fruit and veggies are growing so it’s a wonderful time to incorporate The Garden in your handmade cards. There are so many different garden related stamps, dies, stencils and pattern papers you can … Read More ...
Stenciling paste is fun way to add texture to your cards and other paper crafting projects, simply spread over a stencil, lift the stencil (clean it with water) and let dry. Most stenciling paste is white which can sometimes be … Read More ...
With all the wonderful flowers blooming it’s about time to start seeing those caterpillars turning into butterflies who will begin to fluttering around our gardens. Let’s celebrate their arrival with some beautiful Butterfly coloring pages. Dover Publication is offering 6 … Read More ...
It’s getting hot, summer is in full swing so it’s a great time to incorporate a Tropical theme into your handmade cards. This bold, colorful style features images like palm trees, colorful blooms, beachy scenes and jungle animals and … Read More ...
If you’re looking to create a detailed card for someone special then you need to download this amazing interactive Jellyfish Card! It’s perfect for anyone who loves swimming, snorkeling, the ocean or the beach. This deep shadow box style card … Read More ...
Let Dad know how truly special he is with an over the top card for Father’s Day or for a birthday. Grace has used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this amazing interactive Sub Shop card. The front … Read More ...
Some of us might still be working on cards for Father’s Day or maybe you need a masculine card for a birthday or other special occasion? I know many struggle with card ideas for guys and I think a Nautical … Read More ...
If you’re creating handmade cards with summer themes then you need to download this fun collection of 6 different digital stamps. Each design has a cool sentiment and summer images like flip flops, seashells, palm trees, tropical drinks… Read More ...
If you’re not familiar with embossing folders they are a plastic folder that you place cardstock inside and run through a die cutting machine that creates raised embossed designs. The Fantasy Butterflies embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp has beautiful … Read More ...
If you’re Dad loves the ocean check out this amazing sea turtle Dad and child card from Andrea. She colored the stamped turtles with Copic markers and created her ocean background with inking, splatter, and glaze through a stencil. Learn … Read More ...
Finding the perfect sentiment for a card design is the cherry on the cake, it’s the finishing touch. I like to add a sentiment on the front of the card and another inside so I’m usually adding two to each … Read More ...
Enamel dots are fun little round embellishments that you can easy add to your paper crafting projects like cards and scrapbook pages. They come in different sizes, different finishes and loads of different colors to add some extra dimension and … Read More ...
This lovely card from Nicki uses a dry embossing folder to create the raised design, she used ink pads to add some color. Learn more about this design and see 5 other cards with the same folder over on the … Read More ...