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Cactus and Succulents are trendy right now and Carolyn used them to design some lovely clean and simple cards. By using Distress Markers and water she got an artistic, modern watercolor look.
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The super talented Simon Hurley has a fun new twist on Gatefold cards. He stamped the front panel and cut it in half, going around some of the stamped images so they piece fit back together when the front card … Read More ...
Add some beautiful butterflies to your next paper crafting project with these clipart designs. There are 25 different colorful butterflies with touches of gold from the Hungry Jpeg you can download for FREE.
Nichol Spohr has recently released her brand new Wedding Season collection of dies and glimmer plates with Spellbinders. These beautiful dies make the perfect cards for the happy couple, save the date, wedding invitation and bridal shower cards. I … Read More ...
Cassie used stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle to create this adorable Corgi Card. I love how she used their tree dies in a different way, she used them to create the purple mountains in the background, how clever! She’s … Read More ...
Long Slimline cards are really trendy right now. They give you lots of extra room for details and fit inside a business sized envelope for easy mailing. Lynnea create this slimline birthday card with sweet candy stamps and a multicolored … Read More ...
Sue Hastead used Sparkle watercolor pens on watercolor paper to create the splashy backgrounds on this fun circle card. The circle frame gives the appearance of looking out of a porthole onto the ocean scene. And this masculine card is … Read More ...
Jill Cameron design this sweet one layer card scene focused around a girl reading a book stamp from Concord and 9th. She drew in the table, window and lamp, ink blending the backgrounds and coloring the rest with Copic Markers.… Read More ...
Masculine card deigns can sometimes be difficult. With Father’s Day coming up now’s a good time to try out more manly ideas. Teri created this card designed to look like a Cigar box, her stenciled background and heat embossed sentiment … Read More ...
Kelly Fusco used a Rectangle Mask from Taylored Expressions, ink blended with Distress Oxide Inks to design a lovely soft background for her floral card. She stamped her flowers over top in black for a simple but beautiful design. A … Read More ...
Eloise used small die cut frames to create little scenes for this cute Bug Card. I love how each scene is different and how she took the frames off the edges of the card, it looks like a little 
pile … Read More ...
I used stamps, dies and paper from Lawn Fawn to create a cute little Gnome Gift Tag for Father’s Day. I recently got the Vintage Blends of Tri-Blend Markers from Spectrum Noir and thought those muted colors worked perfectly for … Read More ...
Stenciling is fun and trendy and can add amazing designs to your cards with ink blending techniques. Birka took this idea to the next level by adding lines around sections of the stencils edges with a fine line black pen. … Read More ...
Therese used stamps and dies from Penny Black to create 6 different Balloon themed cards. Balloons are fun for birthdays and special occasions and can add lots of color and movement to your card designs. She paired them with cats … Read More ...
It’s finally Springtime and the flowers here are blooming! Get in the Spring spirit with some lovely Floral Coloring pages. There are 6 to download, print and color and they are FREE from Dover Publications!
