Spotlight coloring is where you stamp an image but only color in a certain area, “spotlighting” that section. This can be done with a variety of coloring mediums to draw the eye in. Dana stamped and heat embossed a swirly … Read More ...
Whale Card with Faux Watercolor Background
I love the whale and bunny friends stamps on this sweet card from Jessica! Behind them is a big splash of blue that looks like watercolor but isn’t. Instead she created her own stencil using plain copy paper, tearing a … Read More ...
Easy DIY Stamped Stickers
Stickers are a fun way to add a quick embellishment to a card or scrapbook projects or for sealing envelopes. You can make your own simple stickers by using printer labels. Christen added splashes of watercolor to the sticker sheets … Read More ...
Crafting with Digital Die Cutting Machines Book Review
The new book Crafting with Digital Die Cutting Machines by Libby Ashcraft is a how to manual for three of the most popular brands of electronic die cutting machines on the market. Covering Brother Scan N Cut, Silhouette and Cricut … Read More ...
Gel Press Card Techniques
The Gel Press has become a very popular tool again in stamping and card making, I remember them from years ago and now with more unique mixed media products on the market that work together create fun techniques the Gel … Read More ...
Easter Chicks Slimline Card
After the long, cold and snowy winter we’ve had where I live I am so ready for Spring. Ready for warmer days, pastel colors and pretty flowers! Nina is helping me get pumped up with this beautiful Easter Chicks Card. … Read More ...
Monkey Standing Easel Card
This fun card from Davina features adorable monkey stamps from Mama Elephant. This unique card design starts out as a standard A2 size but folds out to reveal 3 different panels with cute vignettes and then folds to form an … Read More ...
Birthday Cake Shaker Card
Lisa used dies from Pretty Pink Posh to create this yummy Birthday Cake Shaker Card. Adding a pop up frame with acetate around the cake allowed room for the clay confetti that looks like tasty cake sprinkles.
3D Box Card with Floating Sentiment
Cathy Z. used dies from Simon Says to create this wonderful 3D box card that fold flat for mailing. Layers of clouds and hearts frame the sentiment that “floats” in front. She used a thin strip of acetate to give … Read More ...
Card Inspired by Encanto
All the beautiful characters, colors, and style of the very popular Disney movie Encanto are so inspiring! After watching it Lydia created a card inspired by Mirabel’s dress with die cut flowers, butterflies and lace accents over a bright green … Read More ...
6 Flirty Floral Coloring Pages
Anyone else ready for Spring!? Get in the Springtime mood with 6 Flirty Floral Coloring pages with designs of food, fauna and more surrounded by blossoms, flowers, and leaves. These pages are FREE to download, print and color from Dover … Read More ...
Colorful Distress Archival Ink Butterfly Cards
Archival Ink and Distress from Tim Holtz combine to create Distress Archival Ink Pads that can be used in a variety of stamping and background techniques for card and mixed media. Juliana used these inks to create two stunning butterfly … Read More ...
Create Wonderful Card Backgrounds with White Ink
Not all white inks are made alike, it can be difficult to find one that really shows up, Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink is one that does. Nicole ink blended some beautiful card background and then either stamped or … Read More ...
New Sticky Craft Mat
If you love doing techniques like ink blending, stenciling and coloring techniques but find it hard to keep your cardstock from moving and slipping? Then maybe the new Sticky Craft Mat from Brutus Monroe is for you! It has … Read More ...
Typewriter Cards
I love the old school look of typewriters! Real typewriters can still be used today to not only write letters but also for crafting, I love typewritten phrases on cards or journaling on scrapbook layouts! Or just the image of … Read More ...