News, techniques and inspirations
If you’ve been around the cardmaking world for a while, you’ve probably heard the term “no line coloring” tossed around in tutorials and Facebook groups. It’s one of those techniques that instantly makes handmade cards look soft, painterly, and almost … Read More ...
If you’re looking for a simple card without lots of layers but still want the look of dimension then masking might be the answer. This one layer card used masking to cover up the stamped dragon image and the top … Read More ...
Mindy used a simple Heat Embossing
Resist Technique for this fun and fruity card. She first heat embossed her stamped images with white powder on white cardstock, then she ink blended over top, the embossing resists the ink applied … Read More ...
Unicorns are still super popular an trendy, which makes me so happy, I love anything fantasy! If you do too then you’ll want to print out and color these 6 beautiful Unicorn coloring pages FREE from Dover Publications.
Check out all the bright and bold colors on this Tropical Birds Card from Yana Smakula! Those colors really stand out on the black card background. She colored the stamps from My Favorite Things with Copic Markers 
and heat embossed … Read More ...
I love the puny “Whale Done” sentiment on this sweet card from Jill Foster! She stamped the whales in a light colored ink pad and then used Distress Ink Re-inkers to color them in for a beautiful water colored design … Read More ...
This card from Nora has so much texture and pattern. She used a Gel Plate, applying Distress inks
to the plate with a stencil and was able to use both the positive and negative images from the “print” on her … Read More ...
Shauna used a couple of different inking techniques to create this Lovely Bird Card. For the leaves frame she used an ink smooshing technique and then die cut the frame. For the bird she ink blended different colors onto the … Read More ...
I love the bold rainbow colors on this beautiful card from Channin! She stamped each flower in a different color of Distress Ink, then spritzed them with water and blew the wet colors with an air blaster tool to move … Read More ...
Heather Nichols used new tools and accessories that make using a stamp positioning tool, like a MISTI, even easier to use. With stamps from Taylored Expressions she created cute shaker cards and is sharing how she used the tools to … Read More ...
A circle stencil with ink blending created the perfect colorful polka-dot background for this fun Birthday Balloons Card. Vicki used products from Time for Tea Designs to create her card featuring an adorable bear and mouse. She’s sharing a tutorial … Read More ...
Interactive cards are so much fun to make and even more fun for the recipient to receive! Shari is over on the Simon Says blog with part of their summer class series showing 5 different styles of interactive card techniques. … Read More ...
Caly used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this adorable Thought Bubble Card. I love the little scenes she created on the base of the card as well as inside the thought bubble. The bubble looks like a … Read More ...
I love this bold and beautiful Tropical Card from Galina! One the base of the card she has created a border shaker element which adds so much interest to the card design. Notice how she used tulle instead of clear … Read More ...
Lynnea used stamps and stencils from Sassy & Crafty to create two fun Dinosaur cards. One features an ink blended silhouette, the other has a stenciled background with cute stamps of kids and dinos. These are sure to put a … Read More ...
