Foiling adds a wonderful metallic look to cards. I’ve seen it applied to cardstock on many designs but Tina had the great idea to add foiling to acetate and the results are stunning! It gives an extra layer of dimension … Read More ...
How to Watercolor a Vintage Rabbits Card
Sandy Allnock has some terrific tips on using watercolor pencils to color some vintage style bunny stamps. She used drawing paper instead of watercolor paper for a smoother look and has more tips like adding shadows and mixing colors.
Rose and Trellis Card
This lovely detailed die makes the perfect trellis background for the layered roses on this pretty card from Mona Toth. I love her tip of applying her cardstock to an adhesive sheet before die cutting, it makes the design like … Read More ...
Floral Watercolor Cards
Ashley used ink pads and reinkers with solid stamps for an easy watercolor design on these lovely floral cards. I love the simply one layer look of these cards with just the black sentiment, it makes for a really elegant … Read More ...
Picture Changer Get Well Card
The amazing new Magic Picture Changer Die from Lawn Fawn allows you to create a stamped scene that changes into a different scene when the tab is pulled. There’s a million and one ideas I can think of for … Read More ...
Card Background with Alcohol Marker Refills
I love the background is on this lovely card from Nicole, it’s looks like colorful marble and the gold letters for the sentiment work beautifully with it. She created her card background using different colors of refill for alcohol markers… Read More ...
Interactive Dancing Raccoon Card
When you pull the tab on this oh so cute Raccoon Card from Laura Dovalo he does a little happy dance, how amazing is that!? She’s sharing some tips and tricks on how she created the mechanism for this fun … Read More ...
Coloring with Sheer Shimmer Stix
Sheer Shimmer Stix from Imagine Crafts are a fun new way to add color, shimmer and shine to your cards and paper crafting projects. Jessica Lin shows how quick and easy it is to use the Stix to color directly … Read More ...
Robot Cards
These cool robot cards from Lindsay are perfect for masculine cards or for anyone who loves Steampunk or an Industrial look. The rusty metallic backgrounds are the perfect touch and really make the robots pop off the card. She’s sharing … Read More ...
Coloring the Same Stamp with Different Mediums
Julie Koerber got different looks using the same stamp just by changing the ink color she stamped in and the different coloring mediums she chose. It’s a great way to challenge yourself to try new ways to color your stamps … Read More ...
5 Different Ways to Use Nuvo Drops on Cards
Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studio are a fun way to add embellishment to your cards. They come in loads of different colors and finishes in small squeeze bottles. Yana has 5 different way you can incorporate Nuvo Drops on your … Read More ...
Rainbow Resin Card
The bright and colorful background on this card looks like a shiny, shimmery tile. Danielle applied Copic markers on Yupo paper and then covered the entire panel with resin that she added glitter to for a card that almost looks … Read More ...
Masculine Birthday Mug Card
This is would be such a fun card to make and give to that special guy for his birthday. Kelly used a mirror stamping technique for two mugs facing opposite directions and transformed one of the basic mugs into a … Read More ...
Pinata Shaker Card
I’m seeing fun and festive Pinatas pop up everywhere, they are super trendy right now! Rina created these colorful shaker cards with a stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh that includes a cupcake, heart and unicorn Pinatas. She’s sharing a … Read More ...
Double Embossing Technique
If you don’t have the right color of embossing powder for your project don’t worry, you can try this cool (or should I say hot? :)) double embossing technique. Kim stamped her fun nerdy science images with colored ink pads … Read More ...