Kelly made these adorable Valentine’s for her child class, keeping them pretty simple with one layer, a blended Distress Ink background and Copic Marker coloring with just two color shades. I love that she incorporated a winter theme as for … Read More ...
Technique: Water Coloring with Ink Pad Refills
This card makes me ready for spring! Arjita colored this beautiful rose image with Memento ink pad Re-Inkers , using them like water colors. She also used a no-line stamping technique to get a more realistic look. She’ll show you … Read More ...
Tip: Make a Rainbow Ink Pad with Ink Cubes
I love getting inks in those tiny cubes, it’s less expensive to get loads more colors and they take up less storage space. Jennifer McGuire has some tips for using these tiny ink pads like making your own rainbow ink … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a Gift Bag from an Envelope
Bianca has directions on how to score, fold and cut a long business sized envelope and turn it into a small cute gift bag covered in stamped images. Visit the Stempeleinmaleins blog for her tutorial and several decorating ideas from … Read More ...
Trend: 4 Ways to Use Sequins on Cards
Sequins are the “it” embellishment for card making right now. They add a nice sparkle to most any card and there are so many cool ways to use them. Put them inside a shaker card, scatter them around the front … Read More ...
Project: Hug Day Valentine Card
Send someone a hug in an envelope this Valentine’s Day with a sweet hand made card. I love the addition of stitching on this adorable Kitty card from Peet Roeven. She’s sharing photo project directions for making it over on … Read More ...
Project: Valentine Envelope Mini Book
Share your love with a special handmade book. Heather Nichols created this sweet Valentine’s Day mini book using envelopes. Inside each pocket she added a heart shaped photo. She’ll take you through the steps of how to put one together … Read More ...
Valentine Match Box
This lovely little mixed media match box project pulls open to reveal a sentiment inside. It could be used as an ornament or tuck a tiny present inside for a gift box.
Find the directions for making one over on … Read More ...
Tip: Crafty New Years Resolutions
The Papertrey ink team has gathered together some wonderful New Years resolutions for us crafty types. With ideas like create your own journal/planner and send out one hand made card a week there’s many ideas to get your creative juices … Read More ...
Technique: Heart Shaped Stamping
Not too long ago I shared a post from May Park about how she used a Christmas tree shape and filled them in with small stamps and different colored inks to created a lovely holiday card. She’s back with more … Read More ...
Tutorials: Four Cards Using One Stamp Set
Designer Jill Foster used one Penny Black clear stamp set and make four totally different and totally adorable cards with one stamp set. She’s posted her cards as well as video tutorials for each card on their blog. To get … Read More ...
Tip: Reuse Gift Wrap for Cards
Don’t throw away all those pretty scraps of wrapping paper, bags, ribbon or gift tags from the holidays. Many can be reused on your next greeting card. Nina-Marie has some wonderful ideas to upcycle your wrapping leftovers for some fabulous … Read More ...
Project Thank You Card
Say “Thanks” for the awesome holiday gift you got with a wonderful thank you card using brand new Letter It products from Ranger Ink. Kelli Cool shares directions for this pretty two tone Thank you card over on their blog, … Read More ...
Project: Thank You Tags
Now’s the time to thank everyone for all those wonderful holiday gifts. Make a bunch of these lovely Thank You tags to pass out and say “Thanks!”. Amanda with Waffle Flower will show you how to make these cheerful tags … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring Embossed Images with Alcohol Inks
Wow, how bright and vibrant the colors are on this stunning card from Jess! She’ll show you how to use alcohol inks to color heat embossed images to get this look. Visit her blog All The Sparkle for a video … Read More ...