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How cute is this Santa Kitty? Kristina Werner made this adorable card using a no-lie coloring technique with Copic markers and stamps from Newton’s Nook. Visit her blog for her coloring and card making tutorial.
-Heather
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This lovely winter white on white scene on this sweet card from Nichol Spohr carries over from the card base to the center panel to pull the entire look together. And the sweet deer and sentiment stamp are perfect for … Read More ...
I think Llama’s must be the new “it” animal and why not they are so fluffy and sweet (except of course when they spit :)) I’m seeing lots of great stamps with Llamas especially for the holidays with great Fa-la-llama … Read More ...
This wonderful winter scene card holds a battery tealight 
behind so the light can shine through the vellum. What a wonderful holiday card to send to warm someone’s day! (Be sure to use a flame-less candle :)) You can … Read More ...
Mindy Eggen will show you how she colored this fun Santa stamps from CC Designs using Copic markers. Visit her blog for her coloring video.
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Instead of die cutting these pretty detailed circle ornament dies Juliana Michaels dry embossed them and made this lovely Christmas card. There are so many dies that would be great embossed instead of cut out, it’s a great technique to … Read More ...
This lovely holiday card designed by Jill Foster is only one layer so it’s great for mailing but it still looks like it has such depth because of the realistic way she colored the stamped image. Using Distress Re-Inkers she’ll … Read More ...
Stamp and design your own metal rimmed embellishments and tags with the Tag Press punch from Tim Holtz. Tamera put together this pretty snowflake cards with stamps, Distress Ink s and the Tag Press. Visit her blog Plays Well with … Read More ...
Lois from Clownmom Creations will show you how to cut, score and fold a double gate fold card and also add die cut images to the front and base for a stunning fold out Nativity Christmas card. Click here to … Read More ...
Jennifer used new products from Newton’s Nook to make this adorable snow globe shaker card. I love the simple silver stamped design over the bold sky inside the globe! Visit her blog Stampin’ On the Fly for a video tutorial.… Read More ...
Bazzill has introduced a new paper that contains plastic, meant to give a deeper more crisp image when dry embossing. Nina-Marie gave this new product a try making a lovely embossed Christmas card and she shares her tips on working … Read More ...
Looking for a fun hand made gift this holiday season? How about some pretty bracelets or necklaces made with DIY paper beads. Grab your pattern paper scraps and craft along with Gina K and she’ll show you how to make … Read More ...
Learn how to make a one layer card that looks like it actually has loads of dimension. By using a masking technique and stamping over top you can make this fun winter window card. Visit the Kajcyika Crafts blog for … Read More ...
Shaker cards are so popular but here’s a fun twist, a project that takes that idea from a card to a holiday ornament. Using the same supplies you can make a lovely ornament for your tree this holiday. These also … Read More ...
The center image on this wonderful Poinsettia card looks like it had lots of layers but it’s actually flat. Designer Channin used contact paper to die cut a mask, heat embossed her cardstock with gold embossing powder, removed the … Read More ...
