Border stamps don’t just have to be for borders, you can make large background patterns or they can be the focal point of your card. Like in this colorful card from Kristina Werner. She used rainbow colored inks for her … Read More ...
Project: 3D Lion Spinner Card
I’ve made spinner cards but never one like this that pops up inside. It’s so cute and fun and interactive! You can find complete step by step directions from Sadia Minichini for making one over on the Some Odd Girl … Read More ...
Project: Realistic Iris Card
May Park will show you how she used a no-line stamping technique and water colors to get this beautifully realistic looking Iris card. I love her tip of taping down your water color paper to preventing it from warping while … Read More ...
Project: Rustic Wedding Card
Rustic Weddings seem to be very popular right now. Here’s the perfect wedding card for a couple having this trendy type wedding. Visit the Imagine Crafts blog for all the details.
-Heather
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Projects: MERMAIDS! 9 Stamped Card Ideas
If you read this blog at all you probably know how obsessed I am with mermaids and I’m so happy how popular they are right now! Sandy Allnock has 3 new adorable mermaid scene cards to share and she also … Read More ...
Tip: Coloring the Negative Space on a Stamp
Instead of coloring the stamped leaf images Debby Hughes painted the “negative” background space making the image really pop. This works really well with floral and botanical images and is a great way to get more use and a unique … Read More ...
Project: Hydrangea Vellum Overlay Card
This beautiful hydrangea card has a dark colored stamped image on the bottom layer but the top layer of heat embossed vellum laid over top softens the colors and makes it really elegant. Find directions for making this vellum overlay … Read More ...
Tip: Altering a Stamp with Masking
Kathy had a pretty sunflower stamp with one flower but she wanted more then one so she used a masking technique to add another stamped flower, bees and butterflies and also added her own drawn stems to make one seamless … Read More ...
Project: Fly Girl Tag
Renee Bolton made this fun Fly Girl tag using just the body of a girl stamp adding a sweet face from printed washi tape. She’ll tell you how to make one over on her blog, Bolton House.
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Project: Plane Tri-Fold Card
I love all the movement and action in this airplane card! Nichol Spohr made this fun tri-fold card with new stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn. The vellum is such a perfect use for clouds. Click here to visit her … Read More ...
Technique: Faux No Line Coloring Pineapple Card
How fresh and cool is this cute summery card? Using a pale beige ink Amy R stamped and colored up some fun pineapple stamps using a marker and water color technique and ended up getting this fun faux no-line coloring … Read More ...
Technique: Wet on Wet Watercolor Stamping
How lovely is this floral card? Sandy Allnock gets an amazing soft and painterly look with her wet on wet water color stamping technique. Visit her blog for a video tutorial.
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Project: Baby Card with Hinged Letters
Help someone celebrate the arrival of a sweet little one with this wonderful baby card. Kittie will show you how to partially die cut hinged letters for the front. I love how she stamped the animals on the pattern paper, … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring on Vellum with Copic Markers
I love the soft look that vellumpaper adds to a card. There’s so much you can do with vellum, stamp on it, heat emboss it, die cut it and many coloring mediums work well with it too, like Copic … Read More ...
Technique: Stamping with Stencils
Stencils are so popular, probably because they are so versatile. Here’s fun stencil technique from Anna-Karin, she used Distress Ink and water to ink up her stencil and use it like a stamp, how cool! You can find out more … Read More ...