This lovely card was made by stamping and heat embossing the flower and leaves onto white cardstock with white embossing powder and then using a blending tool and ink pad to add the soft colors. You can find a video … Read More ...
Project: House Pop Up Card
This Pop Up Card is a really clever way to use 3-D die cuts! You can find directions for making this cool house pop up card over at Hero Arts, it uses one of their 3-D die cuts. Click here … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Wood and Stamps CenterPiece
This project is such a unique and interesting way to use stamps! Patrica added stamped birds and die cut flowers and leaves to a pretty piece of wood for this amazing home decor project. You can find more info and … Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Air Freshener and Note Pad
I love seeing die cuts used in ways other then on cards or scrapbook pages! You can keep your car smelling sweet with this fun air freshener made with new dies from Ellen Hull. There’s also a cute matching mini … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Color Lifting
Here’s a really cool stamping technique from Jennifer McGuire called water color lifting. First Jennifer applied water based markers all over her paper then added water, then she heat embossed stamped background images with clear powder, then she lifted off … Read More ...
Technique: Blue Bird Card with Embossed Stencling
Using stencils with texture paste is a great way to add dimension to your cards. You can even add color to the plain paste once it dries with markers. The Remembering Life’s Moments blog has directions for making this lovely … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Stamped Wall Art
This amazing mixed media art piece was made by stamping and coloring on fabric with different coloring mediums like brush markers and gelato sticks. You’ll find a video tutorial from designer Carisa over on the Design Memory Crafts blog.
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Project: Twist Card Gift Card Holder
Here’s a cool twist on the traditional card shape. This fun twisted card serves double duty as a gift card holder as well. You can find complete cutting, folding and assembling directions for making one over on the Stempeleinaleins blog.… Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Easter Basket Card
The basket on this adorable Easter card was created by cleverly combining two die cuts, a wicker weave die and a basket die. Additional bunny and water colored egg dies were added to complete the card. You can find out … Read More ...
Project: Frog Shaker Card
Shaker cards are still super popular and combined with another popular embellishment, sequins you can make the cutest cards. Like this fun frog card created by Nina-Maria Trapani for Simon Says Stamp. Hop on over to their blog for a … Read More ...
Tip: Adding White Accents to Colored Images
Here’s a great tip for adding some extra highlights to your colored stamped image or color pages to really make them pop, use a white colored pencil or white gel pen after coloring with markers. Find more about this tip … Read More ...
Tips and Techniques: The Versatility of Vellum
If you’re not familiar with vellum it’s a semi translucent paper that is very versatile and can be used in lots of different ways on cards and with different stamping techniques. You can stamp on it, heat and dry emboss … Read More ...
Inspiration: Owl Step Card
Doesn’t this card make you want to hoot “How cute!”? This stunning step card covered in adorable owls was made by Marisa Job, she’s got more photos and info on how she made this card over on her blog, Designs … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Mixed Media Tag
Wow, isn’t this tag simple stunning? Penny Black stamps guest designer Ranji Chawla made this using stamps from Penny Black, die cuts, Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, ink sprays, Distress Ink and more. You can find more info on her amazing … Read More ...
Technique: Distress Ink Water Coloring
Nichol Magouirk has a video tutorial showing how to use Tim Holtz’s Distress Markers
to water color your stamped images. By applying the marker ink on a non porous surface you can use it like a pallet, pick up the … Read More ...