Do you sometimes have trouble lining up your die cuts with their coordinating stamps? Well Sharon Harnist has a simple and easy solution on how to get them lined up perfectly each time. Plus she also has a pretty watercolor … Read More ...
Project: Heart Shaped Skunk Card
How adorable is this little skunk?! I love the heart shape of this card and it’s actually pretty easy to do, place a large heart shaped die just over the edge of your card fold (so it doesn’t cut the … Read More ...
Project: Word Bubble Valentine
This colorful Valentine card was made by inking up die cut word bubbles using a Kaleidacolor ink pad, splattering ink for the background and adding a stamped sentiment. Katharine Frei designed this project for Imagine Crafts and you can find … Read More ...
Project: Ombre’ Valentine’s Day Card
Achieve a pretty faded ombre’ effect using Gelato color sticks with water over die cuts for this Valentine’s Day Card. You can find a video tutorial over on the Papertrey Ink blog.
-Heather
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Project: Water Colored Bunnies Valentine Card
Send someone a sweet hug through the mail. Christy will show you how to color up some adorable bunny stamps using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and water for a sweet Valentine’s Day card. Visit her blog Christy gets … Read More ...
Project: Star Wars Foil Cards
Using a Minc foiling machine and fun Star Wars inspired digital images Jin from Under Cherry Tree made these adorable cards. If you’ve got a Star Wars fan on your card list they will get a blast out of these! … Read More ...
Project: Kids Class Room Valentine Cards with Erasers
If your or your child are going to be stamping up lots of Valentine’s for your child’s classroom this year here’s an adorable idea using heart shaped erasers. You’ll find directions for making these over on the Lawn Fawn blog … Read More ...
Technique: Adding Color to Projects with Color Burst Inks
Stampington and Company has information on how to use Color Burst inks for a lovely water color background or to use in combinations with stamps for colorful mixed media style collage art and cards. Click here to check it out.… Read More ...
Project: Winter Thank You Shaker Card
You can find directions for this adorable winter themed thank you card over at the Chameleon Pens site including tips on coloring with their markers, a water color wash background and how to assemble the shaker card. Click here to … Read More ...
Project: Orchid Card
This beautiful card makes me so ready for spring and flowers! Learn how to stamp, die cut and water color this lovely Orchid card over on Wei Wei’s Cardmaking Garden.
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Project: Wall Art with Die Cuts
Take your die cuts off page and add them to some canvas for lovely home decor projects. The Sizzix blog has tips on how to die cut and water color images to decorate your walls, click here for all the … Read More ...
Project: Decorated Coffee Bag
Know a coffee lover? Here’s a fun gift to make for them, decorate the front of a bag of coffee with stamps and die cuts. The U Cut @ Home blog has a video tutorial with all the details.
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Tip: Paper Pleats for Cards
The Paper Cookie blog has folding directions for making a sweet paper pleated border for your cards, click here to check it out.
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Card Making Project: Water Colored Vellum Card
This stunning card was made by stamping and heat embossing white flowers all over vellum and then using Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink pads and a wet brush to watercolor a selection of the flowers. Hop on over to the Bearydo … Read More ...
Project: Shaker Heart Embellishments
Shake up someone Valentine’s Day with this lovely shaker heart embellishments. The Pine is Here blog has directions for die cutting, stitching and stuffing them, add them to cards, tags or treat bags for a fun touch. Click here for … Read More ...