Archival Ink and Distress from Tim Holtz combine to create Distress Archival Ink Pads that can be used in a variety of stamping and background techniques for card and mixed media. Juliana used these inks to create two stunning butterfly … Read More ...
Create Wonderful Card Backgrounds with White Ink
Not all white inks are made alike, it can be difficult to find one that really shows up, Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink is one that does. Nicole ink blended some beautiful card background and then either stamped or … Read More ...
New Sticky Craft Mat
If you love doing techniques like ink blending, stenciling and coloring techniques but find it hard to keep your cardstock from moving and slipping? Then maybe the new Sticky Craft Mat from Brutus Monroe is for you! It has a … Read More ...
Typewriter Cards
I love the old school look of typewriters! Real typewriters can still be used today to not only write letters but also for crafting, I love typewritten phrases on cards or journaling on scrapbook layouts! Or just the image of … Read More ...
How to Make a Flip Card
This adorable flip card shows the boy on the front and when the card is opened the oval flips and reveals that he’s holding a gift behind his back. Lihn used front and back stamp images from The Greeting Farm … Read More ...
How to Add Embroidery to Your Cards
No, this isn’t the sewing section of the blog but as card makers we can also add some pretty stitches to our projects too. Angela used a Piercing Die Cut and used colorful embroidery floss to add some simple graphic … Read More ...
Treat Box and Easel Card in One
This sweet project from Cristena combines an easel card and a treat box in one. Decorated with dies and stamps the top flap opens up to form the easel card with another flap underneath that to reveal the chocolate squares … Read More ...
Heart Card Using Paper Strips
Have lots of strips and scraps of pretty cardstock laying around (I sure do! :)) Well put those to good use on a pretty card like this one from Samantha. She used strips of pink, red and peach cardstock adhering … Read More ...
Gnome Love Valentine’s Day Card
I love the rich pink and purples on this Valentine’s Day card from Ashley! She used Distress Oxide Inks and a blending technique to create the beautiful background that shows through behind the die cut letters. And how cute is … Read More ...
DIY Small Treat Box
This adorable tiny treat box is the perfect size for small candies or even jewelry for Valentine’s Day or any occasion. Using cardstock to create the box you punch or die cut shapes on the lid to show the design … Read More ...
Masking a Large Stamp for a Valentine Card
There are lots of large detailed stamps out there that can fill the entire front of card but what if you don’t want to use the entire image? Then a masking technique is perfect to try. Jill used sticky note … Read More ...
How to Create Heart Shaped Cloud Cards with Erasers
Sandy used colored pencils and erasers to create beautiful sky scenes with heart shaped clouds, perfect for Valentine’s Day. She created her design with a couple of different techniques, one used pencil shavings to create the clouds, adding rays with … Read More ...
Llama Slider Card with Mirror Stamping
This sweet interactive card from Lynn features two Llamas and when the tab on the card is pulled they come together and kiss, how cute! To create her card she using a single Llama stamp from Art Impressions and a … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Gnomes Card
Christy used super cute gnome stamps from Hello Bluebird to create this wonderfully sweet card design. She colored her stamped images with Copic markers, placing them over a simple watercolor background along with pattern papers on the card base that … Read More ...
Hidden Message Card
Wendy used a cool die cutting technique to create a “hidden message” on the front of this beautiful card. The background is pretty pattern paper that she die cut the sentiment from, she cut the same sentiment again from cardstock … Read More ...