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Cactus and Succulents are trendy right now and Carolyn used them to design some lovely clean and simple cards. By using Distress Markers and water she got an artistic, modern watercolor look.
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The super talented Simon Hurley has a fun new twist on Gatefold cards. He stamped the front panel and cut it in half, going around some of the stamped images so they piece fit back together when the front card … Read More ...
Nichol Spohr has recently released her brand new Wedding Season collection of dies and glimmer plates with Spellbinders. These beautiful dies make the perfect cards for the happy couple, save the date, wedding invitation and bridal shower cards. I love … Read More ...
Cassie used stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle to create this adorable Corgi Card. I love how she used their tree dies in a different way, she used them to create the purple mountains in the background, how clever! She’s … Read More ...
Long Slimline cards are really trendy right now. They give you lots of extra room for details and fit inside a business sized envelope for easy mailing. Lynnea create this slimline birthday card with sweet candy stamps and a multicolored … Read More ...
Masculine card deigns can sometimes be difficult. With Father’s Day coming up now’s a good time to try out more manly ideas. Teri created this card designed to look like a Cigar box, her stenciled background and heat embossed sentiment … Read More ...
Kelly Fusco used a Rectangle Mask from Taylored Expressions, ink blended with Distress Oxide Inks to design a lovely soft background for her floral card. She stamped her flowers over top in black for a simple but beautiful design. A … Read More ...
Eloise used small die cut frames to create little scenes for this cute Bug Card. I love how each scene is different and how she took the frames off the edges of the card, it looks like a little 
pile … Read More ...
Stenciling is fun and trendy and can add amazing designs to your cards with ink blending techniques. Birka took this idea to the next level by adding lines around sections of the stencils edges with a fine line black pen. … Read More ...
Therese used stamps and dies from Penny Black to create 6 different Balloon themed cards. Balloons are fun for birthdays and special occasions and can add lots of color and movement to your card designs. She paired them with cats … Read More ...
A good background stamp can be just the thing to complete the design on your card and the more versatile the better. The design team over at Darkroom Door used one of their Abstract Stamps to create twelve different projects … Read More ...
I LOVE Alice in Wonderland so I flipped when I saw this amazing interactive Pendulum Card featuring Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee! Christine designed it with stamps from Miss Ink and created her own pendulum mechanism so the pair can … Read More ...
Even though it might feel we are so far apart right now we’re really all in this together! Let someone know you’re thinking about them with a fun handmade card like this one from Lisa Mensing. She used the funny … Read More ...
I love creating detailed scene cards but sometimes I need to make a quicker card. So this idea from Gemma is the perfect solution! She stamped her scene background, cut circles from it and added her little animals. There’s less … Read More ...
Let your bestie know that you will always stick by their side and be with them through anything with this sweet card by Kari. She used stamps from Hedgehog Hallow to design this fun and funky card. I love the … Read More ...
