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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 ...
I’m normally not a “clean and simple” card maker, I love details and embellishments but I wanted to challenge myself to create some clean and simple cards. I thought the Garden Friends stamp set from Crafter’s Companion would be perfect … Read More ...
Ardyth used the new Sun Ray Triangle Layer Die Set from Birch Press to create some really amazing cards. These versatile dies allow you to create some amazing patterns for modern, geometric styles. I love how she used them with … Read More ...
Using supplies like Distress Ink, pastes, ink spray, metal embellishments, paper doll images and more Shari Carroll created these amazing mixed media cards. I love how she created her backgrounds at the same time from one sheet of paper, just … Read More ...
Have you ever been working really hard on a card, you’re loving how it looks and it’s almost done but then you make a mistake? Smudge wet ink, stamp in the wrong spot, use the wrong color? Ugh, it’s the … Read More ...
The new Build a Bouquet stamp set from Taylored Expressions has separate stems and flowers so you can mix and match them to create custom flower bouquet cards. These beautiful bunches are perfect for birthday and Mother’s Day cards. Taylor … Read More ...
Add some sparkle, shine and fuzzy texture to baby cards using glitter and flocking. Andrea used glitter gel over an ink blended background for some shiny stars and added die cut fluffy clouds with flocking. On the other card she … Read More ...
Spring is a great time to use baby animals like chicks to decorate your cards. Rina used the new Zodiac Rooster stamps from Mama Elephant to make two adorable shaker cards. The sentiments are perfect for “chicken in” to see … Read More ...
Wow, how amazing are these bold, bright neon Sweets Cards? They look good enough to eat! Carissa used Vinyl and Glitter to add fun touches of texture and shine to her images. She’s sharing how over on the Ellen Hutson … Read More ...
Jenny used paints and alcohol ink to create rustic backgrounds for her Mixed Media ATCs (artist trading cards). She then stamped and die cut letter from her bases and then adhered die cut shapes that she stamped and inked over … Read More ...
Nichol Spohr used some large Asian inspired background stamps from Hero Arts to create these beautiful cards. She heat embossed them in gold on darker cardstock and used polychromos colored pencils to color in the images, which makes them really … Read More ...
Lindsay has created some amazing cards that bring background stamps to the foreground. These types of large stamps allow you plenty of room to play with lots of different techniques. Using ideas like heat embossing and adding Perfect Pearl she’s … Read More ...
Basic shapes like squares, rectangles, circles and ovals are the building blocks of design. But that doesn’t mean they have to be simple or boring, they can take center stage too. Ellen Hutson calls them Essential Shapes and they can … Read More ...
