Patterned papers are a quick and easy way to add color, pattern and texture to your holiday cards. Carissa used simple layouts for her cards but the pattern paper adds a great boost to really amp them up.
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Patterned papers are a quick and easy way to add color, pattern and texture to your holiday cards. Carissa used simple layouts for her cards but the pattern paper adds a great boost to really amp them up.
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All your holiday cards don’t have to be exactly the same but you can make it easier by using a similar layout, like Theresa did with her cards. By using a line of three rows across her cards they are … Read More ...
Make your holiday cards faster and easier this year by using pattern papers. Add few stamped images and a sentiment and you’ve got a lovely but simple card.
Visit Catherine Pooler’s blog for her video tutorial.
-Heather
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If you don’t want to make the same Christmas card over and over again for all the people on your list this year you can still use the same stamp but just use it in different ways. Suzy used one … Read More ...
Looking to make Holiday cards with a more modern look? A chevron makes the perfect pattern for a trendy Christmas card. I love the gold embossing over the top too! Crystal will show you how to get the perfect lined … Read More ...
You don’t need a wreath stamp to make a wreath. Using a donut shaped mask Ardyth filled in the open spaces with stamps and ink blending to create a fun wreath shape. This ideas can be used for many seasons … Read More ...
These sweet Christmas and New Year cards hold a surprise inside. Using adorable holiday stamps and dies from Mama Elephant Nichol Spohr created these fun cards with a pop up insert that holds a gift card inside.
I’m seeing the acrylic pour technique popping up on mixed media art projects, it adds a really interesting marble effect. Janette has used this same idea for card making and it’s so beautiful. It makes terrific backgrounds or use it … Read More ...
When making lots of cards for the holidays having one layout you can repeat, even with different images, can help make things a little easier. Jill Foster created 3 amazing cards using the same window frame opening layout idea using … Read More ...
Pat Huntoon added a lovely vintage hint of gold gilding to her Santa card with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. It’s easy to apply with a sponge and adds such a nice finishing touch.
When making your cards this fall don’t overlook those small stamps. Tiny stamps are great for all over backgrounds, making “inchie” blocks, borders, groupings and more. Hero Arts has some terrific Fall card ideas using tiny stamps as the focal … Read More ...
Birds Cards is sharing a bunch of amazing FREE digital card and box die cuts for Halloween. You’ll find 3 spooky bendy cards, a spider web stand up card, a haunted house card with bag and 2 different coffin shaped … Read More ...
Altenew has just released some beautiful rolls of wide Washi Tape. These tapes make great card backgrounds or sections can be cut away for smaller images. I love the trendy galaxy tape! Vicky Papaioannou created 5 cards with these … Read More ...
These adorable Christmas cards from Sara Torzullo use a Reindeer or Santa face to replace the “o” in holiday words like Joy and Noel. Any stamp or die cut with a roundish shape would work for this cute idea.
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Back in the day when I started stamping it was mostly just rubber stamps, ink pads and cardstock. Not a lot of layers, no die cutting, no Copics (gasp!), just simple but still cute of course. Kristina Werner goes … Read More ...