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These beautiful cards have layers of dry embossing and die cut backgrounds, flowers and butterflies and they also include a fun interactive element too. Using the Garden Shutter dies from Spellbinders Lisa created 3 cards that have flaps that lift … Read More ...
Samantha used adorable seal and penguin stamps from LDRS to create the winter scene on this sweet card. And isn’t the “Have an ICE day” sentiment so funny!? Covering her scene she also added an over all shaker element for … Read More ...
When you use foil there’s usually a “positive” and a “negative”, the positive is used on your project and you might think to throw away the negative “waste” but don’t do that! The left over can create beautiful card backgrounds … Read More ...
This amazing card from Birgit is shaped like a present, the top opens up and the inside flaps come out to reveal a stamped scene, sentiment or even a place for a gift card. You can find her step by … Read More ...
Samantha has a great tip for creating shaped cards like this adorable Log Cabin Shaped Card she made using products from LDRS. If you’ve got a large stamp with a coordinating die cut it out a second time with no … Read More ...
Cathy used lots of fall colors of Distress Ink Pads to stencil the fall leaves on this wonderful Birthday Card. I love how she added the gold stems to the leaves, she used a clear pigment embossing ink pad and … Read More ...
Kate create a card background panel using ink blending, shimmer ink sprays and paint splatter. She cut it with a multi circle die, adding those circles to another panel, getting 2 for 1 card backgrounds! She then added fun … Read More ...
These adorable little squirrels are setting off on a fun adventure in their hot air balloon, hope they packed extra nuts for the trip! Julia used stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle to create this fun slimline card. I … Read More ...
Lydia used layering stamps from Altenew to create this beautiful Autumn Wreath Card. Layering stamp sets have the image outline and solid stamps to fill in color with ink pads. So if you’re not the best at coloring these sets … Read More ...
Tina Smith used new stamps from Newton’s Nook to create this adorable Hoot Owl Card. Notice how she created her cloud background inside the die cut frame but added the branch and owl outside and over top of the frame, … Read More ...
Rainbow colors continue to be a strong trend in paper crafting and there are so many ways to add the colors of the rainbow to your cards. The pretty rainbow sentiment on this Birthday Card from Teri was created with … Read More ...
I know we’re into fall but this wonderful Tropical Hula Girl Card from Julie was too cute not to still share, plus this cool bridge card design can work for many different occasions. This card style features a bridge that … Read More ...
Channin used stamps and dies from Honey Bee to create this festive Birthday Card. This card has so much movement looking like the bike is riding into the scene filled with packages in the basket and balloons floating above. The … Read More ...
It’s September 1st and for Harry Potter fans we all know it’s the day you board the Hogwarts Express and head back for another school year and Hogwarts. So I thought it would be fun to round up some of … Read More ...
Marker Forte, Heffy Doodle and Sugar Pea stamps decided to get together and host a blog hop and challenge the participants to create card using products from all 3 companies on one card. Kari was one of those bloggers and … Read More ...
