Interactive cards are so much fun to make and even more fun for the recipient to receive! Shari is over on the Simon Says blog with part of their summer class series showing 5 different styles of interactive card techniques. … Read More ...
Tropical Border Shaker Card
I love this bold and beautiful Tropical Card from Galina! One the base of the card she has created a border shaker element which adds so much interest to the card design. Notice how she used tulle instead of clear … Read More ...
2 Dinosaur Cards Tutorial
Lynnea used stamps and stencils from Sassy & Crafty to create two fun Dinosaur cards. One features an ink blended silhouette, the other has a stenciled background with cute stamps of kids and dinos. These are sure to put a … Read More ...
Tea Cup Shaped Shaker Card
How sweet is this Tea Cup Shaped Card!? Luisana used a die from Trinity Stamps to cut the card base from pattern paper then she cut an opening at the top for sequins to make it into a shaker card … Read More ...
No Coloring Ice Cream Truck Card
This card is very bright and colorful but there’s no coloring of the stamps involved. Kate used 4 strips of colored cardstock to create the background and stamped the ice cream truck in black over top of the panels. She … Read More ...
Ink Blended Floral Card
Ink blending is a popular and fun way to add color to cardstock. It’s perfect for creating card backgrounds but you can also use this technique to color your stamps too. Mona Toth heat embossed her stamped images with … Read More ...
Nautical Pop Up Box Card
Crêté Angélique used products from Graphic 45 to create this wonderful Nautical Pop Up Box Card. It’s a perfect masculine card or for anyone who loves the sea. She’s sharing a template and step by step, cutting, folding and assembly … Read More ...
Coloring Stamps with Pastel Chalks
Tina used pastel chalks to add lots of pretty color to the butterflies on her card. She got a terrific tip to get a bold stamped outline when using chalks, she first stamps, then colors with the chalks and then … Read More ...
How to Use Dies to Create Stencils – Mushroom Card
Lydia used her metal dies to create her own stencils for the background on this Magical Mushroom Card. She then used the die cut shapes, colored with watercolors, over top of the stenciled background for a cool card design. This … Read More ...
Floral Card with Inked Shading Technique
Simon Hurley has a quick and easy way to add color and shading to your stamps with a fun inking technique. He adds multiple ink colors all at once to a solid stamp, with darker ink colors towards to outside … Read More ...
Gate Fold Peaches Card
This sweet birthday card is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face! Connie used stamps and pattern papers from Stampin’ Up to create this yummy Gatefold Card covered in peaches. She sharing directions for folding and stamping over on … Read More ...
Pink Carnation Birthday Card using Layering Stamps
Shauna has some terrific tips on getting the perfect placement with layering stamps. By using a stamp positioning tool and a die cut panel to place the pieces in you can easily layer up different colors of ink on each … Read More ...
Stenciled Floral Card
Lynnea used stencils from LDRS to create this stunning Floral Card. The main images are from a layering stencil set that allows you to ink each section a different color for a very realistic look. The background is a single … Read More ...
Fairy Forest Glen Card
Joy combined several different stamps and die set from Lawn Fawn to create this amazing Fairy Forest Glen Card. I love her mix of pink, purple and teal colors, adding touches of glitter, it’s perfect for any fairy home! She’s … Read More ...
Versatile Stencil Card Backgrounds
I love having large stamps or stencils that are very versatile and will work to create backgrounds on lots of different styles of cards, I feel like a I really get my moneys worth out of them. Vicky is using … Read More ...