Some of the most resent release of dies from Spellbinders includes shapes and background designs that have holes for stitching (but they also look nice with sewing too). Zsoka used some of these new dies to create some amazing Stitched … Read More ...
Create a Wood Panel Card Background
Woodgrain texture adds the perfect rustic touch to cards and can be achieved with stamping, die cutting, embossing or just simply buying pattern paper. I love this look for fall, winter and holiday card designs like this one from Yoonsun. … Read More ...
Embossing with Foiling Plates
Hot foil plates are used to add metallic foil in different designs and patterns to your cards and projects. But Angela had the idea to use them with out foil for a dry embossing technique. She combined both ideas to … Read More ...
Christmas Tree Truck Pop Up Card
This truck is ready to bring all the festive feel of the season to everyone on your holiday card list this year! Wil used dies from i-Crafter to create this amazing Pop Up Card featuring a red pick up truck … Read More ...
3 Cards with 1 Poinsettia Stamp
Vicky used the same beautiful Poinsettia stamp from Waffle Flower in three different ways on three different cards. One card is stamped and colored, the other is heat embossed in gold, and the last uses vellum for a soft look. … Read More ...
Color Lifting Snowflake Card
Beth is over on Splitcoast Stampers with a fun technique called color lifting. She first painted a piece of watercolor paper with a blue die based ink then laid a snowflake stencil over top and blotted with a damp paper … Read More ...
Christmas Girl Slimline Card
This sweet girl in the snow is ready for Christmas with her giant tree ornament on this card from Yana Smakula. Yana combined gold foil and gold metallic cardstock for wonderful touches of shine around the design, perfect for the … Read More ...
Oh, Christmas Bee Card
It’s never to early to start on holiday and Christmas cards! If you’re getting an early start here’s an adorable card idea from Lynn. I love everything about this card from the cute bees colored with shimmer paints, to the … Read More ...
Christmas in July Snowflake Card
I don’t normally start my holiday cards until later in the year but I know lots of you do Christmas in July to get a jump start on yours. Verity is over on the WOW! Embossing blog with a card … Read More ...
Quick and Easy Penguin Cards
I used new stamps from My Favorite Things to create 2 quick and easy cards. I wanted to create cards that would work for anyone but especially for men. The darker tones and fun penguins are great for masculine card … Read More ...
Layered Snowflake Cards
Wow, the depth and dimension on these Snowflake Cards from Galina is amazing! She used Distress Inks blended over stencils on the base of the cards, then did the same on vellum paper and layered it over top for a … Read More ...
Funny Nutcracker Christmas Holiday Card
The holidays can be stressful (especially this year) so if you’re feeling a little “over it” this funny snarky Nutcracker card might just sum up your feelings and also lighten the mood a bit. 🙂 Elaine used stamps from Stamping … Read More ...
Christmas Card with Offset Stamping
Anne created a lovely pattern on this Slimline Christmas Card with an offset stamping technique. By stamping the large leafy background stamp in brown ink in a stamp positioner and then slightly shifting the paper and stamping again adding white … Read More ...
Slimline Stenciled Christmas Card
I love the beautiful background Carrisa created for this Christmas Slimline card! She used pretty pink and red ink pads to ink blend over a stencil for a chevron pattern. Over top she she added a die cut wreath and … Read More ...
DIY Dimensional Sentiments
The thickness of chipboard elements and sentiments adds lots of depth and dimension to cards and scrapbook pages. And you can create that same look yourself with die cuts like Eulanda did. She die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment multiple … Read More ...