A Gel Press is a fun tool to create lots of different mixed media designs which are perfect for card backgrounds. You can use ink or pant and also use other tools like stencils and stamps to create patterns. Bibi … Read More ...
Mermaid Birthday Card
This cute mermaid is enjoying a beachy island with a beautiful sunset in the background on this wonderful Birthday Card from Mindy. She used new stamps, dies and stencils from My Favorite Things to create her card, coloring the images … Read More ...
Sunflower Embossing Folder Card
Embossing Folders can help you create quick and easy cards that have lots of depth and dimension. Marybeth took that one step further on her sunflower card by embossing it twice, cutting the flower off, ink blending it and then … Read More ...
2 Easter Basket Cards with No Line Coloring Technique
The no line coloring technique means you use a light colored ink (instead of traditional black) to stamp your images, the result is a softer, more hand drawn look. Nichol Spohr used this technique coloring in her stamped images with … Read More ...
Mouse House Card
Who wouldn’t love to shrink down and move into this wonderful little mouse house?! Bibi Cameron used new stamps from Colorado Craft Company and colored them with watercolor markers, over top of an ink blended background, adding beautiful gold foiled … Read More ...
Rainbow Ink Resist Card
I love how bold, bright and colorful this card from Channin is! She used a splatter stamp from Hero Arts, inking it multiple times in a rainbow of Reactive Ink Pad colors from Hero Arts and heat embossed in clear … Read More ...
Big Hugs Card
This beautiful “Big Hugs” card from Tina is full of texture and dimension with little 3D butterflies, lacey die cut border and dry embossed background. I really love the large die cut sentiment, notice the gradation of blue and yellow … Read More ...
All Ears Bunny Card
This sweet bunny is “All Ears” for a good friend. Jamie used stamps and dies from Rubbernecker to create this card. I love all the pretty touches like the glittery sentiment, sparkly die cut background and soft vellum doily.
Tips to Using Pattern Paper on Cards
One of my favorite things to use in card making (other than stamps :)) is pattern paper. Catherine Pooler is over on her blog sharing some inspiration for using it on card backgrounds, frames, die cutting, layering and more. My … Read More ...
Spring Pixie Card with Masking Technique
One of my favorite techniques when making cards with a scene is masking. This means covering up stamps while stamping over top to create realistic depth and to combine stamps together to create a cohesive image. This is what Sylvie … Read More ...
Puppy Dog Birthday Card
This sweet birthday card from Christy is perfect for anyone who loves dogs or if you know someone who throws party’s for their pets this is the card to bring 🙂 I love how she took color inspiration from the … Read More ...
Paris Pop Up Card
Ah, Paris in the Springtime, don’t you wish you where there? I know I do! Marine used cute stamps and dies from Sunny Studios to create this wonderful Pop Up City Card. I love the 3D layers to this pop … Read More ...
3 Sympathy Cards
Sympathy cards are never easy to make but they might be some of the important so you can reach out and let someone know how sorry you are for their loss and that you are there for them. Joy used … Read More ...
Little Mermaid Pop Up Card
The new Platform Pop Up Dies from Lawn Fawn makes a super fun card that pops up with areas to create a scene in the center and a base that can be decorated all around plus it folds flat for … Read More ...
Floral Resist Technique Card
I love the rainbow of colors on this beautiful card by Lieschen! They used new stamps from Simon Hurley, heat embossing the flowers with white powder on white cardstock then ink blending different colored ink pads over top. The embossing … Read More ...