If you’ve worked with alcohol markers before you know that they don’t blend or bleed with water but since they are alcohol based they can be moved around with alcohol. Joy put alcohol in a water brush, applied her Copic … Read More ...
Slimline Band-Aid Get Well Card
This large slimline Band-Aid die from Whimsy Stamps makes the perfect Get Well Cards. Dawn used it to create an adorable dog themed “Fell Better Soon” card using pattern paper for the band-aid adding cute dog stamps, die cut lips … Read More ...
3 Clean and Simple Cards for Spring
When I make cards I usually like to fill the entire front, it’s hard for me to keep it simple 🙂 But clean and simple designs make for beautiful cards that are quick and easy to create but still have … Read More ...
Floral Card with Drippy Watercolor Technique
Do you find it hard to color inside the lines, are you not very adept at watercolor? Then how about embrace the messy with a purposeful drippy watercolor look like this pretty card from Amy R.? She used inks, lots … Read More ...
Faux Watercolor Technique with Stamps
Carly got the soft, pretty look of watercolor without even having to pick up a paint brush. She used solid stamps stamped with dye or water based inks and a spray bottle with water to achieve a similar look but … Read More ...
Spring Floral Wreath Card
Laura used stamps and dies from My Favorite Things to create this lovely Spring Wreath Card. I love how she used an oval to cut the opening from the base and used it as a guide to form the shape … Read More ...
Tulip Card with Foiled Ribbon
I love foiling, it adds the most amazing shine to cards but I never thought to foil on anything but cardstock. Well, Carol certainly did and the results are beautiful gold foiled ribbon! How cool is that!? She used hot … Read More ...
Greyscale Elegant Easter Card
How elegant is this Easter Card from Lynn? I love the greyscale of black and white with no color, it gives a really classy feel to the card! She used a striped stencil and paste to create her background and … Read More ...
Gel Press Card Backgrounds
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 ...