I love the spooky scene that Lynn created with stamping, ink blending and splatter for this Fab-BOO-lous Halloween card! The circle she die cut creates the moon and also an opening in the card front for the bat, who spins … Read More ...
11 Go To Stamping Techniques
Whether you are brand new to stamping or a pro stuck in a technique rut these 11 techniques from Close to My Heart are timeless and perfect to pull out of your repertoire again and again. Some of my favorites … 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 ...
Interactive Halloween Wreath Card
Who says Halloween has to be dark and spooky all the time? I love the non-traditional pastel colors on this amazing Halloween Wreath Card from Mona Toth. This card includes a fun interactive element, the spiders actually move and swing … Read More ...
Slimline Halloween Bats Card
I love the dark spooky feel of this Halloween card from Yana Smakula! The slimline card design gave her lots of room to create a flurry of flying bats using a stencil over an ink blended and shimmer sprayed background. … Read More ...
Magical Halloween Picture Changer Card
Marine used several different stamps sets from Sunny Studio and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this amazing Picture Changer Card for Halloween. When you pull the tap at the top of this interactive design the mouse in the center … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Fox Card
This little fox is sleeping in the pumpkin patch during a windy day on this lovely Thanksgiving Scene Card. Silvia used stamps, dies and stencils from Trinity Stamps to create this design. I love all the movement she created with … Read More ...
2 Autumn Harvest Wagon Cards
Bibi Cameron used some wonderful new dies from Spellbinders to create these two Autumn Harvest Wagon Cards. She used Distress Inks to ink blend shading onto the die cut colored cardstock shapes for added shading and dimension. These rustic wagons … Read More ...
Fall Leaf Cards with Depth and Dimension
These beautiful Fall Leaf Cards have so much depth and dimension without many layers or the bulk of foam tape. This look was achieved by masking off leaf shapes and ink blending in layers over top, finally adding a die … Read More ...
Autumn Card with New Templates
The new Pirouette Templates from LDRS works with your stamp positioner to help you to easily create design patterns with your stamp. You can create circles, spirals, wreaths and more. Lynnea used one of the templates and some LDRS stamps … Read More ...
Easy Autumn Border Cards
These pretty Autumn Border Cards from Terri have a stamped and colored leaf border and stamped sentiment for a clean and simple card design for Fall. She’s got a step by step photo tutorial for creating them over on the … Read More ...
Paper Pieced Pumpkins Card
When you want to add color and pattern to your stamped images but don’t want to get out your markers or colored pencils give paper piecing a try. This technique involves stamping on colored or patterned paper and then cutting … 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 ...
Aloha Birthday Card
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 ...
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 ...