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 ...
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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 ...
Anyone else feel like it’s never too early to plan for Fall or Halloween? Sandie is getting ready early with this amazing Autumn Gatefold Explosion Card. But of course you can change it up for any occasion. This card combines … Read More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I love the rainbow splashes of color all over this fun slimline Pelican Birthday Card from Lynn! She used Zig Clean Color Markers with a blender pen to watercolor her stamped images. And for the background she ink blended her … Read More ...
Kathy used the cute Toadally Unfrogettable Card Making Kit from Simon Says Stamp to create 3 adorable frog cards. From a simple card with pattern paper, to a fun shaker card she’s showing what’s included and how versatile this kit … Read More ...
Many stamp companies have coordinating dies that will cut out their stamped images. Sam has a terrific tip using those types of dies to create a shaker card. Using the die on the top panel of the shaker it creates … Read More ...
This fun Ice Cream Slimline card from Karen looks so yummy! She used stamped pattern paper to create her delicious “flavors” (no coloring needed) and inside the card is a fun little surprise, part of the sentiment is a pop … Read More ...
This unique Pinwheel Fold Card has multiple sides giving lots of room for creating, it stands up easily and folds flat for mailing. Kristina Rees is sharing cutting, scoring and folding directions as well as a video tutorial to show … Read More ...