If you’re needing to make a quick card or don’t feel very confidant in your coloring skills there are simple ways to add color using stamps without actually coloring them in the traditional way. Kristina is sharing 3 different ways, … Read More ...
Flamingo Paradise Card Tutorial
Shauna used products from Papertrey Ink to create this stunning Flamingo Paradise card. The large cluster of colorful stamped and die cut flowers are the perfect balance to the bright pink flamingo that she ink blended. And the white oval … Read More ...
Gnome Cards Round Up (plus freebie)
Gnomes has been trendy for while now, getting way from just being for Christmas and are popping up for all sorts of holidays and occasions. I thought it would be fun to round up some of my favorite … 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 ...
Lotus Flower Watercolor Card
Since Lotus Flowers float in water what better medium to color them in but watercolors? Gaylynn used stamps from Unity for this stunning card with a white heat embossed wavy background and beautiful stamped and water colored lotus flowers. She’s … Read More ...
Turtle Card with Ink Smooshing Technique
How cute is this little turtle floating in the ocean on this card from Michelle?! She created her underwater background using ink sprays from Tim Holtz with an ink smooshing technique on die cut wave panels for some amazing movement … Read More ...
Dimensional Flower Cards
I love how dimensional and realistic this beautiful flowers look on this card from Laura! She used layering dies from Honey Bee stamps, adding ink blending to colored cardstock for added depth. The white card base also helps these flowers … Read More ...
Flat Shaker Cards
Intimidated by shaker cards? Well Amy R. has a quick and simple way to create shaker cards and bonus, they are flat for easier mailing! She used thin clear plastic from packaging (recycling, that’s another bonus!), wrapped it around her … Read More ...
Succulent Rainbow Card
Michelle Short combined two popular trends, succulents and rainbow colors for this beautiful botanical card design. She stamped the bouquet onto watercolor paper using liquid watercolors to color around the outside of stamped images, she then stamped and colored the … Read More ...
Pirate Ocean Animals Slimline Card
How much fun are these ocean animals dressed up like Pirates?! Annie Williams used cute stamps from Rubber Necker along with some Slimline dies to create the wooden ship with portholes card background. The stamped ocean waves and embossed sentiment … Read More ...
Interactive Birdhouse Card
Debbie used dies from Lawn Fawn to create this fun interactive Birdhouse Card. When you pull the tab at the side of the card the Magic Iris opens up to reveal the sentiment inside the birdhouse, so cute! I love … Read More ...
Colorful Sunflowers Card
Jen used Nuvo Alcohol Markers from Tonic Studios to color in her colorful Sunflower Card. I love this pretty color combo of pinks and yellow! She posted a helpful step by step photo guide of exactly how she colored in … Read More ...
Corner Fold Frog Prince Card
Add some extra interest to your next card design with a simple fold. Robyn folded the corner on her cute Frog Prince Card to reveal part of the background inside the card. I’m always seeing people ask “what do you … Read More ...
String Wrapped Rainbow Cards
A new die cut set from Simon Says Stamp mimic the look of string wrapped rainbows which have a been trendy lately. The dies alone give the look but you also still wrap string around them too. Caly has created … Read More ...
How to Emboss without an Embossing Folder
If you want to add a raised texture to your cardstock embossing folders are a great way to do so but there are other ways to do this technique like using stencils. Lynn used a rubber embossing mat in her … Read More ...