Basic shapes like squares, rectangles, circles and ovals are the building blocks of design. But that doesn’t mean they have to be simple or boring, they can take center stage too. Ellen Hutson calls them Essential Shapes and they can … Read More ...
Easter Bunny Shaker Card
A cute little bunny is peeking out from an opening on this sweet Easter card from Nichol Spohr. The opening is a shaker element filled with sequins. I love the bright yellow plaid pattern paper she used, it’s so Springy!… Read More ...
10 Quilling Videos
With hundreds of quilling videos posted online, it’s hard for those who are new to the craft to know where to start. All Things Paper has narrowed the options to ten favorites that not only are ideal for beginners, but … Read More ...
Books and Coffee Cards
These adorable cards really spoke to me, not just because they have sweet little animals on them but because they featured 2 of my favorite things, books and coffee! I can’t live without either 🙂 Using stamps from Eveline T. … Read More ...
Gnome Bunny Easter Card
Gnomes are everywhere right now and this adorable little guy is all dressed up in his bunny ears and ready for Easter. Amy R. has used a no-line coloring technique to watercolor up this fun card and has a tutorial … Read More ...
Funny Grumpy Unicorn Card
Usually unicorn and rainbow cards are happy and sweet but this hilarious card features a grumpy unicorn and a funny sentiment. He’s part of the new Mythical Grumplings stamp set from Taylored Expressions. There’s also a dragon and Yeti too. … Read More ...
Metallic Gels for Stenciling
The Metallix Gel from Deco Foil will add sparkle, shine, color and texture to your cards and paper crafting projects. They work beautifully with stencils as Catherine Pooler shares on her blog with several different stenciling ideas and techniques. And … Read More ...
Gold Inlaid Sentiment Card
Arjita used flower stamps from Trinity and colored them with Copic Markers for this lovely floral card. For the sentiment she die cut the letters directly from the stamped panel as well as from gold metallic cardstock and then inlaid … Read More ...
State Flower Postage Stamp Cards
Gina K has some amazing State Flowers stamp sets that are perfect for creating custom cards that show pride in your state. Melanie combined them with postage stamp designs to create some really beautiful cards. She’s sharing a tutorial over … Read More ...
Xyron Glaminator Review and Giveaway! (GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED)
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I recently got the chance to try out The Glaminator from Xyron. This machine does hot and cold lamination as well as FOILING! So you can easily add shimmer and shine to your paper crafting projects … Read More ...
Mirror Stamping with a Media Mat
Mirror Image Stamping is a fun technique that allows you to stamp the reverse of an image. This makes for fun card where your images can face each other or you can add a reflection. The silicone Media Mat from … Read More ...
Spring Animals Card with Ink Blending
I love how the animals on this adorable Spring Card are all shaped like eggs, so cute! Sandie masked off each stamped animal so she could ink blend a pretty background. She finished off her card by coloring her animals … Read More ...
How to Make a Shadow Box Card
Eva is over on the Pebbles blog showing how easy it is to create your own Shadow Box Card. She’s got direction on how to cut and core the card base. And to make it even quicker she used pre-made … Read More ...
Heat Embossing Techniques – Create 5 Cards with 1 Stamp
I love a versatile stamp, if I can use it in many different ways I really feel like I’ve gotten my monies worth. Simon Hurley used a floral stamp set and several different heat embossing techniques to create 5 beautiful … Read More ...
Butterfly Box Card
How pretty and Springy is this card from Dina Kowal!? This box style pop up card opens up to reveal some lovely butterflies but still folds flat to fit inside an envelope. She’s sharing step by step photo direction as … Read More ...