This wonderful watercolor card from Erum was created using a stencil and Watercolor Brush Markers. She first used a light color of ink to lay down the basic wreath design and then colored over top with the watercolor pens. … Read More ...
Napkin Die Cutting
This technique from Dave Brethauer really blew me away! His die cut shapes have an amazing texture to them and the reason is he used napkins instead of cardstock! And when he adds watercolors to them them puff a bit … Read More ...
Make Your Own Foam Stamps
Did you know you can create your own stamps from fun foam? Most manual die cutting machines will cut thin sheets of fun foam so you use your dies to cut out your own stamps. It’s a really quick and … Read More ...
Holiday Joy Card with a Kissing Technique
The kissing technique is a fun and easy way to add patterns to your stamped images. By touching (or kissing) two stamps together you can transfer a design from one stamp to another. It sounds hard but it’s really a … Read More ...
How to Use Stitching Dies without Sewing
Several companies make dies that have holes in them so you can add some stitching. These dies might seem a bit limiting but you don’t always have to add sewing to them. You can use the negative space left from … Read More ...
Review: Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir
The Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir are fun inks that, you guessed it, react with water! With these slow drying dye based ink pads you can get trendy looks like distress, ink splatters, ink blending and you can even … Read More ...
Little Holiday Bags and Tags
“Paper packages tied up with strings”……..Maggie used stamps to decorate some little bags and tags to create fun tiny packages for the Holidays. Slip in candy or gift cards for a sweet treat to pass out at work or school.… Read More ...
Snow Globe Gift Tags
I think Snow Globes are going to be a popular theme this year, I’m seeing them pop up on lots of paper crafting projects. Marine used some dies and small stamps from Lawn Fawn to create adorable little snow globe … Read More ...
Autumn Leaves Thanks You Card
Shari ink blended white cardstock with fall colors and then die cut the paper with leaf shapes for this wonderful Autumn Thank You Card. Her leaves look very realistic and the touches of gold splatter and copper words add an … Read More ...
Stamping and Shading on Pattern Papers
A quick and easy way to add color and pattern to your stamped images is by stamping on patterned paper. Heather Hoffman used some pretty florals for this technique and added some inking to the edges of her images for … Read More ...
Halloween Balloons Card
Maria had a very clever idea to take stamps that might normally be used for a birthday card, in this case a bunch of balloons, and added some Jack O’ Lantern faces to them to create a fun and festive … Read More ...
Create Custom Ink Colors
Laurie has a fantastic tip to get more from your ink pad colors. She creates her own custom colors by stamping two colors over top of each other for a totally new shade. She stamps the lighter shade then stamps … Read More ...
Haunted House Knock Knock Joke Card
This Haunted House Card from Kara is just too much fun! When you turn the wheel a knock knock joke is revealed and the punch line is hidden behind the door, so clever! She used house and wheel dies along … Read More ...
3 Retro Christmas Cards You Can Make At Home
Do you love a kitschy 50’s retro look? I sure do, especially when it comes to holidays. Hero Arts is embracing this cool retro style with their latest kit and add-ons with stamps, papers, glitter, die cuts and more for … Read More ...
Pumpkin Patch Critters Card
These adorable little fall critters are having so much fun in the pumpkin patch! Christy used some cute new stamps from Hello Bluebird and Copic markers to make her autumn card.
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