The no line coloring technique means you use a light colored ink (instead of traditional black) to stamp your images, the result is a softer, more hand drawn look. Nichol Spohr used this technique coloring in her stamped images with … Read More ...
Good Egg Spring Card
Lien used stamps and dies from Reverse Confetti to create this sweet “You’re a Good Egg” card that’s perfect for Spring and Easter. Die cutting the eggs from pattern paper is a quick and easy way to add color and … Read More ...
Card with Stained Glass Effect
This wonderful card from Lounon has the amazing look of stained glass. An open die cut image works well for this technique. She placed her flower die over top of watercolor paper and cut it out, then colored in with … Read More ...
Interactive Strawberry Basket Card
How yummy is this Strawberry Basket Card from Carly?! The top of the card with the strawberries actually pulls out of the basket base to reveal a sentiment or even a gift card for a fun interactive element. To give … Read More ...
Big Hugs Card
This beautiful “Big Hugs” card from Tina is full of texture and dimension with little 3D butterflies, lacey die cut border and dry embossed background. I really love the large die cut sentiment, notice the gradation of blue and yellow … Read More ...
All Ears Bunny Card
This sweet bunny is “All Ears” for a good friend. Jamie used stamps and dies from Rubbernecker to create this card. I love all the pretty touches like the glittery sentiment, sparkly die cut background and soft vellum doily.
Tips to Using Pattern Paper on Cards
One of my favorite things to use in card making (other than stamps :)) is pattern paper. Catherine Pooler is over on her blog sharing some inspiration for using it on card backgrounds, frames, die cutting, layering and more. My … Read More ...
Paris Pop Up Card
Ah, Paris in the Springtime, don’t you wish you where there? I know I do! Marine used cute stamps and dies from Sunny Studios to create this wonderful Pop Up City Card. I love the 3D layers to this pop … Read More ...
3 Sympathy Cards
Sympathy cards are never easy to make but they might be some of the important so you can reach out and let someone know how sorry you are for their loss and that you are there for them. Joy used … Read More ...
Shamrock Backgrounds for St. Patty Cards
Lisa Mensing has 3 fun Shamrock backgrounds that you can use for your St. Patrick’s Day Cards. Using dies and stencils from Whimsy Stamps she created a stenciled background, a shaker card and a little die cut shamrocks popped up … Read More ...
Little Mermaid Pop Up Card
The new Platform Pop Up Dies from Lawn Fawn makes a super fun card that pops up with areas to create a scene in the center and a base that can be decorated all around plus it folds flat for … Read More ...
Easter Treat Holder with Punch Art
I love punch art, seeing someone combine or use parts of punches or die cuts to create something totally new. Angie used parts of a lady bug and different flower punches from Stampin’ Up to create an adorable bunny shape … Read More ...
3 Beautiful Butterfly Cards
Using the new Bibi’s Butterflies products from Spellbinders Jennifer create 3 amazing cards. Combining stamping, die cutting, foiling and stenciling these beautiful cards have so much color, texture and pattern. There’s a butterfly shaped card, a tall slimline design and … Read More ...
Patterned Balloons Birthday Card
Shauna combined pattern stamps and circle dies to create some wonderful pattern balloons for this birthday card. Notice how she added the little triangle at the bottom of each circle to create the look of a realistic balloon along with … Read More ...
Cards with Nesting Dies, 4 Ways
Nesting dies are simple shaped dies that are concentric getting smaller or larger in size. These are some of the most versatile dies and I think all paper crafters should have at least circles and rectangles in their craft room. … Read More ...