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This stunning Christmas Ornament card from Lynnea has amazing shine and texture. She used both flocking sheets and glitter paste on her ornaments for a fun and festive design.
Visit the Lynnea Cards blog to check out her video tutorial.… Read More ...
Mindy Eggen created the most adorable underwater scene for this fun Shadow Box Card. If you live near the ocean or are creating a card for someone who does this holiday using a scene of critters under the waves celebrating … Read More ...
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 ...
Laura combined cute and vintage together in this pretty Thanksgiving themed card. Plaid patterns, fall leaves and pumpkin pie are the perfect designs for Autumn and adding cute animals is always a good idea!
Kat used pretty pattern papers and leaf shaped dies to create a fun Falling Leaves Shaker Card for Autumn. She’s sharing directions over on her blog.
Visit Kat Scrappiness to check it out.
-Heather
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Who says you can’t use the trendy rainbow style on Holiday cards? Laura sure did on these beautiful striped Christmas cards. Sticking with pinks, reds and greens she added colorful stripes of cardstock on her card backgrounds and they off … Read More ...
One of my favorite things around the Holidays is all the wonderful scents in items like candles, soaps and lotions. These items make perfect gifts and Ashley has a great way to jazz up a hand soap dispenser
gift with … Read More ...
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 ...
Stephanie used an intricate snowflake shaped die from My Favorite Things to create two amazing Ornament Window Cards. She used the negative open space for the card window adding additional elements behind or inside. I love how she got two … Read More ...
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 ...
If you have or attend a lot of parties during the Holidays it’s always nice to bring something for your host/hostess or have a little something to present to your guests. Stephanie used dies from MFT to create a few … Read More ...
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 ...
Do you bake for the Holidays? If so these adorable little gift bags are the perfect way to package and pass out your yummy treats this year. The new Baked with Love stamp set from Mama Elephant works for anyone … Read More ...
Christy used new stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to create this fun Fall scene card. Those squirrels are having so much fun jumping in a pile a leaves! I love how she used ink blending on her tree, ground … Read More ...
This Caramel Apple Card looks yummy enough to eat! Amy R. used new dies from Simon Says, applying clear glaze over top to add a wonderful shine.
Visit the Prairie Paper and Ink blog to watch her card making video.… Read More ...
