I’m so ready for warmer weather, spending time in my back yard gardening and laying in the hammock. So I made this fun hammock card, it’s perfect to send to a friend you’d like to hang out with soon. I’ll … Read More ...
Tips: Beginner to Advanced – 3 Cards with One Stamp Set
Whether you’re a beginner stamper or looking to advance your card making skills Justine Hovey has a great blog post for you. She took one stamp set with it’s coordinating dies from Concord and 9th and made 3 different cards. … Read More ...
Tip: Masking Stamps with Dies Kitty Card
Betsy from Papertrey Ink has a great way to mask your stamps by using the coordinating dies that go with them. Using this technique she calls Mask and Stack she turned one kitty into a big pile of cute kittys! … Read More ...
Project: Star Wars Pop Up Card
I love this Star Wars Pop Up Card using Galactic Adventures stamps from Kindred Stamps! Tonya Boser has directions for making this awesome card over on her blog, Tinkering in Ink, it even folds flat for mailing! Click here to … Read More ...
Tips for Fussy Cutting Your Stamped Images
Back in the “old days” of stamping we didn’t have die cuts to cut out our stamped images so we had to use scissors *gasp* (shocking, I know! :)) Of course I’m just being silly but I bet most of … Read More ...
Tutorial: Hidden Message Card
I love a card that has a surprise element! This adorable Hidden Message card shows one message in the window when viewing the front of the card and a hidden panel slides when it’s opened to reveal another message inside … Read More ...
Tutorial: Easter Egg Card with Masking Technique
If you hop on over to my personal Youtube channel, P is for Paper, I’ll show you how to use masking paper and small floral stamps to make a pretty Easter Egg Card. You can click here to watch it … Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Butterfly Card
This stunning butterfly card was made with layers of die cuts, some colored with Distress Ink . Samantha will show you how she used the positive and negative parts of a butterfly die from Elizabeth Craft Designs over on their … Read More ...
Tip: Dressing Up Die Cut Words
Die cut words and sentiments are a fun way to add big text to your cards. Instead of just die cutting them from plain cardstock try spicing them up. Carissa added watercolors and glitter pen to her “Lucky” St. Patrick’s … Read More ...
Technique: Watercolored Die Cuts
I’ve been seeing a cool trend with die cutting lately of applying color to white cardstock and die cutting the images instead of die cutting colored cardstock. Doing this allows you to customize your colors as well as get more … Read More ...
Project: Easter Bunny Slider Card
How cute is this Easter Bunny in his egg shaped car zooming around on this card?! You can find step by step directions for making this adorable slider card over on the Taylored Expressions blog.
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Tutorials: Six Easter and Spring Card Projects + Inspiration
I’m so ready for Spring! I love the flowers, the weather, bunnies and of course Easter candy 🙂 So I’m excited to see all the new Spring and Easter stamp designs coming out this time of year! And as usual … Read More ...
Technique: Water Colored Die Cut Flowers
Robin Tharaldson totally transformed these flowers that she die cut from just plain white cardstock using water colors. They look so realistic and have so much dimension. The white lacy die cut on the background and black water color splatter … Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Dogs Valentine Treat Bags
Using adorable dog die cuts and a treat bag die from Mama Elephant Laura put together these cute treat bags for Valentine’s Day. I love how you can create all different types of dogs with these dies. (And yes, they … Read More ...
Project: Funny Volcano Valentine Card
I just love a punny card, like this cute “I Lava You” volcano card from Katie. She used fun new stamps and dies from Avery Elle. The paper piecing technique with pattern paper she used makes for quick color and … Read More ...