Cathy is sharing a great way to create two cards from one stamped panel. She used a large circle with dots rubber stamp to ink and then heat emboss in clear on white cardstock, the added colorful bands ink blending … Read More ...
Rainbow Birds Card
How pretty is this rainbow of birds card from Laura!? She used Distress Inks to ink blend over top of white heat embossed birds in a lovely array of colors across the card. The clean white background helps the colors … Read More ...
3 Easy Easter Cards
Yana Smakula has created 3 easy Easter Cards using some cute new products from Simon Says Stamp. By using the same products but slightly different card layout designs it’s simple to make cards that are similar but different so you … Read More ...
3 Ways to Color on Acetate
I love working with acetate, those clear plastic sheets are fun to use to create shaker and window cards but you can also stamp and color on them too! Rebecca has three different ways to add color to acetate, one … Read More ...
Coloring with Alcohol Inks
Alcohol Inks add loads of color and pattern for card backgrounds but did you ever think of using them to color a stamped image too? Well, Lydia did for this beautiful floral card. She created purple and green inked panels … Read More ...
Heat Embossing on Vellum Technique
I love all the depth, texture, color and dimension on this wonderful card by Anna-Karin! She heat embossing a large background stamp on vellum, then colored in some of the circles and then used a stylus to dome out the … Read More ...
Embossed Card with Spot Blending
By now I’m sure most stampers are familiar with the popular technique of ink blending, adding color to cardstock with a blending tool and ink pad so it’s fun to see someone put a bit of a spin on it. … Read More ...
Mixed Media Valentine Cards
I love the vintage look of these mixed media Valentine’s Day cards from Riikka! For the background of each card she heat embossed a patterned stamp and then painted over top for a resist technique. Each card used a different … Read More ...
Glitter Watercolor Valentine Card
Wow, this Valentine’s Day card from Kristina Werner is stunning! To get this look she heat embossed her stamp with gold embossing on black cardstock and then colored it with glitter watercolor which really pops on the dark paper. Don’t … Read More ...
Quick and Easy Valentine Cards
Deepti combined several techniques for these fun quick and easy Valentine’s Day cards. She heat embossed her stamped sentiments in gold, then masked them and ink blended with Distress Inks over stencils to create amazing patterns for her card backgrounds. … Read More ...
Gnome Valentine Slimline Card
I used cute Gnome stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle with additional dies from Stampin’ Up and Hello Bluebird for this Slimline Valentine’s Day Card. I’ll show you how to use a blender pen and chalks to color in stamped … Read More ...
Emboss with Distress Oxide Inks
Distress Oxide Inks are great for so many inking and stamping techniques including heat embossing. They stay wet long enough to add embossing powder and once embossed have a nice texture and depth of color. Julie used them to emboss … Read More ...
Stenciled Lotus Flower Cards
Ashley used a Lotus Stencils from Penguin Palace to create these stunning cards. I love how she used multiple blue colors of ink blending along with metallic silver heat embossing for a wonderful mix of colors and textures. She’s sharing … Read More ...
Joyful Holiday Card
Tina used soft colorful inks to stamp out the words and candies on the sweet Joy Holiday Card. She used a white gel pen to added faux stitch marks around the edges of the letters which goes perfectly with the … Read More ...