Succulents and cactus are still really trendy design images. Galina used cute cactus stamps from Studio Katia for this sweet little birthday card, I love the little flower blooms she added! She also used lots of green inks over a … Read More ...
Stenciled Mother’s Day Cards
Laura used stencils from Pretty Pink Posh to create 2 sweet cards for Mother’s Day. These stencils have tiny flowers or leaves on each one which makes it easy to color them separately. Laura used distress ink pads and blending … Read More ...
Spring Showers Card
Tell someone how much they brighten your day with this sweet Spring Showers Card from Tasha. She used dies to create her own circle and raindrop stencils for an ink blended spotlight background on her card. The cute stamps are … Read More ...
Kitty Cat Birthday Card
This adorable Birthday Card from Marine is sure to put a huge smile on any cat lovers face! And speaking of faces, I love how she added frosting to the kitty’s mouth and that “purrrday” pun, it’s all so cute! … Read More ...
Tips for Choosing Ink Blending Tools
When it comes to ink blending and stenciling it can be hard to know what the best tools to use are. There are tools with bristles, tools with foam, different sizes, shapes and brands. And also the type of paper … Read More ...
2 Mini Slimline Cards from 1 Panel
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 ...
Stenciled Rainbow Floral Card
Amy R. used Distress Inks and a pretty flower stencil from Simon Says to create this beautiful rainbow colored Floral Card. After inking she sprayed water to get a faux watercolor look and then added some splatter and large sentiment … Read More ...
Clean and Simple Hello Card
Want to send someone a quick note just to say “Hi”? This clean and simple card design is just the thing. Michelle ink blended the bottom section of a white card base, then stenciled some flowers over top and added … Read More ...
Stencil Background Floral Card
This lovely card from Channin has a graphic modern look with sections of colors and the simple black stamped image and sentiment. For the background she used the “beam” from a light house stencil to ink blend different color blocks … Read More ...
Underwater Mermaid Cards
Caryn used new products from Avery Elle to create a couple of sweet Underwater Mermaid Cards. For the backgrounds she created her own stencil with a wave die, adding color over top with ink blending and ink sprays. She colored … 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 ...
Floral Wreath Stencil Card
Laura used stencils from Pinkfresh Studio to create this pretty Spring Floral Wreath Card. These layering stencil give lots of depth and dimension to the stenciling and I love the blend of soft pastel ink colors she used, perfect for … Read More ...
Daisy Thank You Card
I love the combination of foiling, die cutting and inking on this beautiful card from Vicky. She used the cool new Kitsch Flamingo Pink Distress Oxide Ink along with Marmalade to ink the background and then added gold foiling over … Read More ...
Koala Mini Slimline Card
Nina-Marie has a great tip for getting more from your stamps. She “stretched” this fun Koala tea cup stamp by using the tea cup portion of the stamp twice, stacking them up for an even taller image. She filled the … Read More ...