The inlaid frames that Nichol used on these lovely Spring and Easter cards really creates a wonderful spotlight on the focal images. She’s sharing a video on how she made all three card using My Favorite Things stamps and dies.… Read More ...
Ink Blended and Embossed Card with Vellum
Crystal stamped the large floral image from Unity stamps onto white cardstock and heat embossed it in silver and then ink blended a pretty color gradation over top for an amazing looking card base. I love the soft touch the … Read More ...
Easter Card with Die Cuts
Jeanne Jachna used a combination of ink blending, stenciling and watercolor for her card background on this sweet Easter card. All the fun die cuts she used are new from Poppy Stamps. She’s sharing how she put it all together … Read More ...
Ink Blending: Distress vs Oxide Inks
Distress Ink from Tim Holtz have been out quite a while now and have become a stamping staple in most craft rooms. We also now have Distress Oxide Inks and they have quickly become just as, if not more popular, … Read More ...
Distress Inks 5 Ways
Distress Ink pads are great for ink blending, watercolor, backgrounds, adding color, direct stamping, smooshing and more. Jessica Frost-Ballas shares 5 different ways you can use Distress Inks on your cards.
Visit the Simon Says Stamp blog for more info.… Read More ...
Elephant Valentine Card
Kelly Latevola used lots of popular trends like white heat embossing, ink blending and stencilling to make this super sweet elephant card. These new products from Neat and Tangled she used are so cute!
Valentine Framed Art with Matching Card
Stephanie created a lovely card with matching framed art to give as a gift for Valentine’s Day or even a wedding or anniversary. She created her pretty rainbow hearts with ink blending and die cutting.
She’s sharing her project tutorials … Read More ...
Otter Valentine’s Day Card
How sweet is this otter Valentine’s Day card? Laura used a background technique using Distress Ink and Micro Glaze for a cool water effect.
She’s sharing her video tutorial over on the SugarPea Designs blog, click here to watch.
-Heather… Read More ...
Skunk Valentine with Ink Blending Brushes
Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz on line about some brushes used for ink blending and that there was a much less expensive alternative makeup brush that gave similar results. I thought I’d give the dupe brushes a … Read More ...
Shaded Stencil Cards
Gina K. used blender brushes and ink pads to apply ink over top of stencils for some stunning card designs. She’s got tips and tricks for getting a prefect shaded look over on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
Cards with the Look of Batik
This stunning cards from Norine have the look of batik dyed fabrics. She used layers of ink blending and heat embossing to make her lovely leafy cards.
Visit the Altenew blog for more info.
-Heather
… Read More ...Valentine Mouse Baking Card
This cute little mouse is baking up some tasty treats for Valentine’s Day on this yummy looking card from Nichol. She’ll show you how to ink up the background and stamp and die cut the images with new items from … Read More ...
Stenciled Snowflakes Card
I love using non traditional colors for holiday or winter cards. I think the pink behind the snowflakes on the sweet card from Maureen gives it a bit of a cool retro look. She’ll show you how she used die … Read More ...
Christmas Deer Scene Cards
I love the intense inked backgrounds with snow and the glittering hill and trees on these lovely scene cards from Angelica. Using the same design but changing the sentiments and background from blue to pink has added a whole other … Read More ...
Wreath Cards with Masking Technique
You don’t need a wreath stamp to make a wreath. Using a donut shaped mask Ardyth filled in the open spaces with stamps and ink blending to create a fun wreath shape. This ideas can be used for many seasons … Read More ...