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 ...
Add Color To Embossing Folders
Theresa is sharing two different ways to add color to paper with embossing folders. The first technique is ink blending on the cardstock in an ombre’ pattern and then embossing, the second is to add ink directly to one side … Read More ...
Wonderful Winter Card
This lovely card from Cathy Z really captures the beauty of winter. She used grey ink on a Gelli Press Plate spritzing it with water for the first layer of her card background, she then ink blended additional colors for … 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 ...
Mixed Media Tips and Techniques for Beginners with May Flaum
Noted crafting expert May Flaum demystifies the art of mixed media and shows you just how simple, beautiful, and creative this popular trend can be. This is a class where you can truly allow your imagination to run wild and … Read More ...
Feeding the Birds Slimline Card
How sweet is this winter card from Marine? She used a trendy long Slimline design which gave her lots of room to create a scene with Hello Bluebird stamps of two cute girls feeding birds and squirrels. I love the … Read More ...
Layered Snowflake Cards
Wow, the depth and dimension on these Snowflake Cards from Galina is amazing! She used Distress Inks blended over stencils on the base of the cards, then did the same on vellum paper and layered it over top for a … Read More ...
Slimline Stenciled Christmas Card
I love the beautiful background Carrisa created for this Christmas Slimline card! She used pretty pink and red ink pads to ink blend over a stencil for a chevron pattern. Over top she she added a die cut wreath and … Read More ...
Warm Hugs Holiday Card
This year the Holidays are going to be different for many of us and it might mean we can’t always be with the ones we love. But you can still send them a Warm Hug in the mail in the … Read More ...
Slimline Christmas Winter Village Card
Slimline cards are all the rage and lots of companies are jumping on this trend with stamps and dies to create these fun tall cards. But you really don’t need anything special to create them, so much of the stamping … Read More ...
Christmas Mice Card
Katie used new stamps and dies from Avery Elle to create this adorable Mice Christmas Card. She sharing a helpful tip for making a template to insure your clear stamps with thin details are in the correct position when you … Read More ...
Peek-A-Boo Dylusions Tag Card
Add a bit of joy (and color) to someone’s day with this creative card tutorial by Kristi Nazzaro! In this tutorial, Kristi shares how she transforms a large Dylusions tag into a clever peekaboo card featuring the latest additions … Read More ...
Leaf Stamping on your Handmade cards
Don’t have a leaf stamp for Fall cards? No problem, just step outside and grab a real leaf. Nicol applied Goosebumps texture paste onto a leaf and applied it to her card front with a brayer, she then ink … Read More ...
Halloween Wreath Card
Simon Says Stamp and Brutus Monroe teamed up for a wonderful stamp set collab of holiday wreaths. Shari used the Halloween wreath and designed this wonderfully spooky card. For the background she combined ink smooshing, ink blending and stenciling and … Read More ...
Dylusions Ink Spray Shaving Cream Backgrounds
Making abstract backgrounds for projects can sometimes be more fun than making an actual project. That is certainly the case with this one! If you like gel printing and making a plethora of backgrounds at once- then this is for … Read More ...