This wonderful watercolor card from Erum was created using a stencil and Watercolor Brush Markers. She first used a light color of ink to lay down the basic wreath design and then colored over top with the watercolor pens. … Read More ...
Napkin Die Cutting
This technique from Dave Brethauer really blew me away! His die cut shapes have an amazing texture to them and the reason is he used napkins instead of cardstock! And when he adds watercolors to them them puff a bit … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Card
Laura combined cute and vintage together in this pretty Thanksgiving themed card. Plaid patterns, fall leaves and pumpkin pie are the perfect designs for Autumn and adding cute animals is always a good idea!
Easy Watercolor with Arteza Pens
I love using the Arteza Real Brush Pens for water coloring. I find them easy to use, they blend nicely and have build-able color. I used them to color in this beautiful fall girl stamp from LDRS Creative for an … Read More ...
Fall Leaves Shaker Card
Kat used pretty pattern papers and leaf shaped dies to create a fun Falling Leaves Shaker Card for Autumn. She’s sharing directions over on her blog.
Visit Kat Scrappiness to check it out.
-Heather
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Colorful Striped Holiday Cards
Who says you can’t use the trendy rainbow style on Holiday cards? Laura sure did on these beautiful striped Christmas cards. Sticking with pinks, reds and greens she added colorful stripes of cardstock on her card backgrounds and they off … Read More ...
Soap Dispenser Gift Tag
One of my favorite things around the Holidays is all the wonderful scents in items like candles, soaps and lotions. These items make perfect gifts and Ashley has a great way to jazz up a hand soap dispenser
gift with … Read More ...
Make Your Own Foam Stamps
Did you know you can create your own stamps from fun foam? Most manual die cutting machines will cut thin sheets of fun foam so you use your dies to cut out your own stamps. It’s a really quick and … Read More ...
Ornament Window Cards
Stephanie used an intricate snowflake shaped die from My Favorite Things to create two amazing Ornament Window Cards. She used the negative open space for the card window adding additional elements behind or inside. I love how she got two … Read More ...
Christmas Character Tags
The Christmas Character dies from Sugar Pea create 5 adorable character tags for the holidays. Each one fits with their Pocket Tag to create a gift card holder or a gift tag. I love how the hats and accessories can … Read More ...
Holiday Joy Card with a Kissing Technique
The kissing technique is a fun and easy way to add patterns to your stamped images. By touching (or kissing) two stamps together you can transfer a design from one stamp to another. It sounds hard but it’s really a … Read More ...
Metallic Watercolor Christmas Cards
Wow, these cards really shine for the Holidays! Nichol Spohr combine the really popular trends of watercolor and metallics for these stunning Christmas cards. She heat embossed large background stamps from Hero Arts in gold on dark cardstock and used … Read More ...
How to Color a Christmas Lily Card
If you love flowers you don’t have to leave them off your holiday cards many still bloom during the winter months like poinsettia and some lilies. Mindy Baxter used a lovely Amaryllis stamp for this beautiful Christmas card. She has … Read More ...
Using Water Reactive Inks 3 Ways
Using Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir I created this fun winter Yeti Card. These versatile inks can be used for lots of different stamping and coloring techniques. If you missed my review on them last week be sure to … Read More ...
How to Use Stitching Dies without Sewing
Several companies make dies that have holes in them so you can add some stitching. These dies might seem a bit limiting but you don’t always have to add sewing to them. You can use the negative space left from … Read More ...