Heather Telford was inspired by a technique from Gelli Arts using a gel plate and real feathers to create some stunning stamped images. I bet other natural items like leaves and flowers would work too, this idea makes me want … Read More ...
How to Apply Foils with Liquid Adhesive
Foiling is all the rage right now! There are lots of different brands of foil and products to apply them, some use adhesive, some use heat but all give a terrific shimmer. Jenny is sharing how to use liquid adhesive … Read More ...
Easter Bunnies Digital Stamp
How cute are these two Bunnies? Allison used markers and a watercoloring technique to color them for her sweet Easter card. She’s sharing a how to video along with a link to download the digital stamp image for FREE!… Read More ...
Mixed Media Journal Page
Carisa used a variety of mediums including a gell press, paint, ink, art crayons and stamps to create this wonderful mixed media journal page. I love the trendy burlap background with washi tape, it makes for terrific texture.
11 Cards with Glitter Paint
Vicky Papaioannou tried out the new Izink glitter paints and created 11 stunning cards, each with big sparkle and shine! This paint is great when used with stencils, it can be painted on or applied with a spatula, they come … Read More ...
Mixed Media Fairy Card
Suzanne shares how she made her mixed media card background using torn pattern papers, paint and string. Along with this sweet fairy image from Some Odd Girl it makes the perfect Springtime card.
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Easter Cross Stitch for Dies
Several companies have dies that cut tiny rows of holes to incorporate cross stitching on your paper crafting projects. They made great additions to cards, book marks, tags and scrapbook pages. Marianne designs is sharing some FREE Easter themed cross … Read More ...
Butterfly Shaped Card
Large shaped dies are perfect for making fun shaped cards. Ilina used a large butterfly die from Hero Arts to cut out her card base, adding some lovely stamped flowers in white embossing which really pop on the dark cardstock.… Read More ...
Pen and Ink Card Technique
Up your doodling game with this pretty technique from Norine. She stamped out some layered flower and leaves in different colors of ink and then added her own hand drawing around the images for a really wonderful artist look. This … Read More ...
Die Cut Watercolor Floral Card
I love how cheerful this Springtime botanical card from Bobbi Smith is. She die cut a bunch of leaves and flowers from white cardstock and then used a water brush and Distress Oxide inks to color her die cut shapes. … Read More ...
How to Add Shading to Solid Stamps
Sometimes solid stamped image can look a bit flat. Nichol has some great tips on adding shading, shadow and depth to solid stamps by using colored pencils. I think this really gives them a much more realistic look.
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Geometric Masculine Card
I find masculine cards can sometimes be tricky to create, I have so many flowers and cute animals stamps and those might not work for every guy. Amber used some bold triangle stamps with dark ink colors and filled them … Read More ...
Light Up Shaker Card
This cute card is double the interactive fun. It’s a shaker card and also when you press the button the terrarium jar lights up. How cool! Kelly shares how she used lights from Chibitronics to create it.
Tropical Vacation Card
These Hippos look like they are ready to head out on a fun tropical vacation. Using some current trends like inking, stenciling and Nuvo Drops Allison created this pretty travel card.
Marbling Card Technique
These colorful cards created by Carly were made using a marbling technique with alcohol inks. The backgrounds are the star so some simple die cutting and a sentiment is all that is needed to finish these off.