I’m sure most of us have lots of glitter in our crafty collections, right? It can be messy but it’s so fun to use for adding great sparkle on cards. Jennifer McGuire has a terrific technique using glitter, she added … Read More ...
How to Watercolor Realistic Peony Flowers
Wow, this card from Debbie almost looks like a photograph instead of a stamped and colored image. To achieve this realistic effect she lightly stamped the large background with markers and then used watercolors to paint them in. Some paint … Read More ...
Self Closing Flap Fold Card Tutorial
This fun Self Closing Card from Jay Jay folds up and stays closed for a unique interactive design. It reminds me of closing a card board box top with out tap, tucking the flaps beneath each other. This card also … Read More ...
Mini Slimline Summer Scene Card
With Slimline style cards being so popular many companies are putting their own twists on them with mini slimline designs. These cards are long and skinny like the traditionally size only smaller. LDRS has released some background dies to fit … Read More ...
DIY Harry Potter – Luna Lovegood Glasses
It’s no secret I love Harry Potter
so of course I also love any Harry Potter related crafts. I recently came across this cute paper crafting project to make your very own Luna Lovegood Spectrespecs. Even though it’s not a … Read More ...
4th of July Hot Air Balloons Card
Marine used some adorable stamps from Hello Bluebird to create a patriotic card for the 4th of July. She turn non themed stamps to fit her holiday/occasion by coloring the hot air balloons in red, white and blue. This is … Read More ...
Color Blocked Landscape Cards
Yana Smakula used new dies from Spellbinders to create some beautiful, colorful Landscape Cards. Using different colors of cardstock she pieced together the different sections of the dies for a color blocked design. A stamped sentiment and a few small … Read More ...
Slimline Flamingos Card with Shimmer Paste
Lynne used cute Flamingo stamps from Art Impressions for this fun couples card, perfect for a wedding or anniversary card. She added wonderful depth and color to her card background using shimmer paste over top of a dry embossed panel. … Read More ...
Coloring a Birthday Card with Copic Markers
If you’re new to coloring stamps watching a video tutorial that is in “real time” can be very helpful so you see all the details of blending and layering colors and maybe even follow along for practice. Angelica is sharing … Read More ...
Coloring Animal Fur with Colored Pencils
If you’re looking to achieve a realistic look when coloring animal stamps colored pencils 
are a great way to add texture to their fur. Bev is sharing a tutorial video over on Technique Tuesday site with details and directions on … Read More ...
Beach Vibes Card Tutorial
I love how Marion used little squares to create 4 little beach vignettes on this Summer Beach Vibes Card. She used a simple masking technique with ink blending to create the sand, ocean and sky and added cute stamped images … Read More ...
Layering Stencils Birthday Card Background
Stencils are so popular and are great for creating backgrounds on cards. Amanda took her stenciled background to a whole new level by adding 3 different stenciled layers to her wonderful Slimline Birthday Card design. She started off ink blending … Read More ...
You’re Pawsome Father’s Day Card
If you’re Dad is a dog lover then this card is perfect for him. The cute little pup “runs” across the card chasing the ball for a fun interactive slider design. I love the large foam letters incorporated into the … Read More ...
Best Dad Light Up Card Tutorial
This awesome Best Dad card from Jenn really shines a spotlight on a great Dad. I mean it, the card literally lights up, how cool is that!? She used EZ Lights from Pear Blossom to add the lighting mechanism behind … Read More ...
Monkey Birthday Card Tutorial
I used some cute new stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to make this fun Monkey Birthday Card. Their new Word Buddies stamps work perfectly with word dies for such a cute card design. For this card I used some … Read More ...