Using Metallic Pan Pastels
over top of cardstock that was dry embossed Kyra created a wonderful faux metal background. This cool technique adds texture and shine to your cards and is perfect for Autumn or Masculine cards. She’s sharing step … Read More ...
Halloween Shaker Card
Mindy used a candy corn stencil for the background and a spooky cake stamp for the focal point (both from Sassy and Crafty) for this fun Halloween shaker card. I love the Halloween confetti she used inside the shaker!
2 Fall Slimline Cards
Annie Williams used cute stamps from Rubberneckers to create two slimline card for Autumn. I love the fun scenes she created on each, the woodland animals and gnomes colored in fall colors are perfect for this time of year.
Halloween Mixed Media Tag
This amazing Halloween Mixed Media Tag from Emma Williams is a true work of art. She used stamps, dies, paints, inks, embellishments and more from Tim Holtz for this wonderfully spooky tag. I love the creepy skeleton hands reaching around … Read More ...
Hello Autumn Card
Kath Stewart used Distress Ink Pads and dies from Tim Holtz for this wonderful Hello Autumn card. Using the small ink cubes and swiping them across her paper is a simple but effective way to create a colorful card background … Read More ...
Threaded Rainbow Card
Just when I think I’ve seen every idea for creating a trendy rainbow card someone comes up with a new clever design. Caly Person was inspired by a card she saw on Instagram and created this card using sewing thread … 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 ...
Foiling on Wood Paper
Oooh, I really love the mix of wood and metallic on this card from Jenny! Using hot foil Glimmer Plates
from Spellbinders she was able to apply the brass colored foil onto wood paper. Isn’t this the perfect look for … Read More ...
Fall Animals Watercolor Cards
I love how easy and forgiving watercolor can be and you can choose to keep it really simple or add lots of details and hand painted backgrounds for a more complicate design. Sally Allnock does amazing work with watercolor and … Read More ...
3 Friendship Coffee Cup Cards
Even if you can’t meet a friend for coffee you can still send them a warm hug in the form of a card. Using the same stamp set and some pretty pattern papers Aga made 3 sweet Friendship Coffee Cards. … Read More ...
Fall Scarecrow Card
If you’re looking for an easy way to add color and pattern to your stamped images paper piecing is the perfect technique. Stamp onto a piece of patterned paper, cut out the section you want and glue it to your … Read More ...
Acrylic Painting Ideas with Vicki Boutin
Acrylic paints + paper = the papercrafting brilliance your projects have been missing! Join dazzling designer, crafter, and blogger Vicki Boutin in this enlightening introduction to acrylic paints in papercrafting!
Take a tour through the beginner basics of applying Vicki’s radiant Acrylic Color Pop … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Oven Card
These little mice are having a blast getting ready for their big Thanksgiving Day Feast. Marine combined stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn for this fun kitchen scene where the magic picture image inside the oven changes when the tab … Read More ...
Halloween Copic Coloring Card
This amazing Halloween slimline card was created with one large, long background stamp from Rubbernecker. Michelle used her amazing coloring skills and her Copic markers
to color in the design.
Visit the Rubbernecker blog to watch her coloring tutorial video.… Read More ...
Colorful Autumn Leaves Cards
Who says you have to use only traditional fall colors for fall leaves? Laura used a rainbow of beautiful colors for these pretty Autumn cards using stamps and dies from Honey Bee. I love how the layered die cut … Read More ...