I just love a punny card, like this cute “I Lava You” volcano card from Katie. She used fun new stamps and dies from Avery Elle. The paper piecing technique with pattern paper she used makes for quick color and … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Masculine Notebook Cover
I love how masculine this notebook cover from Kath Stewart is. Using products like stencils, paste, rub on stamps and crayons from Tim Holtz and some cool techniques like resist she’s got photo directions for how she made it over … Read More ...
Project: Valentine Card with Blending Techniques
This bunny couple is so sweet on this adorable Valentine’s Day card from Nichol Spohr! She used a couple of different blending techniques, Distress Ink blending for the background (which is super trendy in card making right now) and colored … Read More ...
Project: Bird Nest Baby Card
I used a stamp from the new Flying Home set from Stampin’ Up for to make this sweet baby card. It could also be sent to a family to welcome them to a new home. I filmed a video tutorial … Read More ...
Project: Dog Valentine Treat Holder
Oh my gosh, how cute is this little doggy treat holder for Valentine’s Day? Tamatha has a video tutorial over on MayMay Made it with complete project directions, click here to check it out.
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Project: Bright Birds Card with Colored Pencils
This lovely card is so bold and bright! Sandy Allnock did some no-line stamping on “desert storm” cardstock and colored the birds using colored pencils. She’ll take you through her coloring process over on Ellen Hudson’s Classroom blog.
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Technique: Tone on Tone Ink Blending
I love the beautiful gradation of color with the bright pops of colorful hearts on this pretty Valentine card from Mindy Eggen. She’ll show you how to do a tone on tone ink blending technique using stencils over on her … Read More ...
Projects: Otter Valentine Cards
The blue ink blended background gives the perfect hit of water behind these adorable otter stamps. Christy will show you how to make the background and color the otters with Copics over on her blog, Christy Gets Crafty, click here … Read More ...
Project: Game of Thrones ATC’s
Do we really have another year to wait for more episodes of Game of Thrones? How will we get by? Well, one way is to make fun projects like these awesome ATC’s (artist trading cards) using Game of Thrones inspired … Read More ...
Project: Water Colored Unicorns Card
I have loved Unicorns since I was little and am so excited to see them make such a huge come back! Using the cute new Unicorn stamp from Stampin’ Ups Magical Day stamp set I’ve filmed a card tutorial showing … Read More ...
Project: Valentine Card Deck with Box
This fun handmade deck of cards with box would be a great little gift to pass out on Valentine’s Day. Made using the We R Memory Keepers Square punch board, cardstock and some stamps, it’s a fun way to give … Read More ...
Project: Bold Color on Black Valentine Card
Wow, the bold pop of color on the black background of this card from Heather Telford is just stunning! She heat embossed her stamp on black cardstock with gold embossing powder and colored it with pearlescent water colors. Visit the … Read More ...
Project: Shaker Card with Colored Pencils and Gamsol
How sweet is this elephant shaker card? I love the soft blended colors that Nichol Spohr got by using Polychromos colored pencils and Gamsol (a type blending solution) to color the stamps from Mama Elephant. She’ll tell you about … Read More ...
Tips for Working with Vellum
Vellum adds such a nice soft touch to cards. But since it’s transparent it can be a little difficult to figure out how to adhere it. Laurie Schmidlin has some great tips on her blog like sewing down vellum or … Read More ...
Project: Hedgehog Slider Card
I thought the adorable new Hedgehugs stamp set from Stampin’ Up would be a perfect set for a slider card for Valentine’s Day. The cute girl hedgehog slides toward the boy who’s holding a flower. I made a tutorial video … Read More ...