Amy R. used new stamps and dies with coordinating stencils from Waffle Flower to color and created these adorable Llama cards for the Holidays. You can watch her video tutorial over on the Prairie Paper and Ink blog.
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12 Fruity Handmade Card Ideas using Stamps and Dies
This sunny yellow lemon card from Mindy uses stamps and dies from Gina K. She used different ink pad colors to add shading to the stamped lemons and leaves. Watch her video tutorial on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. … Read More ...
How to Ink Blend on Dies for a Floral Card
You can cut out dies using different colors of cardstock or pattern papers for color but you can also die cut from white cardstock and add your own color too. This is especially helpful when you’re trying to color match … Read More ...
12 Red, White and Blue Card Ideas
Joy used dies to create a pretty jar full of greenery, flowers and small American flags. Notice how she used vellum for the jar to give a semi-transparent look. And I love the addition of light teal blue instead of … Read More ...
12 Handmade In the Garden Card Ideas with Stamps and Dies
Rachel used a beautiful garden trellis die with bricks below to draw the eye into the garden scene with birds and daffodils. She added color to her dies with markers. Find a video tutorial for this card over on the … Read More ...
12 Handmade Tropical Card Ideas
This card features pretty pink Whimsy Stamps die cut Hibiscus flowers and blue leaves in tie dye patterns created with Distress Inks. There’s also a gold embossed sentiment and gold sparkly dot accents for shine too. I spotted this card … Read More ...
Interactive Sub Shop Card for Dad
Let Dad know how truly special he is with an over the top card for Father’s Day or for a birthday. Grace has used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this amazing interactive Sub Shop card. The front … Read More ...
12 Handmade Nautical Card Ideas (Great for Masculine Cards!)
This stunning porthole card has wooden texture from an embossing folder, gold brads for rivets and silver cardstock for the die cut anchor that all give great shine and texture to the design. I came across this idea in the … Read More ...
Create 5 Different Cards with One Butterfly Embossing Folder
If you’re not familiar with embossing folders they are a plastic folder that you place cardstock inside and run through a die cutting machine that creates raised embossed designs. The Fantasy Butterflies embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp has beautiful … Read More ...
10 More Handmade Card Ideas for Father’s Day
If you’re Dad loves the ocean check out this amazing sea turtle Dad and child card from Andrea. She colored the stamped turtles with Copic markers and created her ocean background with inking, splatter, and glaze through a stencil. Learn … Read More ...
12 Handmade Wedding Card Ideas
This lovely card from Nicki uses a dry embossing folder to create the raised design, she used ink pads to add some color. Learn more about this design and see 5 other cards with the same folder over on the … Read More ...
8 Cupcake Birthday Card Ideas
Other than Holiday cards I’m sure most of us create more birthday cards during the year than any other type of card, right? So we’re always on the look out for fresh new birthday card ideas and here’s Simon Says … Read More ...
12 Handmade Father’s Day Card Ideas
Jennifer created a gorgeous outdoor scene of a Father Bear and his child with a heart warming sentiment using stamps colored with Copic Markers. I adore her hand drawn background! Visit the My Favorite Things blog for a closer look.… Read More ...
How to Make Faux Wax Seals
Wax seals have been having a moment lately. I know they’ve been around for hundreds of years and have bursts of popularity from Harry Potter (his Hogwarts letter was sealed with red wax) and again when vintage and mixed media … Read More ...
12 Mermaid Cards for MerMay
There are so many fun sea creatures you can include in Mermaid cards like these adorable otters on Amy’s card. She used stamps from Hello Bluebird for her scene, colored with Copic Markers. Take a closer look at her Thousand … Read More ...