I love the old school look of typewriters! Real typewriters can still be used today to not only write letters but also for crafting, I love typewritten phrases on cards or journaling on scrapbook layouts! Or just the image of … Read More ...
How to Make a Flip Card
This adorable flip card shows the boy on the front and when the card is opened the oval flips and reveals that he’s holding a gift behind his back. Lihn used front and back stamp images from The Greeting Farm … Read More ...
How to Add Embroidery to Your Cards
No, this isn’t the sewing section of the blog but as card makers we can also add some pretty stitches to our projects too. Angela used a Piercing Die Cut and used colorful embroidery floss to add some simple graphic … Read More ...
Treat Box and Easel Card in One
This sweet project from Cristena combines an easel card and a treat box in one. Decorated with dies and stamps the top flap opens up to form the easel card with another flap underneath that to reveal the chocolate squares … Read More ...
Heart Card Using Paper Strips
Have lots of strips and scraps of pretty cardstock laying around (I sure do! :)) Well put those to good use on a pretty card like this one from Samantha. She used strips of pink, red and peach cardstock adhering … Read More ...
Gnome Love Valentine’s Day Card
I love the rich pink and purples on this Valentine’s Day card from Ashley! She used Distress Oxide Inks and a blending technique to create the beautiful background that shows through behind the die cut letters. And how cute is … Read More ...
Heart Pocket Cards
How pretty is the peach and gold color combination on these sweet Valentine’s from Jamie!? She used gold foiling on vellum tags tucked inside the pocket card that has a heart shaped opening, adding stamped sentiments to the tag and … Read More ...
DIY Small Treat Box
This adorable tiny treat box is the perfect size for small candies or even jewelry for Valentine’s Day or any occasion. Using cardstock to create the box you punch or die cut shapes on the lid to show the design … Read More ...
Masking a Large Stamp for a Valentine Card
There are lots of large detailed stamps out there that can fill the entire front of card but what if you don’t want to use the entire image? Then a masking technique is perfect to try. Jill used sticky note … Read More ...
How to Create Heart Shaped Cloud Cards with Erasers
Sandy used colored pencils and erasers to create beautiful sky scenes with heart shaped clouds, perfect for Valentine’s Day. She created her design with a couple of different techniques, one used pencil shavings to create the clouds, adding rays with … Read More ...
Llama Slider Card with Mirror Stamping
This sweet interactive card from Lynn features two Llamas and when the tab on the card is pulled they come together and kiss, how cute! To create her card she using a single Llama stamp from Art Impressions and a … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Gnomes Card
Christy used super cute gnome stamps from Hello Bluebird to create this wonderfully sweet card design. She colored her stamped images with Copic markers, placing them over a simple watercolor background along with pattern papers on the card base that … Read More ...
Hidden Message Card
Wendy used a cool die cutting technique to create a “hidden message” on the front of this beautiful card. The background is pretty pattern paper that she die cut the sentiment from, she cut the same sentiment again from cardstock … Read More ...
Stenciled Heart Cards
These lovely heart cards from Amy are quick and simple to create. She used concentric heart shaped stencils and ink pad trios from Simon Says to create the layered hearts. Notice how she took part of the hearts off the … Read More ...
Chipboard Valentine’s Day Card
The line of Chippies accents from Wendy Vecchi are made of sturdy chipboard that can be inked and painted for fun card and paper crafting embellishments. Lauren used them to create a wonderful Valentine’s Day Card with a vintage feel. … Read More ...