The holidays are a hectic time but us card makers still want to find time to create cards for the season. If you’re making cards but are pressed for time this year try creating clean and simple cards. Even the … Read More ...
Fall Hedgehog Card
Kristina Werner added some fall leaves and a banner around this adorable hedgehog stamp to create a simple Fall wreath design. She used watercolors for her images and I love the shadow she added to each one, it adds a … Read More ...
Ink Techniques Autumn Card
Yana combined some cool ink and stamping techniques on this wonderful Autumn Card. She first heat embossed her images in white, ink blended over top in fall colors, then wiped away the excess ink for a resist technique and then … Read More ...
Christmas Candy Shaker Card
I love how the candies on this card look like they are cover in real sugar, they look good enough to eat! Ardyth used colorful ink pads and glitter paste for her die cut candy shapes to make them look … Read More ...
Fall Swing Easel Card
Wendy Lee is sharing step by step photo and video directions on how to create a fun Swing Easel Card. She used an Autumn theme but this versatile idea can be altered for any occasion.
Review: Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir
The Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir are fun inks that, you guessed it, react with water! With these slow drying dye based ink pads you can get trendy looks like distress, ink splatters, ink blending and you can even … Read More ...
Little Holiday Bags and Tags
“Paper packages tied up with strings”……..Maggie used stamps to decorate some little bags and tags to create fun tiny packages for the Holidays. Slip in candy or gift cards for a sweet treat to pass out at work or school.… Read More ...
Snow Globe Gift Tags
I think Snow Globes are going to be a popular theme this year, I’m seeing them pop up on lots of paper crafting projects. Marine used some dies and small stamps from Lawn Fawn to create adorable little snow globe … Read More ...
Easy Watercolor Holiday Cards
Water coloring doesn’t have to be neat and perfect, it’s one of the great things about that medium. Sandy Allnock used some loose and easy watercolor techniques to create these wonderful Autumn and Christmas Foliage Cards.
Holiday Baking Treat Bags
Do you bake for the Holidays? If so these adorable little gift bags are the perfect way to package and pass out your yummy treats this year. The new Baked with Love stamp set from Mama Elephant works for anyone … Read More ...
Fall Squirrels Card
Christy used new stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to create this fun Fall scene card. Those squirrels are having so much fun jumping in a pile a leaves! I love how she used ink blending on her tree, ground … Read More ...
Create Custom Ink Colors
Laurie has a fantastic tip to get more from your ink pad colors. She creates her own custom colors by stamping two colors over top of each other for a totally new shade. She stamps the lighter shade then stamps … Read More ...
Jack O Lantern Card
I love how Cassie cut apart a large detailed background die cut shape to create something smaller for the background of her Halloween Card. It’s a great way to get more from your dies! And the black glitter paper works … Read More ...
Haunted House Knock Knock Joke Card
This Haunted House Card from Kara is just too much fun! When you turn the wheel a knock knock joke is revealed and the punch line is hidden behind the door, so clever! She used house and wheel dies along … Read More ...
Stamped Fabric Bag
Martha has directions for customizing a muslin fabric bag with layering stamps and Versa Color Ink Pads. I find I don’t always get the best image when stamping on fabric so I love her tip of using a stamp positioner … Read More ...