Inspired by the theme Food and Drink Kath stamped up this fun little booklet. She’ll show you how she inked watercolor paper, added her stamped images and stencil designs and put together her little birthday book.
Subtle Embossing Around Stamps
Instead of using the coordinating die cut to cut out this stamped strawberry image Virginia used it to add a subtle line of embossing around it.
Find more info on this idea over on her blog Yes, Virginia.
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Superhero Slider Card
Let someone know how super you think they are with this adorable superhero slider card. This cute little guy reminds me of Mighty Mouse 🙂
Find the card tutorial on the Create a Smile Stamps blog.
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Unicorn Cards with Ink Pad Card Backgrounds
Chrissie used ink pads as watercolors for the pretty rainbow background on this card. It’s perfect for trendy unicorn or galaxy themed cards.
Visit the Spectrum Noir blog for her video tutorial.
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Cut and Emboss Folders
Spellbinders has new amazing folders that cut and emboss at the same time in one pass through your die cutting machine, how cool is that!? Nichol Spohr added an additional element to them by adding ink to the folders for … Read More ...
Product Review: Stampin’ Up New Ink Pad Design
In their most recent catalog Stampin’ Up introduced a brand new design for their Classic Stampin’ Pad ink pads. This new style is slimmer and easier to stack and store. The tops have a color label and on the … Read More ...
Two Trendy Llama / Alpaca Cards
Llamas and Alpacas are super trendy right now and I’ve seen many fun stamp sets with them. Sugar Pea stamps has a cute one that Stephanie Beauchemin used to make two adorable cards.
Tips for Detailed Watercoloring
Nina-Marie has some great tips on getting detail when watercoloring like how much water to use and how much pressure to apply to the brush. Her stamped and watercolored flowers look so realistic!
Drop Shadow Letters
Lydia Evans got two cards from one cut using the same die cut shapes making these cool drop shadow letter Thank You cards. I love her tip on adhering her dies to acetate to keep them in place, great tip!… Read More ...
Puppy Cards
I’m a sucker for cards with puppies and kitties on them, they are some of my favorite stamp subjects! Yana made some simple but totally adorable puppy cards using new stamps from Pretty Pink Posh. The images are so fun … Read More ...
Underwater Cards with Distress Oxide Glaze
I love Tim Holtz Oxide Oxide Inks they are so versatile and work well with so many different techniques. Adding another layer to these ink is the Distress Micro Glaze. By adding this over top of the inks it adds … Read More ...
Garden Bunny Card
Using some of the new adorable stamps from the Best Bunny set from Stampin’ Up I created this fun bunny in a garden card. I’ll show you some alternative ideas for using dies, like turning a flower die into a … Read More ...
Send Birthday Wishes and Puppy Dog Kisses
Imagine Crafts color of the month is Golden Glow. Gold is an excellent choice for July a month filled with bright sunshine and sparkle! In this tutorial, Elina create this sweet birthday card theme with two puppies that are colored … Read More ...
Subtle Embossed Card Sentiments
Lydia used alphabet dies with an embossing pad to add subtle embossed sentiments to her cards. The pops of color in the layering stamped flowers adds a nice touch to these elegant cards.
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No Line Coloring with Fade Out Ink
The Ink on 3 Fade Out ink pad takes some of the hassle out of no line coloring. No need to hunt around for light ink pads that might not work, this hybrid ink pad is made specifically for the … Read More ...