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This adorable stamped squirrel card has a fun center flap and die cut borders and frames. Squirrel Card.
With Valentine’s Day approaching it’s time to create some handmade cards.
If you’re looking to make something really special and maybe more … Read More ...
This card is perfect for anyone who loves animals, featuring a stamped dog this pouch holds a gift of hot cocoa. Pouch Card
It’s almost Valentine’s Day so it’s time for all the love, hearts and sweets that go … Read More ...
This cute quick and easy heart shaped Valentine’s Day Card from Cathy Z. would be simple to mass produce a bunch for co-workers or classmates. Since this card is an unusual shape and size Cathy needed a custom envelope so … Read More ...
How pretty and colorful are this card and envelope duo? Kristina Werner used watercolor to create a faux dip dye design on both. She created her DIY envelope using a punch board and for the card she die cut the … Read More ...
This sweet Valentine’s Day Card from Channin has lots of gold shimmer from foiling and heat embossing. I love the colorful blocking on the background she created with ink blending and stenciling over the foiled background! A mix of die … Read More ...
There are so many stamping and card-making techniques to learn and play with but there are a few that are sort of essential and will take your designs to the next level. Jaycee is on the Altenew blog teaching 3 … Read More ...
It’s a whole new year and maybe one of your resolutions is to create more cards? Having ideas and supplies planned out before hand is a great way to help you say organized and ready to make those cards and … Read More ...
I love the graphic text on this fun New Years Card from Mindy! She die cut the “Hi” letters, backing them with ink blended and glitter pasted cardstock for some wonderful, colorful shimmer and shine. She then heat embossed the … Read More ...
Lauren’s chipboard letters and shapes, washi tape, and stamps from Wendy Vecchi are the perfect materials for turning a plain white bag and box into beautiful holiday packaging. Not only are these materials stylish and eye-catching, but they are also
If you’re running low on small gift bags for the holidays, don’t worry – there is a quick and easy solution! With a few simple materials, you can create a “Bag-a-lope,” which is a gift bag made from an envelope. … Read More ...
Add a sweet handmade touch to your Christmas wrapping with stamped gift tags. Vera used stamps from Ellen Hutson featuring cute critters decking the halls and trimming the trees to create tags to add to her presents this year. I … Read More ...
Foiling has been super trendy in card making for awhile now and I’ve seen lots of fun ideas with foil but not this amazing technique from Mindy. She foiled on clear acetate! How cool is that!? It gave her sweet … Read More ...
The new Brushed Metallic Cardstock from Altenew comes in gold, silver, copper and rose and gives the wonderful look of brush metal to your paper crafting projects. Pair it with heat embossing, glitter cardstock and shiny gems like these cards … Read More ...
Laura used stamps and colorful ink pads from Simon Says Stamp to create this sweet “Let it Snow” Card. She sharing some great tips on how to condition solid stamps before using them to get a better image as well … Read More ...
I love the mix of metallic silver and deep blue on this elegant Happy Hanukkah card from Kristina Werner! She used an embossing diffuser from Tim Holtz which leaves a flat space when you emboss with an embossing folder so … Read More ...
