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Kristina used some beautiful products she designed for Concord and 9th to create this stunning card. She stamped the leaves background and flower with black ink and colored them in using the coordinating stencils. The gold frame and die … Read More ...
You can add additional dimension to die cut designs by applying ink blending to colored cardstocks like Carol did for this stunning floral card. She inked her cardstock before die cutting instead of after which is a nice tip for … Read More ...
Caly used different ink colors and ink blending on stencils for these colorful mushrooms. She put them in a trendy terrarium die with a heat embossed sentiment and die cut pierced background. Watch her video tutorial on the Simon … Read More ...
Lawn Fawn creates the coolest dies that include holes for stitching so you can create amazing over the top cards! Chari use an embroidery hoop die with thread and cross stitching and turned them into fun and colorful beach balls … Read More ...
Carly added color the this darling birthday card by using colored cardstock for the die cut sentiment. Just a touch of color was added with markers to the party hats of the cute critters for this simple card. Visit the … Read More ...
If you want to go all out and stamp something outstanding for a very special someone’s birthday then check out this amazing Birthday Pocket Folio Journal project by Lisa. She created this darling die cut journal that has several different … Read More ...
This stunning Peony floral card from Emily is so elegant with gold embossing for the stamps and soft watercolor to color them in, she even added a wash of color to the background. An embossed sentiment and gold gems complete … Read More ...
Mushroom and forest themes are very trendy right now with Forestcore designs popping everywhere even card making and paper crafting. Amy R. created some dark and moody cards using a cool black out technique with embossing folders. First she ran … Read More ...
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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I’m sure some of you might wonder why here on the Stamping blog I post so many free coloring pages. There are several reasons, one being if you stamps and make cards you probably love to color like I do, … Read More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The brand new Tunnel Scapes dies collection from Spellbinders allows you to design amazing cards that have lots of depth and dimension. There are three different sets of dies that create unique patterns for so many different types of scenes … Read More ...
Stenciling paste is fun way to add texture to your cards and other paper crafting projects, simply spread over a stencil, lift the stencil (clean it with water) and let dry. Most stenciling paste is white which can sometimes be … Read More ...