I love to go on road trips on my birthday, we usually to the zoo or the aquarium a couple of hours away. So of course I love this wonderful Tri-Fold Birthday Card from Kelly. She used stamps and dies … Read More ...
Stamping Tips for Mixing Stamp Companies
Different stamps from different companies sometimes might have different thickness in the outlines of their stamps. If you want to mix those companies on one project they might not work too well together, so Amanda has a few helpful tips … Read More ...
Combine Stencils for Unicorn Card Background
Lisa used several different stencils from Miss Ink to create the fabulous background for this Unicorn Card. She used an ink blending technique with different colors of ink pads and blender brushes layering heart, cloud and sparkle stencils to create … Read More ...
Coloring Stamps Using Stencils
If you don’t really enjoy coloring in your stamped images with markers or pencils these products from Altenew are for you. Their coordinating layering stencils allow you to use ink blending for quick and easy coloring in stamps with layers … Read More ...
Rainy Day Reading Card
As an avid reader I can’t wait to buy the new Page Turner stamp set from Hello Bluebird. Christy used this set for a sweet rainy day reading card with a girl and her cat hanging out at home in … Read More ...
Create Your Own Pattern Paper for Cards
Looking at the background of these beautiful cards from Jaycee you’d think they were expensive printed pattern papers but he actually created them himself! Using layering stamps from Altenew for the flowers he also added hand drawn stems and splattered … Read More ...
Summery Lemon Card with Custom Sentiment
This wonderful card from Kara is full of summery sunshine and yummy yellow lemons, sure to brighten anyone’s day! But the star of this design is the custom sentiment she created using alphabet stamps and dies. She used a stamp … Read More ...
Thank You Card with Color and Texture
I love the blend of colors with all the bumpy texture on this Thank You Card from Cathy Z.! For her wonderful background she ink blended onto white cardstock with shades of green, purple and blue ink pads and then … Read More ...
Watercolor Mushroom Cards
I know mushroom and fungus aren’t for everyone but personally I love them and these watercolor Mushroom Cards from Lisa look like they came right out of a nature journal. She used Distress Inks to do a quick and easy … Read More ...
How to Create a Stacked Sentiment for a Card
This fun stacked sentiment die cutting technique uses a sentiment die that also has a coordinating outline. Cut the outline die multiple times from different colors of cardstock, cut them in half and stack them with a little space in … Read More ...
Western Starry Night Scene Card
Iliana used layering stencils from Hero Arts to design this wonderful Western Night Time Scene Card. I love the bold colorful sunset sky she created with ink blending with white splatter for the stars contrasted behind the dark mountains and … Read More ...
Underwater Cave Card
I’m not sure I’d have the nerve to dive into an underwater cave but it sure makes for a wonderful card design, doesn’t it? Bobbi used dies and stamps from Honey Bee to create this amazing card. She used ink … Read More ...
Botanical Card with Inked Embossing Folder
Erum has a fun technique to add lots of ink and a bit of shine to a dry embossed card. Using an embossing folder from Altenew she added several colors of inks directly to the raised portions of the folder … Read More ...
Girl’s Night Card with Paper Piecing
Erica has a fun and simple way to add color and pattern to your stamped images with a paper piecing technique. First stamp your complete image on cardstock then stamp it again on pattern paper, fussy cut along the stamped … Read More ...
Apple Shaped Gift Box for Teacher
It’s time to send the kids back to school so be sure to let their wonderful teachers know how much you appreciate them with a sweet little gift. This fun apple shaped gift box is made with a diamond shaped … Read More ...