This card from Nora has so much texture and pattern. She used a Gel Plate, applying Distress inks
to the plate with a stencil and was able to use both the positive and negative images from the “print” on her … Read More ...
Rainbow Splash Floral Card
I love the bold rainbow colors on this beautiful card from Channin! She stamped each flower in a different color of Distress Ink, then spritzed them with water and blew the wet colors with an air blaster tool to move … Read More ...
Otter Shaker Card with New MISTI Tools
Heather Nichols used new tools and accessories that make using a stamp positioning tool, like a MISTI, even easier to use. With stamps from Taylored Expressions she created cute shaker cards and is sharing how she used the tools to … Read More ...
5 Ways to Create Interactive Cards
Interactive cards are so much fun to make and even more fun for the recipient to receive! Shari is over on the Simon Says blog with part of their summer class series showing 5 different styles of interactive card techniques. … Read More ...
Tropical Border Shaker Card
I love this bold and beautiful Tropical Card from Galina! One the base of the card she has created a border shaker element which adds so much interest to the card design. Notice how she used tulle instead of clear … Read More ...
Tea Cup Shaped Shaker Card
How sweet is this Tea Cup Shaped Card!? Luisana used a die from Trinity Stamps to cut the card base from pattern paper then she cut an opening at the top for sequins to make it into a shaker card … Read More ...
No Coloring Ice Cream Truck Card
This card is very bright and colorful but there’s no coloring of the stamps involved. Kate used 4 strips of colored cardstock to create the background and stamped the ice cream truck in black over top of the panels. She … Read More ...
Ink Blended Floral Card
Ink blending is a popular and fun way to add color to cardstock. It’s perfect for creating card backgrounds but you can also use this technique to color your stamps too. Mona Toth heat embossed her stamped images with … Read More ...
Gatefold Explosion Card
Anyone else feel like it’s never too early to plan for Fall or Halloween? Sandie is getting ready early with this amazing Autumn Gatefold Explosion Card. But of course you can change it up for any occasion. This card combines … Read More ...
Coloring Stamps with Pastel Chalks
Tina used pastel chalks to add lots of pretty color to the butterflies on her card. She got a terrific tip to get a bold stamped outline when using chalks, she first stamps, then colors with the chalks and then … Read More ...
How to Use Dies to Create Stencils – Mushroom Card
Lydia used her metal dies to create her own stencils for the background on this Magical Mushroom Card. She then used the die cut shapes, colored with watercolors, over top of the stenciled background for a cool card design. This … Read More ...
Floral Card with Inked Shading Technique
Simon Hurley has a quick and easy way to add color and shading to your stamps with a fun inking technique. He adds multiple ink colors all at once to a solid stamp, with darker ink colors
towards to outside … Read More ...
Gate Fold Peaches Card
This sweet birthday card is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face! Connie used stamps and pattern papers from Stampin’ Up to create this yummy Gatefold Card covered in peaches. She sharing directions for folding and stamping over on … Read More ...
Pink Carnation Birthday Card using Layering Stamps
Shauna has some terrific tips on getting the perfect placement with layering stamps. By using a stamp positioning tool and a die cut panel to place the pieces in you can easily layer up different colors of ink on each … Read More ...
How to Die Cut Stamps with the Brother Scan N Cut
For awhile now I’ve been wanting to get a Brother Scan N Cut electronic die cutting
so I could cut out my stamped images. I finally got one and I’m so excited about it. Instead of fussy cutting or spending … Read More ...