Joni used stamps from The Greeting Farm to create this fun Pop Up Orca Card. The soft blues and sand cardstocks she used help the whales to stand out. I love how she used a cloud die for the waves, … Read More ...
2 Tone Stamping on Solid Stamps
Solid stamps can look a bit flat sometimes if you only stamp them in one color. There are several ways to add multiple colors to a sold image and one of those is 2 tone stamping. Therese shows how easy … Read More ...
Dry Brush Paint Card Background
Yana Smakula used watercolor cardstock and a dry brush technique to apply acrylic paint
for sine unique card backgrounds. You can create a large sheet of paper and then cut it up to create several backgrounds for your cards. I … Read More ...
Distress Stain Card Backgrounds
Amy used Distress Ink Spray Stains to create a variety of stunning card backgrounds using different techniques. She used them as sprays, as a “watercolor” to paint with, with stencils, used them on dry and wet papers and more. These … Read More ...
Tips for Card Scene Building
I love creating scenes on my card, it’s my favorite style to create. But it can be intimidating trying to put together stamped images to design the perfect little tablo. Cathy has a handy video sharing some of her tips … Read More ...
Mermaid Cupcake Toppers
Mer-May is the perfect time for a mermaid themed party! Sue created her own beautiful watercolor pattern using watercolor markers applied to wet watercolor paper and smooshing it with cling wrap. The results are so colorful and pretty and made … Read More ...
Circus Slimline Shadow Box Card
Slimline cards and Shadow Box cards are both really popular right now and Brenda has combined those 2 styles into one for a Slimline Shadow Box Card for a tall design with lots of dimension. She used the new Trinity … Read More ...
Kitty Cat Birthday Cards
If you have a cat lover on your birthday card list then this one is purrrfect! I used white core cardstock with some dies and an embossing folder and sanded the paper for a great distressed look. I colored the … Read More ...
Tips for Digital Stamps and Copics
If you are new to card making or stamping you might hear the term digital stamp and wonder “what the heck is that?” Digital or Digi stamps are black and white digital files that you print from your computer. They … Read More ...
Teacher Cards w/ Watercolor Backgrounds
Gaylynn used Colorburst powders to create cool backgrounds for her Teacher Cards. These powders come in a bottles and can be sprayed onto wet paper for an easy watercolor background technique as well as for other fun techniques. She’s sharing … Read More ...
Succulent Birthday Card
Succulents and cactus are still really trendy design images. Galina used cute cactus stamps from Studio Katia for this sweet little birthday card, I love the little flower blooms she added! She also used lots of green inks over a … Read More ...
Stenciled Mother’s Day Cards
Laura used stencils from Pretty Pink Posh to create 2 sweet cards for Mother’s Day. These stencils have tiny flowers or leaves on each one which makes it easy to color them separately. Laura used distress ink pads and blending … Read More ...
Spring Showers Card
Tell someone how much they brighten your day with this sweet Spring Showers Card from Tasha. She used dies to create her own circle and raindrop stencils for an ink blended spotlight background on her card. The cute stamps are … Read More ...
Rainbow Zig Zag Background Card
This fun card is a simple way to add loads of color to your next design. Lisa die cut zig zag borders from white cardstock and used Copic Markers to add colorful gradient waves of down each section, when stack … Read More ...
Stamped Cards with No Coloring
Sometimes you need a quick and simple card, sometimes you’re not in the mood to color or maybe you’re not that confident with your coloring skills yet. Either way you can still make an amazing card without coloring in your … Read More ...