Amber used the same stencil and three different mixed media techniques to create three different card designs. One card has dimension from stencil paste with alcohol inks over top, another is just liquid alcohols and the third was colored in … Read More ...
Nuvo Glitter Markers
Who doesn’t love to add sparkle and shine to their cards? Loose glitter is so messy but Glitter pens and markers can add the perfect touch of shimmer with no mess. Michelle is sharing 3 techniques using Nuvo Glitter Markers … Read More ...
Father’s Day Bear Card
If you struggle with designing masculine cards try modern, geometric styles. Like these card using Geometric Animal stamps from Kari. By using silver embossing powder and adding some simple watercolor to each shape inside the image it gives the look … Read More ...
Bunny Slider Card
Lynnea used a Seesaw Slider die and stamps from LDRS Creative to design this adorable Bunny card. These little guys look like they are having so much fun and the card recipient will also have fun playing with this card … Read More ...
Faux Quilting Birthday Card
Dina used pattern papers and cardstock to create blocks that look like quilted panels to form candles on this birthday card. This is a fantastic way to use up paper scraps. I love that she used a leaf die for … Read More ...
How to Ink Blend on an Embossing Folder
Embossing folders add great texture to your cards but you can also use them to add color as well. I used ink pads and a blender brush to add a blue sky to the starry background on my Unicorn Card. … Read More ...
How to Watercolor on Colored Cardstock
Normally when using watercolors for your cards you’d stamp on watercolor paper but Amber has a technique using cardstock. She used liquid watercolor markers and just a bit of water on a paint brush to color her images with. Using … Read More ...
Watercolor Powder Resist Card Background
Lisa used several different products to create this colorful background on her card. She first stenciled paste onto watercolor paper, then she added Color Burst powders and wet them with water. The paste resisted the colors so the diamond pattern … Read More ...
How To Reink A Dry Ink Pad
We all have the favorite Ink Pad right? Eventually, your favorite ink pad will start to grow weary from helping you create unforgettable layouts, one-of-a-kind handmade cards, planner calendars, notebook pages, and more. That is when it’s time to … Read More ...
Tissue Paper Butterfly Cards
Cindi had the wonderful idea for her butterfly cards of die cutting their wings from tissue paper! This really added lots of dimension and a real flutter to them. And since tissue comes in some many different colors and patterns … Read More ...
Clear Tri-Fold Bee Card
Kristina Werner used new stamps from Colorado Craft Company to create this stunning clear Tri-Fold Card. The top panel is clear acetate with a gold embossed bee on vellum, the panel underneath was created with an ink blended resist … Read More ...
Scrape Painting Card Technique
I sometimes find solid silhouette stamps can be difficult to design with. Karen Dunbrook has a fun Scrape Painting technique that adds a colorful background behind her stamps that she stamped in black. By adding dots of acrylic paints to … Read More ...
Three Card Techniques Using One Stamp Set
Using a lovely Peony stamp set from Recollections I designed 3 cards, each with a different technique. I’ll show you how to ink blend over a mask, how to do an ink smooshing technique and how to color with colored … Read More ...
Glittery Beach Card
Wow, check out all that sparkle and shine on the sand and waves on this stunning Beach Card from Gemma! She die cut her waves and beach from white cardstock, applied clear ink to each section and heat embossing beautiful … Read More ...
5 Vellum Techniques for Cards
Vellum is a thin semi-transparent paper that add a soft touch to any paper crafting project. Justine Hovey has 5 different techniques using vellum, from card bands, to overlays, embossing and backgrounds colored with ink she’ll show you just how … Read More ...