Add some sparkle, shine and fuzzy texture to baby cards using glitter and flocking. Andrea used glitter gel over an ink blended background for some shiny stars and added die cut fluffy clouds with flocking. On the other card she … Read More ...
Hedgehog Hugs Card
I love how Laura created several different little scenes on this sweet Hedgehog card. She die cut circles, adding ink sprays for the green grass and blue sky and then added her cute little hedgehogs on each area. This is … Read More ...
Copic Marker Coloring for a Stuffed Animal
Elaine used Copic Markers to create a plushy, fluffy texture to this cute Kitty Cat stamp from Stampingbella. This idea could be used on many animal stamps to give them the look of stuffed animals. She’s sharing a video tutorial … Read More ...
One Card, Many Techniques
Simon Hurley created this beautiful floral card using lots of different “hacks” on just one card. He’s sharing how to use a matte medium for a resist technique, how to choose the right cardstock for ink blending, how to use … Read More ...
Thank You Card for Medical Staff
Last week I shared a link to some free digital stamp downloads from My Favorite Things that are perfect for creating cards to say Thank You to medical staff. They are only free until 4/30/20 so hurry and get them.… Read More ...
Neon Sweets Cards
Wow, how amazing are these bold, bright neon Sweets Cards? They look good enough to eat! Carissa used Vinyl and Glitter to add fun touches of texture and shine to her images. She’s sharing how over on the Ellen Hutson … Read More ...
Spring Water Globe Card
Water (or Snow) Globes don’t have to be just for winter or Christmas, try using them for other occasions too. Keiko created this amazing globe card for Spring using stamps and dies from Honey Bee. I adore the sweet scene … Read More ...
Bunny Rabbits Birthday Card
Bunnies don’t have to be just for Easter cards, this sweet card uses them for a birthday. I love the mix of plaids and pattern papers Laura used to create the scene on this adorable card.
United We Craft Blog Hop
Simon Says Stamp is hosting the United We Craft blog hop. This hop shares projects, inspiration and ideas for crafting together with family and friends, either at home or on-line. There are 100 participants, which should give you plenty of … Read More ...
Easter Bunny Juggling Eggs Card
I used stamps from Gerda Steiner along with a masking technique to create this fun Easter Card with the Bunny juggling eggs. I filmed a video tutorial that you can check out over on my Youtube channel. Or watch … Read More ...
3D Flower and Lattice Card
Bev shows how she used Poppy Flower dies from Whimsy Stamps to create wonderful 3D flowers for her cards. She’ll show you how to add color with a pen and inking and how to fold and bend the paper to … Read More ...
Easter Bunny Double Tent Card
Kathrin created what she describes as a double tent card for this adorable Easter Bunny scene. This card is like a combination of a diorama and pop up card and it’s really amazing with all the layers and dimension. She’s … Read More ...
Card Making Tutorial Colored Pencils on Dark Cardstock
Nichol Spohr used some large Asian inspired background stamps from Hero Arts to create these beautiful cards. She heat embossed them in gold on darker cardstock and used polychromos colored pencils to color in the images, which makes them really … Read More ...
Monogram Felt Card
Did you know that most metal dies will cut not only paper but thin felt too? Felt adds a really wonderful feel and texture to cards. Using alphabet dies for a Monogram is the perfect way to make a bespoke … Read More ...
Alcohol Inks and Embossing Card Backgrounds
Verity created the most stunning card backgrounds by applying alcohol ink to vellum paper. And then took it to the next level by added embossing powder to sections that were still wet for an added metallic shine. These pattern are … Read More ...