Did you know you can create your own stamps from fun foam? Most manual die cutting machines will cut thin sheets of fun foam so you use your dies to cut out your own stamps. It’s a really quick and … Read More ...
Ornament Window Cards
Stephanie used an intricate snowflake shaped die from My Favorite Things to create two amazing Ornament Window Cards. She used the negative open space for the card window adding additional elements behind or inside. I love how she got two … Read More ...
Holiday Joy Card with a Kissing Technique
The kissing technique is a fun and easy way to add patterns to your stamped images. By touching (or kissing) two stamps together you can transfer a design from one stamp to another. It sounds hard but it’s really a … Read More ...
Metallic Watercolor Christmas Cards
Wow, these cards really shine for the Holidays! Nichol Spohr combine the really popular trends of watercolor and metallics for these stunning Christmas cards. She heat embossed large background stamps from Hero Arts in gold on dark cardstock and used … Read More ...
Using Water Reactive Inks 3 Ways
Using Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir I created this fun winter Yeti Card. These versatile inks can be used for lots of different stamping and coloring techniques. If you missed my review on them last week be sure to … Read More ...
How to Use Stitching Dies without Sewing
Several companies make dies that have holes in them so you can add some stitching. These dies might seem a bit limiting but you don’t always have to add sewing to them. You can use the negative space left from … Read More ...
Fall Hedgehog Card
Kristina Werner added some fall leaves and a banner around this adorable hedgehog stamp to create a simple Fall wreath design. She used watercolors for her images and I love the shadow she added to each one, it adds a … Read More ...
Ink Techniques Autumn Card
Yana combined some cool ink and stamping techniques on this wonderful Autumn Card. She first heat embossed her images in white, ink blended over top in fall colors, then wiped away the excess ink for a resist technique and then … Read More ...
Christmas Candy Shaker Card
I love how the candies on this card look like they are cover in real sugar, they look good enough to eat! Ardyth used colorful ink pads and glitter paste for her die cut candy shapes to make them look … Read More ...
3 Holiday Christmas Cards from 1 Stamp Set
I love a versatile stamp set, like this one from Hero Arts. The Layering Peace clear set can be used on it’s own or with other stamps, in many different color combination and with different styles of cards. Yana used … Read More ...
Little Holiday Bags and Tags
“Paper packages tied up with strings”……..Maggie used stamps to decorate some little bags and tags to create fun tiny packages for the Holidays. Slip in candy or gift cards for a sweet treat to pass out at work or school.… Read More ...
Easy Watercolor Holiday Cards
Water coloring doesn’t have to be neat and perfect, it’s one of the great things about that medium. Sandy Allnock used some loose and easy watercolor techniques to create these wonderful Autumn and Christmas Foliage Cards.
Fall Squirrels Card
Christy used new stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to create this fun Fall scene card. Those squirrels are having so much fun jumping in a pile a leaves! I love how she used ink blending on her tree, ground … Read More ...
Caramel Apple Card
This Caramel Apple Card looks yummy enough to eat! Amy R. used new dies from Simon Says, applying clear glaze over top to add a wonderful shine.
Visit the Prairie Paper and Ink blog to watch her card making video.… Read More ...
Autumn Leaves Thanks You Card
Shari ink blended white cardstock with fall colors and then die cut the paper with leaf shapes for this wonderful Autumn Thank You Card. Her leaves look very realistic and the touches of gold splatter and copper words add an … Read More ...