Creating your own cards for the Holidays can get pricey if you buy loads and loads of supplies. But if you pick one versatile stamp set you can create a variety of card designs and save a bit of money … Read More ...
Glitter and Flocked Ornaments Card
This stunning Christmas Ornament card from Lynnea has amazing shine and texture. She used both flocking sheets and glitter paste on her ornaments for a fun and festive design.
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Thankful Fall Card
The images on this wonderful Fall Thank You Card from Courtney really pop! She used white heat embossing and Polychromos colored pencils on Kraft colored cardstock to help them stand out. I love the subtle white leaf background she added … Read More ...
5 Christmas Cards with 1 Stamp Set
My holidays are pretty hectic so if I can create my cards in a quick, easy and affordable way I’m all on board! Simon Hurley used the beautiful Yuletide Gatherings stamp set of vintage botanical designs from Stampers Anonymous to … Read More ...
Napkin Die Cutting
This technique from Dave Brethauer really blew me away! His die cut shapes have an amazing texture to them and the reason is he used napkins instead of cardstock! And when he adds watercolors to them them puff a bit … Read More ...
Easy Watercolor with Arteza Pens
I love using the Arteza Real Brush Pens for water coloring. I find them easy to use, they blend nicely and have build-able color. I used them to color in this beautiful fall girl stamp from LDRS Creative for an … Read More ...
Make Your Own Foam Stamps
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 ...