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 ...
Stamping and Shading on Pattern Papers
A quick and easy way to add color and pattern to your stamped images is by stamping on patterned paper. Heather Hoffman used some pretty florals for this technique and added some inking to the edges of her images for … Read More ...
Halloween Balloons Card
Maria had a very clever idea to take stamps that might normally be used for a birthday card, in this case a bunch of balloons, and added some Jack O’ Lantern faces to them to create a fun and festive … Read More ...
Create Custom Ink Colors
Laurie has a fantastic tip to get more from your ink pad colors. She creates her own custom colors by stamping two colors over top of each other for a totally new shade. She stamps the lighter shade then stamps … Read More ...
Jack O Lantern Card
I love how Cassie cut apart a large detailed background die cut shape to create something smaller for the background of her Halloween Card. It’s a great way to get more from your dies! And the black glitter paper works … Read More ...
Haunted House Knock Knock Joke Card
This Haunted House Card from Kara is just too much fun! When you turn the wheel a knock knock joke is revealed and the punch line is hidden behind the door, so clever! She used house and wheel dies along … Read More ...
Stamped Fabric Bag
Martha has directions for customizing a muslin fabric bag with layering stamps and Versa Color Ink Pads. I find I don’t always get the best image when stamping on fabric so I love her tip of using a stamp positioner … Read More ...
Fall Watercolor Resist Card
Crystal used white heat embossing with leaf stamps on watercolor paper and then added a lovely wash of watercolors over top for a resist technique on this wonderful autumn card. The Nuvo drops and embossed sentiment finish off this Thank … Read More ...
One Layer Fall Leaves Card
This Fall Leaves Card from Karen looks like it’s layers of stamped leaves and torn paper but in fact it’s only one layer! She used a simple masking technique to create this look and got lots of depth and dimension … Read More ...
Scarecrow Card
Eloise used stamps from Pretty Pink Posh to make this fun Scarecrow card for fall. I love how she colored the scarecrows in the back in black and white but added color to the one in the front, it adds … Read More ...