Stuck on design ideas for your cards? Page Maps provides fresh new layouts to help inspired you. For July you’ll find 10 new Card Map sketches and a couple of card samples. Check back quarterly for new maps.
Pop Up Flower Pot Card
This bright and cheerful pop up Flower Pot Card is sure to bring a little sunshine to anyone who receives it! Chris used stamps, punches and dies from Stampin’ Up to create it and she’s sharing step by step and … Read More ...
1 Die Used 3 Ways
Bibi Cameron shares how she made 3 lovely cards using just 1 die. With the Carnation Frame die from Simon Says she used it as an all over background as well as cut it apart. I love the metallic cardstock … Read More ...
Card Background with Embossing Paste & Powder
To get the pretty background on this card Nicole added embossing paste partially over a stencil and then added embossing powder over top and heated it for a great shiny, textured look. It’s a great way to mix medias! I … Read More ...
How to Color with Mixed Mediums
Laura from Studio Katia used alcohol based markers, colored pencils and a white gel pen to color these lovely stamped flowers. Mixing those mediums gave her stamped images a lot of depth and realism. I also love the texture she … Read More ...
1 Stamp 4 Ways – Cat Cards
I love Christy’s series 1 Stamp 4 Ways, she shares great ideas on how to use one stamp set in different ways to make 4 different cards. She used the Meow Mix stamp set from My Favorite Things to create … Read More ...
Bunny Swing Baby Card
This precious bunny is ready to swing in and welcome a new baby. And the rabbit does actually swing back and forth on the card! Marine will show you how to create a swing mechanism with circle punches and foam … Read More ...
Stamped Card with Coordinating Envelope
Sometimes I put so much work into my cards but I don’t always make the envelope as pretty as the card inside. Let the recipient know there’s something special inside with a coordinating stamped envelope. The new Pleasing Envelopes stamp … Read More ...
Patriotic Pups Scrapbook Page with Stamps
If you’re like me and do both card making and scrapbooking don’t forget to reach for your stamps when creating scrapbook pages. Steph created this adorable Patriotic Pups page with some great tips on using stamps like curving clear stamps, … Read More ...
Sewing and Solid Stamps
Michelle added some great texture and color around her solid stamped flowers and leaves by sewing around them. She pierced holes along the edge of each image and then sewed a simple running stitch. This is a great way to … Read More ...
Fantasy Fairy Card
Using masking and ink blending techniques with Distress Ink Erin created a stunning background for this fantasy themed card. It’s the perfect backdrop for the tree, fairy and bunny silhouette stamps from Lavinia Stamps.
Frosty Treat Card Backgrounds
Lisa Spangler has some fun card background techniques for these yummy frosty treat cards. She used watercolors with salt, embossing powders and a straw blowing technique for a cool mix of textures, patterns and colors.
Hero Hues Inks 10 Ways
Hero Arts has recently introduced their new Hero Hues ink pads. These inks react with water and are blendable so you can achieve trendy ink blended backgrounds, splashy watercolor looks and more. Carrisa with Ellen Hutson has 10 different way … Read More ...
Aladdin Inspired Slider Card
Inspired by the new Aladdin live action movie from Disney I made this fun slider card with stamps from Pink and Main.
Click here to watch my video tutorial on Youtube or check it out down below.
-Heather
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Fairy Card Partial Inked Background
To create a sunset horizon on her sweet card Emelie masked off the bottom half of her card and inked just the top. This is an easy way to delineate areas of your card with out adding extra paper. I … Read More ...