Pat Huntoon added a lovely vintage hint of gold gilding to her Santa card with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. It’s easy to apply with a sponge and adds such a nice finishing touch.
Trick or Treat Scene Card
How cute are these kids all dressed for Trick or Treat? Laura used Spectrum Noir markers
to color stamps from Roberto’s Rascals and a watercolor galaxy technique for the moon which really highlights the Halloween scene.
Snowflake Spinner Card
This cool snowflake card stands up and the snowflake inside spins. For this wonderful winter card Pam Simpson added glitz and glimmer with embossing enamel and a gold paint pen.
You can find her card directions over on the Poppy … Read More ...
How To Make Handmade Fall Cards with Tiny Stamps
When making your cards this fall don’t overlook those small stamps. Tiny stamps are great for all over backgrounds, making “inchie” blocks, borders, groupings and more. Hero Arts has some terrific Fall card ideas using tiny stamps as the focal … Read More ...
Adding Doodling to Your Stamps
Using a thin Micron pen Lisa added some extra lines to her stamped owl image and leaves to the branch for a more hand drawn doodled look. This idea would be great for lots of stamp designs and is a … Read More ...
Modern Fall Leaves Card
Ardyth used black embossing and glitter glue to get a bold modern look on these fall leaves. Using a stamp positioning tool makes it easy to repeatedly stamp a sentiment many times like she did on her card.
Embossing Resist with Stencils and Oxide Inks
Candice used clear embossing ink over a circle stencil, heat embossed it with white embossing powder and then appliedDistress Ink over top for a great resist technique to make her water bubbles. I love the Beavers and the funny … Read More ...
Colorful Corn Coloring
This stunning harvest corn looks like a painting but it’s actually a rubber stamp from Power Poppy stamps colored with Copic markers and colored pencils by Amy Shulke. She’s sharing some tips on how she gets realistic looks with her … Read More ...
Card Making Tutorial – Thanksgiving Card
The combination of gold embossing and color pencils on dark blue cardstock makes this bounty of harvest veggie stamps from Hero Arts really stunning. Make a Happy Thanksgiving card that really pops this year with this card idea from Nichol.… Read More ...
Sunflower Shaker Card
Sunflowers always get me in the mood for fall. This lovely Sunflower shaker card was made by Stephanie using dies from My Favorite Things. I love the stitching for extra texture and how the brown sequins she used inside look … Read More ...
How To Make A Pop Up Gift Card Holder
This sweet holiday card holds a surprise. Inside is a pop up that holds a gift card. Amy Young will show you how to measure, score and fold this clever way to deliver a gift this holiday season.
Poinsettia Gift Tags
These Poinsettia Gift Tags are lovely! Marilyn applied glitter to die cut pieces of acetate and used her heat gun to form the flower petals for a realistic 3D look. The gold embossed words finish these off nicely. These could … Read More ...
Witches Cat Halloween Card
I made this fun scene of a witches cat flying on a broom across a night sky using the Cauldron Bubble stamps and coordinating Toil and Trouble dies from Stampin’ Up. I also used the houses from the holiday … Read More ...
Autumn Wreath Card with No-Line Coloring
Justine Hovey got a realistic look for this fall wreath card by using the no-line coloring technique. I love the colored pencils on the Kraft colored cardstock too, it really helps the images to stand out.
8 Ways to Color Stamps
There are many ways to add color to your stamping. There are markers, pencils, ink pads, embossing powders and more. If you’re new to stamping or a seasoned stamper looking to get out of your “go to” coloring mediums check … Read More ...