In their most recent catalog Stampin’ Up introduced a brand new design for their Classic Stampin’ Pad ink pads. This new style is slimmer and easier to stack and store. The tops have a color label and on the … Read More ...
Tips for Detailed Watercoloring
Nina-Marie has some great tips on getting detail when watercoloring like how much water to use and how much pressure to apply to the brush. Her stamped and watercolored flowers look so realistic!
Colored Pencils on Dark Cardstock
Kristina achieved a lot of depth on this card even though it’s only one layer. By using colored pencils and on dark grey cardstock and subtle inking with white ink on the background her design really stands out. This card … Read More ...
Puppy Cards
I’m a sucker for cards with puppies and kitties on them, they are some of my favorite stamp subjects! Yana made some simple but totally adorable puppy cards using new stamps from Pretty Pink Posh. The images are so fun … Read More ...
Underwater Cards with Distress Oxide Glaze
I love Tim Holtz Oxide Oxide Inks they are so versatile and work well with so many different techniques. Adding another layer to these ink is the Distress Micro Glaze. By adding this over top of the inks it adds … Read More ...
100+ Stencil Ideas
Stencils work so well with so many different mediums like gesso, ink, paint and pastes and can be incorporated into so many different creative ideas, especially paper crafting projects. From cards to scrapbooking, mixed media and collage, stenciling can add … Read More ...
Garden Bunny Card
Using some of the new adorable stamps from the Best Bunny set from Stampin’ Up I created this fun bunny in a garden card. I’ll show you some alternative ideas for using dies, like turning a flower die into a … Read More ...
No Line Coloring with Fade Out Ink
The Ink on 3 Fade Out ink pad takes some of the hassle out of no line coloring. No need to hunt around for light ink pads that might not work, this hybrid ink pad is made specifically for the … Read More ...
“Coloring” Your Stamps with Bleach
This cool bleaching technique is sort of anti-coloring. Stamp your image and then using a paint brush with bleach to “color” inside your image to remove the papers color for a neat white out effect. I’ve done this technique on … Read More ...
Learn to Make a Tassel
Learn how to make your own tassel using Bakers Twine, it’s perfect for bookmarks or accents on cards or other paper crafting projects. Stephanie added hers to this fun cross stitched bookmark made using dies from My Favorite Things.
Embossing with Dies
Kerin Sylvester used a large cutting die with an embossing mat to emboss (instead of cut) this card background and colored the sections with Copic markers for a really lovely card. And a great way to get more from your … Read More ...
How to Make Stencils Using Your Dies
Melissa Phillips has a great way to get more from your dies. She used larger background dies as stencils for some pretty inked patterns on her cards.
She’s sharing a tutorial video on this great tip to stretch your die … Read More ...
Watercolor Stamping with Ink Sprays
This pretty floral card has such a dream ylook. Juli Riedel used ink sprays with her stamps to get a wonderful watercolor look, no brush required! Learn more about her quick and easy faux watercoloring technique over on the Canvas … Read More ...
1 Stamp Set used 4 Ways : Cute Pig Cards
I love stamps sets I feel like I can use for many different occasions, that I know I’ll get a lot of use from. Christiana shares 4 different cards she made all with the same adorable pig set from Hello … Read More ...
Hexagon Shaped Card
I love the monochromatic blue color palette on this pretty card! JoAnn Danchick will show you how to use dies to make a hexagon shaped card and how to watercolor stamped images using Tombow markers over on the Simon Says … Read More ...