Some of the most resent release of dies from Spellbinders includes shapes and background designs that have holes for stitching (but they also look nice with sewing too). Zsoka used some of these new dies to create some amazing Stitched … Read More ...
Create a Wood Panel Card Background
Woodgrain texture adds the perfect rustic touch to cards and can be achieved with stamping, die cutting, embossing or just simply buying pattern paper. I love this look for fall, winter and holiday card designs like this one from Yoonsun. … Read More ...
Embossing with Foiling Plates
Hot foil plates are used to add metallic foil in different designs and patterns to your cards and projects. But Angela had the idea to use them with out foil for a dry embossing technique. She combined both ideas to … Read More ...
Pumpkin Spice Gnome Card
This sweet card from Lynnea combines two big trends, Pumpkin Spice and Gnomes, into one adorable design. I love the copper glitter stenciled frame around the gnome and isn’t the sentiment so cute? She used stamps and dies from Miss … Read More ...
Rainbow Birthday Sentiment Card
Rainbow colors continue to be a strong trend in paper crafting and there are so many ways to add the colors of the rainbow to your cards. The pretty rainbow sentiment on this Birthday Card from Teri was created with … Read More ...
Fall Leaf Cards with Depth and Dimension
These beautiful Fall Leaf Cards have so much depth and dimension without many layers or the bulk of foam tape. This look was achieved by masking off leaf shapes and ink blending in layers over top, finally adding a die … Read More ...
Halloween Witch Pull Tab Card
When you pull the tab on this adorable Halloween Witch Card from Laura a frog pops out of the cauldron and the bubbles change color, how fabulous is that!? The slimline style that she used lends itself perfectly for a … Read More ...
Foiled Dog Card
I love the contrast of black and white with pops of color on this sweet dog card from Lisa. And isn’t the sentiment the sweetest? For this card she stamped her dogs and sentiment in simple black but used paste … Read More ...
How to Make and Use Your Own DIY Stencils
Stencils are really trendy in paper crafting right now, they are super versatile for many different styles and types of projects. Of course there are lots of designs on the market you can buy but if you’ve got a die … Read More ...
Christmas Girl Slimline Card
This sweet girl in the snow is ready for Christmas with her giant tree ornament on this card from Yana Smakula. Yana combined gold foil and gold metallic cardstock for wonderful touches of shine around the design, perfect for the … Read More ...
Rainbow Splash Floral Card
I love the bold rainbow colors on this beautiful card from Channin! She stamped each flower in a different color of Distress Ink, then spritzed them with water and blew the wet colors with an air blaster tool to move … Read More ...
5 Ways to Create Interactive Cards
Interactive cards are so much fun to make and even more fun for the recipient to receive! Shari is over on the Simon Says blog with part of their summer class series showing 5 different styles of interactive card techniques. … Read More ...
Ink Blended Floral Card
Ink blending is a popular and fun way to add color to cardstock. It’s perfect for creating card backgrounds but you can also use this technique to color your stamps too. Mona Toth heat embossed her stamped images with … Read More ...
Fairy Forest Glen Card
Joy combined several different stamps and die set from Lawn Fawn to create this amazing Fairy Forest Glen Card. I love her mix of pink, purple and teal colors, adding touches of glitter, it’s perfect for any fairy home! She’s … Read More ...
Versatile Stencil Card Backgrounds
I love having large stamps or stencils that are very versatile and will work to create backgrounds on lots of different styles of cards, I feel like a I really get my moneys worth out of them. Vicky is using … Read More ...