I used some brand new products from Stampin’ Up to create this fun Underwater Porthole Card. I love using a slimline style for cards when I feel like I could use come extra room to set the scene. Using dies … Read More ...
Toy Story Cards Inspiration
Oh my goodness, I’m in love, how amazing are these Toys Story Inspired Cards from Maya!!? She used many different stamp sets from Lawn Fawn to create these designs. Each card is also interactive using dies from Lawn Fawn for … Read More ...
Tie Dye Lettering
I’m seeing Tie Die patterns make a huge comeback, in not only clothes but in design as well. You can add a little handmade tie die touch to your cards with your own handwriting. Kelly shares how to use watercolors … Read More ...
Tropical Flowers Watercolor Card
Erum used beautiful tropical flower stamps from Altenew for this card. She first heat embossed the images in black and then used a wet on wet watercolor technique to color them in. I love the big blue splash of watercolor … Read More ...
Get Well Pop Up Card
Using the adorable new Cat-atstrophe stamp set from My Favorite Things I designed this fun Get Well pop up card. On the inside of the card I created a faux tissue box with new Playful Pets pattern papers from Stampin’ … Read More ...
Ink Smooshing Flower Card
If you need a quick way to add some color to some stamped flowers try the ink smooshing technique. Dana used Distress inks, sprayed with water picked up and applied with some acetate. It adds a pretty colorful splash … Read More ...
Inspiring Umbrella Card
I love this inspiring card from Chari Moss! The sun and umbrella have a watercolor marbled look that she achieved using an ink smooshing technique. This is a great way to add color and texture to your die cut images. … Read More ...
Heat Embossed Inlaid Dies
I love doing inlaid die cutting, placing die cut images together like a puzzle piece. Verity took this idea a step further by apply heat embossing on every other section of her inlay. I love that she used glitter embossing … Read More ...
Product Review: Distress Embossing Glaze
The new Distress Embossing Glazes from Tim Holtz are translucent colored embossing powders that add a glossy shine to your mixed media and paper crafting projects. They come in many coordinating colors to other products in the Distress Line and … Read More ...
Floral Cards with Only Dies
I’m seeing more and more cards made with using only or mostly die cuts. So even if you don’t stamp there are lots of options for making amazing cards. Spellbinder has so many dies to choose from including monthly kits. … Read More ...
1 Stencil, 3 Card Techniques
Amber used the same stencil and three different mixed media techniques to create three different card designs. One card has dimension from stencil paste with alcohol inks over top, another is just liquid alcohols and the third was colored in … Read More ...
Father’s Day Bear Card
If you struggle with designing masculine cards try modern, geometric styles. Like these card using Geometric Animal stamps from Kari. By using silver embossing powder and adding some simple watercolor to each shape inside the image it gives the look … Read More ...
Bunny Slider Card
Lynnea used a Seesaw Slider die and stamps from LDRS Creative to design this adorable Bunny card. These little guys look like they are having so much fun and the card recipient will also have fun playing with this card … Read More ...
How to Ink Blend on an Embossing Folder
Embossing folders add great texture to your cards but you can also use them to add color as well. I used ink pads and a blender brush to add a blue sky to the starry background on my Unicorn Card. … Read More ...
How to Watercolor on Colored Cardstock
Normally when using watercolors for your cards you’d stamp on watercolor paper but Amber has a technique using cardstock. She used liquid watercolor markers and just a bit of water on a paint brush to color her images with. Using … Read More ...