Stenciling is still a super trendy technique and there are lots you can buy but you can also make your very own stencils too. Katie created hers using clear acetate sheets and dies from Avery Elle. And she made a … Read More ...
Christmas Gnome Cards and Tags
I’m seeing Gnomes as a big trend this Christmas Season, their cute little faces are popping up on everything. Amy R used them to create some cute cards with matching tags. I love the non-traditional colors she used.
Christmas Bulbs Card
This lovely card from Laura shows you don’t need to have a bunch of different stamps and dies to create an amazing card. Using the same Christmas light bulb die she cut it out in different colors and made a … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Card with Foil Background
Jeanne used Transfer Gel over a leaf stencil and added metallic foil over top for a wonderful background on this cute Thanksgiving Card. She’s sharing how to do this technique over on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
Glitter and Flocked Ornaments Card
This stunning Christmas Ornament card from Lynnea has amazing shine and texture. She used both flocking sheets and glitter paste on her ornaments for a fun and festive design.
Visit the Lynnea Cards blog to check out her video tutorial.… Read More ...
Christmas Shadow Box Card
Mindy Eggen created the most adorable underwater scene for this fun Shadow Box Card. If you live near the ocean or are creating a card for someone who does this holiday using a scene of critters under the waves celebrating … Read More ...
Colorful Striped Holiday Cards
Who says you can’t use the trendy rainbow style on Holiday cards? Laura sure did on these beautiful striped Christmas cards. Sticking with pinks, reds and greens she added colorful stripes of cardstock on her card backgrounds and they off … Read More ...
Metallic Watercolor Christmas Cards
Wow, these cards really shine for the Holidays! Nichol Spohr combine the really popular trends of watercolor and metallics for these stunning Christmas cards. She heat embossed large background stamps from Hero Arts in gold on dark cardstock and used … Read More ...
Using Water Reactive Inks 3 Ways
Using Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir I created this fun winter Yeti Card. These versatile inks can be used for lots of different stamping and coloring techniques. If you missed my review on them last week be sure to … Read More ...
Light Up Easel Card
I think Easel Cards are going to be a popular trend this holiday season, I’m seeing lots of them pop up on designers blogs. Maymay created a lovely Easel Card using a lantern design that holds a small tea light … Read More ...
Ink Techniques Autumn Card
Yana combined some cool ink and stamping techniques on this wonderful Autumn Card. She first heat embossed her images in white, ink blended over top in fall colors, then wiped away the excess ink for a resist technique and then … Read More ...
Flip Flap Halloween Card
When you pull the tab on this amazing Halloween Flip Flap Card it flops to the side to reveal another scene behind it. How cute and clever is that!? You can find step by step photo directions for making one … Read More ...
3 Retro Christmas Cards You Can Make At Home
Do you love a kitschy 50’s retro look? I sure do, especially when it comes to holidays. Hero Arts is embracing this cool retro style with their latest kit and add-ons with stamps, papers, glitter, die cuts and more for … Read More ...
Halloween Trick or Treaters Card
The current small die of the month from Spellbinders had lots of pieces to mix and match to create some fun trick-or-treaters, you can make a ghost, a devil or skeleton. Vicky create this cute card using the dies adding … Read More ...
Distress Oxide Pumpkin Card
Distress Ink from Tim Holtz are so versatile, you can stamp with them, ink backgrounds and also stencil with them. Kristina Werner got an amazing look for this Halloween Card by using Distress Oxide Inks on black cardstock. The look … Read More ...