Lisa combines two popular card techniques, stencilling and watercolor to make these lovely card backgrounds. She’s got several different ways to get the look using ink pads or tube watercolors and all have really pretty results.
Card Making – 3 Palm Tree Themed Handmade Cards
I’m seeing palm trees popping up as a trendy design lately, they are perfect for fun summer, tropical, beachy projects. Yana used the new Color Layering Palm Tree stamp set from Hero Arts in 3 different way to create 3 … Read More ...
Puppy Surprise Slider Card
The oh so cute puppy dog on this card slides up to reveal a surprise underneath, a hidden gift card! Stephanie created this fun Slider Surprise Card with new dies from My Favorite Things. I love how she lightly inked … Read More ...
Rainbow Foil Cards
Nina-Marie created some super fun and festive cards with rainbow foil, stencils and paste. Rainbow colors and foiling are really trendy right now and are perfect for celebrations like birthdays and graduations.
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Interactive Pool Float Card
Torico created this fun interactive card where the girl on the float moves around, it actually looks like she’s floating in the pool! So cool! She used a technique she learned from Jennifer McGuire and shares a link to that … Read More ...
Watercolor Lighthouse Card with New Inks
The Hero Hues Reactive Ink Pads from Hero Arts react with water so there all sorts of fun techniques you can do with them. Emily smeared the ink pads onto a non-porous surface and used a wet paint brush to … Read More ...
Foiling and Watercolor Card
Yana combined two popular techniques, foiling and watercolor into one gorgeous card! Did you know foiling works as a resist (yeah, I didn’t either :)) but it does so just like with heat embossing it will repel water based products, … Read More ...
Pastel Rainbow Card
Rainbows are trendy now and are usually done in bright, bold colors. But Ashley used new stamps and dies and pastel cardstocks from Pink and Main to create this beautiful soft rainbow card. This idea would be perfect for a … Read More ...
Comparing 3 Crafty Work Surfaces
There have been a few new work surfaces for crafting that have come out recently and it might be hard to decide which one to choose, or if you really need one at all. Comparisons from other crafters are a … Read More ...
Funky Sloth Card
Whether the designs are cute or funky sloths are really trendy right now! This adorable oddball sloth stamped card is a fun way to encourage someone to hang in there. Elaine is sharing how she colored her card using Copic … Read More ...
Blown Watercolor Cards
This cheerful card contains everything that’s trendy right now, rainbow, watercolor splashes and bold sentiments. This fun blown watercolor technique reminds me of a craft I used to do as a kid with paint and a straw. Channin has elevated … Read More ...
DIY Glitter Paper
Glitter paper is all the rage and can be purchased in many colors but did you know you can easily create your own? Samantha used strips of adhesive sheets and poured ultrafine glitter over top to make her own shimmery … Read More ...
Draw Your Own Wood Grain
Rustic wood grain and wood texture are super trendy looks and there are stamps, papers and embossing folders to help you get that look. But Amador had a great idea to use her Copic markers to draw out her own … Read More ...
Stamp Outline vs No Line
Layering stamps are really trendy, they give a really wonderful realistic look. Most have outline stamps that you fill in with colored inks on solid stamps but Lydia wanted to show you don’t have to use the outline. Using the … Read More ...
Painting and Stamping with Distress Oxide Sprays
Richele used Distress Ink Sprays from Ranger and Tim Holtz to both watercolor her stamped images and stamp the background on these cool botanical cards. I love the loose artsy style of these cards.