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Make your holiday cards faster and easier this year by using pattern papers. Add few stamped images and a sentiment and you’ve got a lovely but simple card.
Visit Catherine Pooler’s blog for her video tutorial.
-Heather
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Letterboards are a fun trendy way to customize wall art around your home. With this same idea you can also make some fun trendy cards too. Using stamps and dies from Right at Home Nicole created this festive fall letterboard … Read More ...
Who doesn’t love to pop bubble wrap and who doesn’t love a fun advent calendar? Combine those two and you’ve got this fun bubble wrap advent calendar. How cute and clever is that!?
Handmade-By Stamps are great for giving that final touch to any craft. Handmade gifts can be marked and remembered. Fawnsberg is a sister-owned and operated small business that personally design each stamp, including the attractive vintage-style hardwood stamp body. They … Read More ...
If you don’t want to make the same Christmas card over and over again for all the people on your list this year you can still use the same stamp but just use it in different ways. Suzy used one … Read More ...
Looking to make Holiday cards with a more modern look? A chevron makes the perfect pattern for a trendy Christmas card. I love the gold embossing over the top too! Crystal will show you how to get the perfect lined … Read More ...
This gradation of metallic ombre’ on this card is stunning. Warm golds and coppers are perfect for Autumn card this time of year and very trendy too.
Visit the Fun Stampers Journey blog for card making directions.
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You don’t need a wreath stamp to make a wreath. Using a donut shaped mask Ardyth filled in the open spaces with stamps and ink blending to create a fun wreath shape. This ideas can be used for many seasons … Read More ...
These sweet Christmas and New Year cards hold a surprise inside. Using adorable holiday stamps and dies from Mama Elephant Nichol Spohr created these fun cards with a pop up insert that holds a gift card inside.
Get more from your die cuts and take them off your cards and onto your home decor projects with this cool glass etching idea. Using the “negative space’ from a die, etching cream and clear masking Cathy created this this … Read More ...
I’m seeing the acrylic pour technique popping up on mixed media art projects, it adds a really interesting marble effect. Janette has used this same idea for card making and it’s so beautiful. It makes terrific backgrounds or use it … Read More ...
Glitter makes the perfect snowy background for this cute Penguin shaker card! And I love the tip of using two markers to color the sentiment for a nice two tone look.
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How adorable are these woodland critters having fun in the snow?! This adorable scene card from Christiana uses new stamps from Hello Bluebird.
She’s got a how to video over on her blog, Christy Get Crafty. Click here to watch.… Read More ...
Sandy Allnock used a no-line coloring technique to create this stunning Christmas girl card. I love her tip of leaving the paper in a stamp positioning tool to be able to go back and restamp lines that might have been … Read More ...
Dawy McVey added a lovely painterly touch to the backgrounds of these holiday cards by using a wide paint brush and acrylic paint. Showing the brushstrokes really adds extra interest to the backgrounds.
