Natasha did something I’ve never heard of and that’s heat embossing with water! She first ink smooshed her background panel with stamping inks and water then left some sections wet and poured on glitter embossing powder and then heated. The … Read More ...
Birdhouse Shaped Cards
How sweet (or should I say tweet :)) are these Birdhouse Shaped Cards!? Kari used stamps and dies from Scrappy Tails to create them. The mix of woodgrain base mixed with metallic roofs is just perfect! I really love the … Read More ...
Inking Dies with Gel Press
If you’re not familiar a Gel Press it’s a large flat piece of polymer that you can use for inking, stamping and mixed media techniques. Jennifer McGuire has an easy way to use a Gel Press, stamping ink and a … Read More ...
Stamped Clay Pendant
I love projects that take stamping from paper to other surfaces. Kyriakos has used her stamping supplies to created this beautiful Clay Pendant. She used ink to color some of the clay for a marbled effect, Staz On ink 
to … Read More ...
Stamping and Watercolor in One
Rina has a great tip for an easy way to using the same ink for stamping and watercolor. By inking different colors of Distress Inks in a rainbow pattern down the large stamp it adds a colorful outline that can … Read More ...
Missing You Shaker Card
I used the adorable new House Cats stamps and the Milk Carton dies from My Favorite Things for this cute Missing You Shaker Card. I thought the cats and the milk carton went together perfectly for fun card. I used … Read More ...
Tips for Choosing Ink Blending Tools
When it comes to ink blending and stenciling it can be hard to know what the best tools to use are. There are tools with bristles, tools with foam, different sizes, shapes and brands. And also the type of paper … Read More ...
Blue Roses Thank You Card
This pretty Blue Roses card is a lovely way to tell someone Thank You. Shauna used stamps and dies from Papertrey Ink to make her card. The roses are created with layering stamps in shades of blue ink and the … Read More ...
Rainbow Die Cut Cards
Carrisa used stamps and dies from Erin Lee to create two beautiful Rainbow Cards. To get lots dimension on her rainbows she used several layers of just white cardstock and then adhered section of the different colors of cardstock over … Read More ...
Faux Metal with Embossing and Wax
Wow, the frame on this card from Vicky looks like it’s metal but it’s actually paper! She used an embossing folder/die combo to create the shape and depth and then added metallic waxes over top for a faux metal look … Read More ...
Spring Butterfly Cards
Adelina used pretty stamps from Ellen Hutson and colorful inks from Catherine Pooler for these wonderful Spring Butterfly Cards. The stamps have such a modern graphic feel that the complementary ink colors she used work perfectly together, no need for … Read More ...
Floral 50th Birthday Card
The beautiful Pink Roses on this birthday card from Therese have so much depth and dimension to them! She used layering stencils and ink pads to color all the layers and then stamped the outline and the result is a … Read More ...
2 Mini Slimline Cards from 1 Panel
Cathy is sharing a great way to create two cards from one stamped panel. She used a large circle with dots rubber stamp to ink and then heat emboss in clear on white cardstock, the added colorful bands ink … Read More ...
Birthday Floral Easel Card
I think Easel Cards are going to be trendy this year, I’m seeing lots of them popping up (pun intended :)). And for good reason, these cards are easy to create, fold flat for mailing and are fun to display. … Read More ...
Flower Bouquet Jar Cards
Taylor used some new stencils along with stamps from Taylored Expressions to create two beautiful Floral Bouquets in Jar Cards. These stencils are great for adding borders, backgrounds and masking techniques on your cards.