I’m sure like me you’ve got lots of scraps of colored cardstock laying around, right? Well, Jennifer McGuire has some great uses for those scraps. Using a paper shredder she cut out loads of strips and used them for different … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Colored Stencil Card Background
Combining two hot trends in paper crafting, stencils and water coloring Betsy Veldman made the background for this lovely card. She finished off with a sentiment embossed on vellum
and some stamped flowers. You can find a video tutorial for … Read More ...
Project: Stack of Cats Card
How cute are these kitties!?! Eloise will show you how to do a resist embossing technique with a water color background with a stack of the cutest cats over top for this adorable stamped card. Visit the Greeting Farm Stamps … Read More ...
Tip: Multi Uses for Striped Background Stamp
I love a stamp that I feel like I can get a lot of use out of! Many large background stamps are like this, like a striped background for instance. The Sugar Pea Stamps blog has 4 different card ideas … Read More ...
Technique: Card with Pastel Textured Background
Using Distress Ink over a stencil and then adding splashes of water Kelly Latevola made this fun pastel textured background for this pretty card. I love the dark bold sentiment over the top! Find more about this technique over on … Read More ...
Technique: Card with Nail Polish Marble Background
I love using house hold items in my card making and this idea from Lizzie with Paper Trey ink is such a neat idea. She used nail polish for a marble background on her card, how cool is that? I’m … Read More ...
Tip: Floral Card Combining Stamps and Stencils
Add a lovely soft touch to bold stamped and colored card by using a stencil with a light touch of ink for the background. Find more info on this pretty card that combines stamps and stencils over on the Hero … Read More ...
Tip: Super Hero Card with Washi Tape and Die Cuts
Washi tape is so versatile for so many card projects. Here’s a clever way to use it with your die cuts. Jen Carter made a sky scraper building background using washi tape with a die cut on this adorable super … Read More ...
Technique: Rainbow Card Background
Allison Cope will teach you how to make a bright and colorful blended rainbow background for a card using inks, water and a stencil. It’s so pretty on it’s own you’ll only need to add a few stamped images in … Read More ...
Project: Colorful Ink Blended Background Card
Here’s a great way to get use from lots of ink pad colors. Laurel Beard will show you how to create this colorful card by blending inks over a large stamped and heat embossed background. Visit her blog Paper Craft … Read More ...
Freebie: Poinsettia Card
You’ll find directions and a free background image for making this lovely Poinsettia card over on the Card Maker blog. Click here to get it.
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Project: Glitter Background for a Winter Woodland Card
The Just One More Card blog has directions for making this adorable winter woodland critters card using glitter paste behind a die cut opening for a great background along with cute stamped animals. Click here to watch the video project … Read More ...
Technique: Fall Card with Copic Airbrush Background
The Power Poppy stamps blog has a tutorial showing how to get a quick and simple colored background for your cards using Copic Markers and an air brush tool. Click here to watch the video tutorial.
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Project: Halloween Card with Off Set Letters
Nichol Spohr has a fun Halloween card idea with an “off set” or shadow saying and a cool splatter background. Visit her blog for a video tutorial.
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Are you looking for more Halloween Embellishments, papers, and supplies? Check out … Read More ...
Card Making Project: Halloween Shaker Handmade Card
Shake up some fun this Halloween with a trendy shaker card. Hero Art has a video tutorial showing how to make this card with a cool Ombre’ colored background. Click here to check it out.
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