Visit the Memory Box blog and find out how Donna Sledzik made this adorable squirrel card using die cuts and stamps on water color paper with Distress Ink
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Card Making Project: Gate Fold Boarder Card
Here’s a different way to use those V shape corner/banner shaped boarder die cuts, make an interesting gate fold style card with them. Jennifer Mcguire has a video tutorial with complete directions, click here to watch.
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Technique: Cards with Gesso Stenciled & Water Colored Backgrounds
The Lilybean Paperie blog has some lovely cards whose backgrounds were made by applying gesso to a stencil, letting it dry and then water coloring over top. Add some stamped designs and you’ve got a beautiful card. Find more info … Read More ...
Review: Stampin’ Up Thoughtful Branches August Stamp and Die Special Release
For the month of August Stampin’ Up has an exclusive stamp set with coordinating dies called Thoughtful Branches and it’s available only from August 2nd through the 31st.
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Review and Giveaway: Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
Today I’m super excited to bring you a look at the new Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine. This machine works with emboss folders and any style of die but it’s specialty is powerful pressure. Using Contour Steel … Read More ...
Technique: Water Colored Die Cut Card
Take your die-cutting to a whole new level with water colors. Instead of using colored paper to die cut your images try cutting from white cardstock and color them with water color paints or watercolor markers
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Technique: Cards with Stencils and Water Color Pencils
Water color pencils are great for coloring in stamped images on your cards but you can also use them with stencils too. Find a tutorial and a couple of card ideas over on the Spectrum Noir blog.
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Stamping Technique: Perfect Pearls Shimmer Water Coloring
Add some sparkle to your next hand made card. Learn how to make your own shimmery water color paints using Perfect Pearls Powders and just water. This beautiful paint is perfect for coloring your stamped and heat embossed images on … Read More ...
Technique: See Though Card with Alcohol Inks
This fun see-through card was made by embossing clear acetate and tinting it with alcohol markers, it gives it such a cool glazed look. You can find a video tutorial for this technique over on Ellen Hutsons Classroom blog.… Read More ...
Project: Beach Umbrella Card
Life’s a Beach! The Frugal Crafter will show you how to turn a circle of pattern paper into a cute beach umbrella and how to selectively die cut a frame design for this fun summery Hawaii beach card. Visit her … Read More ...
Tip: Design Principles for Easier Card Layouts
If you have trouble coming up with your own card designs or need an easy and eye appealing way to lay out your cards trying using some basic design principles. Like the rule of three, using odd numbers of images … Read More ...
Technique: Partial Background Stamping
Large background stamps are great to cover the entire front of a card but what if you only want to use part of the image? The Hero Arts blog has a technique for partially stamping and embossing just a section … Read More ...
Technique: Starburst Card with Paper Scraps
I’m sure like me you’ve got lots of scraps of pretty pattern papers you just can’t bring yourself to throw away. Here’s a great way to utilize those scraps by making a trendy starburst card background. You can find step … Read More ...
Technique: Inlay-ed Die Cut Card
Here’s a cool way to use your die cuts to make a card but with adding layers or bulk. Sandy Allnock will show you how to lay out, die cut, water color and inlay those dies for a cute (and … Read More ...
Project: Flip Flop Father’s Day Card
Sharon Harnist has a tutorial on how to die cut a flip flop shape and inset some beachy water colored die cut shapes for a really fun card. If your dad loves the beach this would be a great Father’s … Read More ...