Visit the Altenew stamp blog for a video tutorial showing how to combine heat embossed colored inks and water colors for a bright and vibrant floral card.
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Project: Stamped Graduation Cards
Know lots of up coming graduates? Nichol Magourik has a video tutorial on her blog showing how to stamp up a bunch of fun graduation cards (good for a girl or a guy) all at once. Click here to watch.… Read More ...
Project: Graduation Cap Gift Card Holder Box
It’s graduation time! Grab your scoring board and some card stock and make this fun graduation cap box, it’s the perfect size to hold a gift card or money or even a few Graduation treats like cupcakes or chocolates. Designer … Read More ...
Technique: Adding Color to Your Embossing Folder Images
Here a great way to get more from your embossing folders, emboss them and then add color. You can use chalks, markers or ink pads with sponge dauber like on this pretty card from Card Maker Magazine. Visit their blog … Read More ...
Freebie: Grandpa or Dad Digital Stamps
With Father’s Day coming up you might need an image or idea for cards. Aren’t masculine cards always a little harder to design then feminine cards? They are for me 🙂 Anyway, Dearie Dolls is here to help with a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Vintage Water Color Card
Take your water coloring into a different direction by using sepia and other vintage tones. Hether Telford has step by step direction and a video tutorial showing how to get this antique look on your stamped cards. Use vintage style … Read More ...
Project: Rainbow Panda Card
Visit the W Plus 9 stamps blog and learn how to use Zig Clean Color markers to make a pretty rainbow background. I love the adorable panda on this card too! Check out Kelly Latevola’s video tutorial on their blog.… Read More ...
Project: Bee Tag Card
A great way to use tiny stamps on a card is to repeat them on panels or tags. Like with these bees and flowers on this pretty spring card designed by Christiana Reuling for Newton’s Nook stamps. Click here for … Read More ...
Project: Handmade Graduation Card
Show someone how proud you are of them for graduating with a fun stamped and die cut card. Visit Hero Arts for a video tutorial on this paper layered star card.
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Project: Die Cut Photo Pup Up Card
Shelly Hickox made this super cool Pop Up card using a photograph and a die cut of a chair. How cool it that?! It gets my mind thinking of all the different photos and dies I could combine………. This idea … Read More ...
Project and Technique: Wild Flower Garden Handmade Card
This stunning wild flower card has so much depth. Mary Prasad got this look by using Ink Potion No. 9 solution over paper and then stamping the flowers using markers colored directly on stamps, this along with second generation stamping … Read More ...
Technique: Water Colored Die Cut Cards
Virginia Lu will teach you how to add Distress Ink using a watercolor technique to die cut flowers for a series of stunning Lily and Butterfly cards. Visit the Penny Black stamps blog for her step by step instructions.
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Project and Template: Good Luck Clover Card
Wish someone good luck with this amazing clover shaped shaker card. The Marianne Designs blog has free downloadable template for the card and shaker sections, along with project directions. Click here.
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Tip: Striped Stamping
Jennifer McGuire has a fun tip for adding strips to your stamped images. By inking up a solid stamp with a light ink and then stamping directly on the stamp with a large striped stamp (also called a “kissing” technique) … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Colored Stencil Stamping
I’m constantly amazed at how clever paper crafters are. I see a cool new technique and think, “Now, why didn’t I think of that?!”. This is one of those ideas, Nina-Maria applied ink pads directly to her plastic stencil, spritzed … Read More ...