If you love the look of hand calligraphy but don’t quite have the skills then this tip from Amy Sheffer is for you. She’s sharing a video tutorial for her faux brush lettering techniques using stamps. Adding darker ink to … Read More ...
Project: Card with Realistic Paper Lilacs
I love lilacs, I have a large lilac bush next to my house and the color and smell when it blooms is amazing. These lilacs from Mary Prasad look almost real but they are actually made of paper. She’s got … Read More ...
Project: Paper Purse Card Holder Gift Set
Viki Wizniuk designed this wonderful paper purse with matching card set using a tutorial from Crafty Hallett. She’s listing the supplies she used. lots of photos and a link to the original project instructions over on her blog Wizard’s Hangout.… Read More ...
Project: Duck Card with Inked Background
The Gerda Steiner Designs blog has directions on how to mask, ink and stamp up this adorable duck card. I love the sentiment die cut right out of the scene! Click here for directions.
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Project: Spring Shadow Box Card
Learn how to make this lovely shadow box card for Spring designed by Lisa Silver. She used die cuts, heat embossing with stamps and water coloring techniques. Visit the Card Maker blog for directions.
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Project: Beginning Card Making
If you’re new or curious about learning to stamp and make your own cards check out this post from P.S. I Love You Scrapbooking. It’s got the basic supplies needed, some tips and directions for making a pretty butterfly card, … Read More ...
Product Review: Shine On Paper from Stampin’ Up
Foiling and metallic designs on paper is super hot right now so the Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up is right on trend! The paper set includes 12 sheets of 12″x 12″ paper with 2 each of … Read More ...
Template: Slider Card
How cute is this train sliding card? Perfect for a baby card! Marianne Designs has a template on how to cut, score and fold to make your own slider card. Add whatever stamps or die cuts that would look fun … Read More ...
Project: Frog Easel Card
“Ribbit, Ribbit”, that’s frog for how cute is this card? The Cut @ Home blog has directions for making this adorable frog themed easel card. So cute to sit on someone’s desk! Click here for the video tutorial.
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Tips: Fixing Heat Embossing Mistakes
Yana Smakula has a video tutorial on Hero Art showing how to make this lovely inked and heat embossed card plus she shares a couple of really helpful tips to fix mistakes that can happen when you heat emboss. Click … Read More ...
Tip: Cards made from Coloring Pages
The coloring book craze is still going strong, it’s just so relaxing to sit down and color. But what do you do with the pages after you’re done coloring? One idea is to take them out of the book and … Read More ...
Project: Easter Window Card
I love cards that have more then just a sentiment inside, this fun card has a scene inside that you can catch a peep through the die cut window. Hop on over to the Lawn Fawn blog for a video … Read More ...
Project: Water Color Eggs Easter Card
This bright and cheery Easter card sure has some pretty water colored eggs. Punch, die cut or cut some egg shapes from cardstock and use water color pencils to add a lovely splash of color to them. For complete direction … Read More ...
Technique: Sponged Stamping
If you’d like to add more then one color to a solid image stamp try this easy sponging technique. You can blend and get gradient colors by adding inks one at a time to your stamp with a sponge. Click … Read More ...
Tip: Make a Pocket from an Envelope
This adorable pocket was made by simply cutting off the flap of an envelope. Ink the edges, add some stamping and fill it with tiny tags and you’ve got a great idea for cards, scrapbook pages or altered books. Hop … Read More ...