When you want to add color and pattern to your stamped images but don’t want to get out your markers or colored pencils give paper piecing a try. This technique involves stamping on colored or patterned paper and then cutting … Read More ...
3 Cards with 1 Poinsettia Stamp
Vicky used the same beautiful Poinsettia stamp from Waffle Flower in three different ways on three different cards. One card is stamped and colored, the other is heat embossed in gold, and the last uses vellum for a soft look. … Read More ...
Color Lifting Snowflake Card
Beth is over on Splitcoast Stampers with a fun technique called color lifting. She first painted a piece of watercolor paper with a blue die based ink then laid a snowflake stencil over top and blotted with a damp paper … Read More ...
Creating Cards using Small Stamps
You don’t need large stamps to create wonderful card designs, small stamps can fill a card front too! Kristina Werner used small stamps to fill in simple shapes like a circle for the Fall card and a heart for the … Read More ...
Mini Slimline Halloween Card
This adorable Mini Slimline Card from Lynn features cute stamped and water colored Halloween critters from Art Impressions with loads of glitter on the background. She created the background with a spider web stencil and purple glitter paste, isn’t it … Read More ...
Autumn Leaves Wreath Card
Laura used a set of coordinating stamps, stencils and dies from a new company out of Canada called Pigment Craft Co. to create this amazing Autumn card. There sets take you through step by step to create intricate designs with … Read More ...
Tips for Using Peel Apart Stamps
Some of rubber stamps in Simon Hurleys range include large stamps that have sections that peel apart so you can use them together or in sections, how cool is that!? He’s sharing some tips and tricks you can do with … Read More ...
Foiled Dog Card
I love the contrast of black and white with pops of color on this sweet dog card from Lisa. And isn’t the sentiment the sweetest? For this card she stamped her dogs and sentiment in simple black but used paste … Read More ...
How to Make and Use Your Own DIY Stencils
Stencils are really trendy in paper crafting right now, they are super versatile for many different styles and types of projects. Of course there are lots of designs on the market you can buy but if you’ve got a die … Read More ...
Bicycle and Balloons Birthday Card
Channin used stamps and dies from Honey Bee to create this festive Birthday Card. This card has so much movement looking like the bike is riding into the scene filled with packages in the basket and balloons floating above. The … Read More ...
Harry Potter Round Up – Paper Craft Projects and Cards (with FREEBIES!)
It’s September 1st and for Harry Potter fans we all know it’s the day you board the Hogwarts Express and head back for another school year and Hogwarts. So I thought it would be fun to round up some of … Read More ...
Christmas Girl Slimline Card
This sweet girl in the snow is ready for Christmas with her giant tree ornament on this card from Yana Smakula. Yana combined gold foil and gold metallic cardstock for wonderful touches of shine around the design, perfect for the … Read More ...
Mermaid Card with Small Dies
As summer is winding down let’s make one more beachy card with this Mermaid design from Soraya. She’s showing that you don’t need large dies or even a large expensive die cutting machine to create “fintastic” cards because she used … Read More ...
Autumn Squirrels Pop Up Card
Samantha used adorable stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this fun Fall Squirrels Card. When you open it up the tree trunk pops up to reveal a cute scene inside. I love how she used clear acetate to … Read More ...
Combing Stamps from Different Companies
Marker Forte, Heffy Doodle and Sugar Pea stamps decided to get together and host a blog hop and challenge the participants to create card using products from all 3 companies on one card. Kari was one of those bloggers and … Read More ...