Yana Smakula used watercolor cardstock and a dry brush technique to apply acrylic paint
for sine unique card backgrounds. You can create a large sheet of paper and then cut it up to create several backgrounds for your cards. I … Read More ...
Confetti Birthday Card
Galina used ink blending to add lots of color to this bright and cheerful Confetti Birthday Card. Her inked blue panel was die cut from an oval and then she die cut patterns from a confetti die and placed that … Read More ...
Gnome Pocket Card
How cute is this pocket card with a Gnome peeking over!? Dina is sharing how to cut, score and fold a card to create a pocket on the front that you can use to tuck in any stamped or die … Read More ...
Distress Stain Card Backgrounds
Amy used Distress Ink Spray Stains to create a variety of stunning card backgrounds using different techniques. She used them as sprays, as a “watercolor” to paint with, with stencils, used them on dry and wet papers and more. These … Read More ...
Tips for Card Scene Building
I love creating scenes on my card, it’s my favorite style to create. But it can be intimidating trying to put together stamped images to design the perfect little tablo. Cathy has a handy video sharing some of her tips … Read More ...
Circus Slimline Shadow Box Card
Slimline cards and Shadow Box cards are both really popular right now and Brenda has combined those 2 styles into one for a Slimline Shadow Box Card for a tall design with lots of dimension. She used the new Trinity … Read More ...
Free Cactus Pattern Paper
With cactus and succulents being so trendy these printable pattern papers will go perfectly with cactus stamps for your next handmade card! There are 10 patterns to choose from with cactus or southwest style designs and they are are FREE… Read More ...
Nautical Father’s Day Card
I know masculine cards can be challenging and with Father’s Day coming up next month many of us are in search of ideas. If your dad loves the ocean, beach, boating or fishing then a nautical theme might just be … Read More ...
Teacher and Grad Cards
Taylored Expressions has a brand new line of stamps and dies perfect for creating Thank You cards for Teachers and Congrats cards for Graduations. Emily used them along with some stencils for a couple of fun card designs. I love … Read More ...
Teacher Cards w/ Watercolor Backgrounds
Gaylynn used Colorburst powders to create cool backgrounds for her Teacher Cards. These powders come in a bottles and can be sprayed onto wet paper for an easy watercolor background technique as well as for other fun techniques. She’s sharing … Read More ...
Succulent Birthday Card
Succulents and cactus are still really trendy design images. Galina used cute cactus stamps from Studio Katia for this sweet little birthday card, I love the little flower blooms she added! She also used lots of green inks over a … Read More ...
Stenciled Mother’s Day Cards
Laura used stencils from Pretty Pink Posh to create 2 sweet cards for Mother’s Day. These stencils have tiny flowers or leaves on each one which makes it easy to color them separately. Laura used distress ink pads and blending … Read More ...
Spring Showers Card
Tell someone how much they brighten your day with this sweet Spring Showers Card from Tasha. She used dies to create her own circle and raindrop stencils for an ink blended spotlight background on her card. The cute stamps are … Read More ...
Graduation Cards
I hope it will be much more fun and festive for this years Graduates then it was last year. No matter how they celebrate be sure to congratulate them with a handmade card. Nichol Spohr used stamps and dies from … Read More ...
Tulip Notecard with Colored Pencils
I enjoy making cards of all different sizes, sometimes I want lots of space so I might do a slimline, other times I want something smaller and might do a note card size, slightly smaller than a traditional A2. Sandy … Read More ...