Gina K has some amazing State Flowers stamp sets that are perfect for creating custom cards that show pride in your state. Melanie combined them with postage stamp designs to create some really beautiful cards. She’s sharing a tutorial over … Read More ...
Xyron Glaminator Review and Giveaway! (GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED)
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I recently got the chance to try out The Glaminator from Xyron. This machine does hot and cold lamination as well as FOILING! So you can easily add shimmer and shine to your paper crafting projects … Read More ...
Mirror Stamping with a Media Mat
Mirror Image Stamping is a fun technique that allows you to stamp the reverse of an image. This makes for fun card where your images can face each other or you can add a reflection. The silicone Media Mat from … Read More ...
Spring Animals Card with Ink Blending
I love how the animals on this adorable Spring Card are all shaped like eggs, so cute! Sandie masked off each stamped animal so she could ink blend a pretty background. She finished off her card by coloring her animals … Read More ...
How to Make a Shadow Box Card
Eva is over on the Pebbles blog showing how easy it is to create your own Shadow Box Card. She’s got direction on how to cut and core the card base. And to make it even quicker she used pre-made … Read More ...
Card Trend – Quilling
Quilling is a paper crafting technique that has been a round for a long time. I remember my mom creating projects with it back in the 70’s but it dates back even further then that. If you’re not familiar with … Read More ...
Heat Embossing Techniques – Create 5 Cards with 1 Stamp
I love a versatile stamp, if I can use it in many different ways I really feel like I’ve gotten my monies worth. Simon Hurley used a floral stamp set and several different heat embossing techniques to create 5 beautiful … Read More ...
Butterfly Box Card
How pretty and Springy is this card from Dina Kowal!? This box style pop up card opens up to reveal some lovely butterflies but still folds flat to fit inside an envelope. She’s sharing step by step photo direction as … Read More ...
Rainbow Stripe Card with Stencils
Colorful Rainbow patterns are still so popular and they add such a bright cheerful touch to any card. Lydia created her rainbow striped card by placing painters tape over top of a stencil to mask off different areas for ink … Read More ...
Chalkola Marker Review, Giveaway and Coupon Code
Chalkola recently sent me a set of their 30 Chalk Markers to try and it was so much fun incorporating them into my paper crafting. I created some card samples and filmed a product review sharing all about these markers … Read More ...
Spinning Cards
Close to My Heart has released their new Card Front Spinner die and coordinating stamps that allow you to easily make some fun cards with an interactive spinning wheel. I love the trendy rainbow and sweet gumball machine designs!
Using Background Stamps as a Focal Point In Cardmaking
Background stamps are usually the quiet achievers in cardmaking – they sit behind your sentiment, add texture, and subtly tie everything together. But what if your background stamp didn’t stay in the background at all?
Jaycee takes this classic supply … Read More ...
1 Stamp Set 4 Ways – Bear Cards
Christy created 4 adorable bear cards using just 1 stamp set from Paperie Ink. Using the same pattern papers and a similar card layout for each one makes it easy to create a quick set of coordinating cards. I love … Read More ...
Interactive Wiper Card
Julie used cute new bug stamps from Lawn Fawn to create this interactive wiper card. When you open the card a magnifying glass pops out, so fun! She’ll show you step by step how to create your own wiper, no … Read More ...