Janette Kausen colored this stunning flower bouquet stamp from Hero Arts using colored pencils and a flick technique. I’ve seen artist use this technique with Copic Markers but it works beautifully with pencils too. This style of coloring can add … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Shapes from Large Stamps
Get more from your larger stamped images by only using small portions of them. Like in this card Kajcyika used a heart shaped die to cut out smaller pieces of a large border stamp, it really gives a bold look … Read More ...
Download: Grateful Planner Page
Add a lovely floral touch to a planner, calendar or journal page with this beautiful FREE page download from Indigojade Art. Click here for the freebie.
-Heather… Read More ...
Technique: Paint Swiping Card Background
Add a painterly touch to your next card with this cool paint swiping technique. By adding stenciling and paint splatter over top Cathies Cowles really added a lot of texture to her card background. Add some stamped images for a … Read More ...
Project: Botanical Shaker Card
As summer is coming to an end, I’m glad to see one more pretty floral card design. I love the cool and unique combination of botanical designs and gears in this shaker card designed by Nico Scrap. Using products from … Read More ...
Tip: Using Spring Stamps for Fall
I love seeing stampers think outside the box and use stamps for occasions they maybe weren’t intended for. Like this great fall foliage card from Nina-Marie. She used some spring floral stamps and by changing the ink colors and adding … Read More ...
Project: Embossed Peony Card
Using rose gold embossing powder and coloring the flower stamps with water colors Effie Cho designed this stunning peony floral card. I love the embossed on vellum butterflies, they add such a sweet touch to this elegant card. You can … Read More ...
Tip: Easier Card Layouts with Press N Seal
If you want to layer a bunch of stamped, punched or die cut images on your card front it can be super frustrating laying them all out just how you want and then having to flip or move them to … Read More ...
Tip: Make Your Own Pattern Paper with Stencils
Debbi Adams created her own wonderful pattern paper with inks and stencils. The papers are so pretty they don’t need much more then a stamped sentiment added to turn them into beautiful cards. Visit her blog Doodles in My Sketch … Read More ...
Project: Multi Step Pop Up Card
Pop Up cards are so fun to give and to make! Learn how to make cuts and folds for a multi layered pop up card, no die cuts or specialtools needed just a pencils, ruler and scissors. The Mixed … Read More ...
Project: Realistic Iris Card
May Park will show you how she used a no-line stamping technique and water colors to get this beautifully realistic looking Iris card. I love her tip of taping down your water color paper to preventing it from warping while … Read More ...
Tip: Coloring the Negative Space on a Stamp
Instead of coloring the stamped leaf images Debby Hughes painted the “negative” background space making the image really pop. This works really well with floral and botanical images and is a great way to get more use and a unique … Read More ...
Technique: Wet on Wet Watercolor Stamping
How lovely is this floral card? Sandy Allnock gets an amazing soft and painterly look with her wet on wet water color stamping technique. Visit her blog for a video tutorial.
-Heather… Read More ...
Technique: Coloring on Vellum with Copic Markers
I love the soft look that vellumpaper adds to a card. There’s so much you can do with vellum, stamp on it, heat emboss it, die cut it and many coloring mediums work well with it too, like Copic … Read More ...
Project: Water Colored Bouquet Card
How lovely is this bouquet card? I love the combination of gold embossing of the stamps and water coloring. Find out how to make this beautiful card over on The Ton stamps blog.
-Heather… Read More ...