If your new to stamping and card making or have never heat embossed Amy has a great beginning tutorial for you. Heat embossing adds dimension and shine to your stamping and is easy to do with the right tools and … Read More ...
Review: Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads by Spectrum Noir
I recently got a chance to try some of the brand new Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir. These ink pads come in 36 beautiful colors, in the same shades as their other Harmony Ink Pads … Read More ...
Card Background with Embossing Paste & Powder
To get the pretty background on this card Nicole added embossing paste partially over a stencil and then added embossing powder over top and heated it for a great shiny, textured look. It’s a great way to mix medias! I … Read More ...
Moon Landing Card
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing! So I thought this cool card from Cassie was perfect for today. She used Milky Way Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe for her awesome outer space background and ink blending for … Read More ...
Frosty Treat Card Backgrounds
Lisa Spangler has some fun card background techniques for these yummy frosty treat cards. She used watercolors with salt, embossing powders and a straw blowing technique for a cool mix of textures, patterns and colors.
Mixed Metallics Floral Cards
I love the mix of metallics in these stunning cards from Nichol Spohr. She heat embossed her stamps in white on black cardstock, then water colored them with metallic paints. So pretty and elegant!
Easy Watercolor Floral Card
Erum shares this stunning card on the Altenew blog and how she used their Watercolor Brush Markers for an easy but beautiful watercolor technique. I love the light blue woodgrain ink blended background, it makes the flowers really stand out.… Read More ...
Daisy Cards – 2 Stamp 5 Ways
Suzy used the same large Gerber Daisy background stamp from Simon Says Stamp to create 5 different cards. By changing her color scheme, her coloring mediums and sometimes using heat embossing she really got great variations. I love the bold … Read More ...
How to Watercolor with Brusho Powders
Brusho watercolor powders are a quick and easy way to add a pretty watercolor look to your cards. Gaylynn used them for her colorful card over top heat embossing for a resist technique. I love how she white embossing powder… Read More ...
1 Stamp and 1 Die, 3 Cards with Vellum
Emily used the same pretty floral stamp set and Thank You die from Trinity Stamps to create 3 different cards. I love the soft look of the flowers heat embossed in white on vellum, so pretty!
Happy 45th Anniversary Hero Arts!
Hero Arts Stamps is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year! I’ve been using their stamps for over 25 years, have purchased so many over that time and through all those years their products and service has always been top notch! … Read More ...
Father’s Day Card with Faux Hardware
This tool and hardware card is perfect to make for a Dad that’s handy. Frenchie had the clever idea to make her own nuts from hexagon shaped foam dots. She punched a hole in the middle and embossed them with … Read More ...
Masked Frame Card
Crystal Thompson masked off the center section of her card, stamped a wreath of tiny floral images around and created an open space on her card to add her sentiment. It’s a great way to frame and bring focus to … Read More ...
5 Ways to Use Clear Embossing Powder
Clear embossing powder is something every stamper should have in their stash. It super versatile and can be used with so many different stamping techniques. Jenny shares 5 different way to use clear embossing powder, to create subtle backgrounds, add … Read More ...
Handmade Card Tutorial – Butterfly Shaped Card
Large shaped dies are perfect for making fun shaped cards. Ilina used a large butterfly die from Hero Arts to cut out her card base, adding some lovely stamped flowers in white embossing which really pop on the dark cardstock… Read More ...