Kia used Color Burst Powders for this bold card background and added her floral images, embossed in gold and watercolored with Zig Clean Color Markers over top. I love how she added extra dimension by using a stylus tool on … Read More ...
Sparkly Embossed Card Background
Wow, this beach sunset card is stunning! Jess ink blended Hero Arts inks on cardstock then pressed her embossing pad over the entire thing and then heat embossed Sparkle Embossing Powder all over. The results is bright sparkly colors and … Read More ...
Rainbow Butterflies Card
By applying and blending different colors of Distress Ink onto white cardstock and then die cutting her shapes Amanda got a rainbow of pretty pastel butterflies. I love the white embossed on grey for the background, the butterflies really pop! … Read More ...
Galaxy Ombre’ Card with Color Burst
Galaxy and ombre’ looks are everywhere right now. And Pat Huntoon combined both looks and got this colorful card background using Color Burst powders and a stamped resist technique. Visit the Design Junkies blog and check out her technique video.… Read More ...
Projects: 7 Cards from 1 Stamp
With just one large floral stamp and it’s co-ordinating dies from Concord and 9th Justine Hovey created 7 different cards. By using different color mediums and techniques she got 7 very different looks and styles from easy to more advanced. … Read More ...
Tips: Mermaid Card with Embossing and Copics
I love this mermaid tale card from Carissa! She will show you how to heat emboss and color with Copic markers on vellum to get this pretty look. All the bling she added gives it so much sparkle and pizzazz … Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Dogs Valentine Treat Bags
Using adorable dog die cuts and a treat bag die from Mama Elephant Laura put together these cute treat bags for Valentine’s Day. I love how you can create all different types of dogs with these dies. (And yes, they … Read More ...
Tips for Working with Vellum
Vellum adds such a nice soft touch to cards. But since it’s transparent it can be a little difficult to figure out how to adhere it. Laurie Schmidlin has some great tips on her blog like sewing down vellum or … Read More ...
Project Thank You Card
Say “Thanks” for the awesome holiday gift you got with a wonderful thank you card using brand new Letter It products from Ranger Ink. Kelli Cool shares directions for this pretty two tone Thank you card over on their blog, … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring Embossed Images with Alcohol Inks
Wow, how bright and vibrant the colors are on this stunning card from Jess! She’ll show you how to use alcohol inks to color heat embossed images to get this look. Visit her blog All The Sparkle for a video … Read More ...
Project: Layered Mandala Card
Juliana Michaels will show you how to cut apart sections of a single large Mandala stamp and layer them together for a wonderful dimensional card. Visit the Sugar Pea Designs blog for more info.
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Project: Christmas Tree Shaped Cards
Infinity dies, which come in the same shape that get progressively smaller make for perfect shaped cards. These lovely Christmas tree card were made with dies and stamps from Hero Arts. You can visit their blog for a video tutorial.… Read More ...
Project: Funny Christmas Shaker Card
This bunny isn’t sure he’s ready for Christmas, he’s got some explaining to do! This adorable shaker card was designed by Nichol Spohr using dies and stamps from Honey Bee. I love their Blah Humbunny stamps set, such a … Read More ...
Project: Let it Snow Card
By randomly stamping and heat embossing snowflakes all over pale blue card stock and cutting it and popping it up over a stamped sentiment designer Jamie made this easy but lovely snowy card. She’s got a video tutorial over on … Read More ...
Tip: Dry Embossing with Plastic Paper
Bazzill has introduced a new paper that contains plastic, meant to give a deeper more crisp image when dry embossing. Nina-Marie gave this new product a try making a lovely embossed Christmas card and she shares her tips on working … Read More ...