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Holiday Ornament Card with Stenciled Background

November 13, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Holiday Ornament Card with Stenciled Background

I love the non-traditional color combo on this pretty Ornament card from Dana! She created her colorful background with pink and purple inks using layering stencils, adding gold heat embossing to the ornament shape to match the gold splatter she … Read More ...

Fall Card with Pearl Watercolors

November 8, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Fall Card with Pearl Watercolors

The combination of heat embossing and pearl watercolors gives such wonderful shimmer and shine to this Hello Fall Card. Lien heat embossed her stamped flowers onto brown cardstock, coloring them with the water colors which really pop on the … Read More ...

Merry and Bright Poinsettia Card

November 7, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Merry and Bright Poinsettia Card

Mindy added lots of shimmery gold to this beautiful holiday card using heat embossing and metallic paper. I love the stenciled pink with the soft red for the poinsettia along with a touch of brighter green for a subtle shift … Read More ...

Halloween Wreath Cards 2 Ways

October 26, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Halloween Wreath Cards 2 Ways

Amy R. used a wreath stamp from Pretty Pink Posh to create two styles of card, 1 quick and easy, the other more detailed. The simpler cards have stamping and heat embossing with sentiments and no coloring. The second card … Read More ...

Mini Halloween Slimline Card

October 23, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Mini Halloween Slimline Card

The trend of slimline cards has shrunken into mini slimline cards, the same long base shape but just smaller in size. Jessica used this card style for this cute little Halloween Card. I love the color combo of ink blending… Read More ...

Autumn Blessings Card

September 24, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Autumn Blessings Card

Mindy used new products from Taylored Expressions to create this beautiful Autumn Blessings Card. She created her background cutting a large background die from orange cardstock and adding orange and brown ink blending around the edges. For the leaves she … Read More ...

3 Cards with 1 Poinsettia Stamp

September 9, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

3 Cards with 1 Poinsettia Stamp

Vicky used the same beautiful Poinsettia stamp from Waffle Flower in three different ways on three different cards. One card is stamped and colored, the other is heat embossed in gold, and the last uses vellum for a soft look. … Read More ...

Trapped Ink Blending Halloween Card

August 30, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Trapped Ink Blending Halloween Card

Amy R. shows that you don’t need Halloween stamps to create a spooky card, she used flowers and butterflies for this non-traditional card design. She also used an interesting trapped ink blending technique where she ink blended the card panel … Read More ...

2 Autumn Thank You Cards

August 29, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

2 Autumn Thank You Cards

Yana Smakula is sharing her favorite Copic Marker combos on these two lovely Autumn Thank You Cards. The first card has a stamped and heat embossed Copic colored background with sentiment, the other card has a colorful sunburst of die … Read More ...

Shimmer Watercolor Lotus Card

August 25, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Shimmer Watercolor Lotus Card

I love shimmer watercolor, it adds a lovely colorful sparkle and works with so many different styles of stamps. Lydia used a pretty Lotus stamp from Ink on 3 and heat embossed it with black ink and clear embossing. … Read More ...

Fruit Card with Heat Emboss Resist Technique

August 15, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Fruit Card with Heat Emboss Resist Technique

Mindy used a simple Heat Embossing Resist Technique for this fun and fruity card. She first heat embossed her stamped images with white powder on white cardstock, then she ink blended over top, the embossing resists the ink applied … Read More ...

Tropical Birds Card with Copics

August 14, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Tropical Birds Card with Copics

Check out all the bright and bold colors on this Tropical Birds Card from Yana Smakula! Those colors really stand out on the black card background. She colored the stamps from My Favorite Things with Copic Markers and heat embossed … Read More ...

Ink Blended Floral Card

August 5, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

 

Ink Blended Floral Card

Ink blending is a popular and fun way to add color to cardstock. It’s perfect for creating card backgrounds but you can also use this technique to color your stamps too. Mona Toth heat embossed her stamped images with … Read More ...

Christmas in July Snowflake Card

July 17, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Christmas in July Snowflake Card

I don’t normally start my holiday cards until later in the year but I know lots of you do Christmas in July to get a jump start on yours. Verity is over on the WOW! Embossing blog with a card … Read More ...

Lotus Flower Watercolor Card

July 17, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Lotus Watercolor Card

Since Lotus Flowers float in water what better medium to color them in but watercolors? Gaylynn used stamps from Unity for this stunning card with a white heat embossed wavy background and beautiful stamped and water colored lotus flowers. She’s … Read More ...

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