June is PRIDE month and in support of the LGBTQ+ community there is a #LoveWins crafty Instagram hop going on. Amy R is participating with her beautiful You are Love Card. She’s sharing a tutorial on making her card as … Read More ...
Emboss Resist Technique with Gel Press
Mindy created some amazing card backgrounds using a resist technique and a gel press
. She heat embossed the fireworks background stamp onto white cardstock and then brayered multiple colors of ink on a gel press and then “stamped” that … Read More ...
Stamping and Coloring on Vellum with Copics
Carol created this stunning Hydrangea card with a stained glass effect by using vellum. She stamped and heat embossed her images onto the vellum in white and then turned the vellum over and colored on the back using Copic Markers… Read More ...
Colorful “Celebrate” Card Tutorial
Channin used Cookie themed alphabet stamps from Honey Bee stamps to spell out the sentiment on this fun “Celebrate” card. She stamped and heat embossed the stamps in white on different colored cardstocks for the letters and then added a … Read More ...
Masculine Color Block Cards
These masculine cards from Teri are perfect for a quick and easy guys Birthday or for Father’s Day. Using strips of cardstock she created her background and then heat embossed her stamp over top in silver metallic. You can also … Read More ...
How To Make A Faux Tile Card Background
Wow, this amazing card looks like it has real ceramic tiles on the background! Shel used cardstock in blue and black to paper weave her pattern then she covered the entire panel in clear heat embossing to create a shiny … Read More ...
Ink Smooshing and Embossing Technique
Natasha did something I’ve never heard of and that’s heat embossing with water! She first ink smooshed her background panel with stamping inks and water then left some sections wet and poured on glitter embossing powder and then heated. The … Read More ...
2 Mini Slimline Cards from 1 Panel
Cathy is sharing a great way to create two cards from one stamped panel. She used a large circle with dots rubber stamp to ink and then heat emboss in clear on white cardstock, the added colorful bands ink … Read More ...
Rainbow Birds Card
How pretty is this rainbow of birds card from Laura!? She used Distress Inks to ink blend over top of white heat embossed birds in a lovely array of colors across the card. The clean white background helps the colors … Read More ...
3 Easy Easter Cards
Yana Smakula has created 3 easy Easter Cards using some cute new products from Simon Says Stamp. By using the same products but slightly different card layout designs it’s simple to make cards that are similar but different so you … Read More ...
3 Ways to Color on Acetate
I love working with acetate, those clear plastic sheets are fun to use to create shaker and window cards but you can also stamp and color on them too! Rebecca has three different ways to add color to acetate, one … Read More ...
Coloring with Alcohol Inks
Alcohol Inks
add loads of color and pattern for card backgrounds but did you ever think of using them to color a stamped image too? Well, Lydia did for this beautiful floral card. She created purple and green inked panels … Read More ...
Heat Embossing on Vellum Technique
I love all the depth, texture, color and dimension on this wonderful card by Anna-Karin! She heat embossing a large background stamp on vellum, then colored in some of the circles and then used a stylus to dome out the … Read More ...
Embossed Card with Spot Blending
By now I’m sure most stampers are familiar with the popular technique of ink blending, adding color to cardstock with a blending tool 
and ink pad so it’s fun to see someone put a bit of a spin on … Read More ...
Mixed Media Valentine Cards
I love the vintage look of these mixed media Valentine’s Day cards from Riikka! For the background of each card she heat embossed a patterned stamp and then painted over top for a resist technique. Each card used a different … Read More ...