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Thanksgiving Card with Mica Stain Leaves

October 23, 2022 by Heather Holbrook

Thanksgiving Card with Mica Stain Leaves

Wow, check out all the dimension, texture and shine on this stunning slimline card from Nichol! She die cut tags, leaves and acorn images from white cardstock and then sprayed them with Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stains for fabulous shimmer … Read More ...

Baby Card with Ink Sprayed Stenciled Background

May 21, 2022 by Heather Holbrook

Baby Card with Ink Sprayed Stenciled Background

This adorable baby card features cute jungle animals and a pretty hanging vine background. Carrie used Ink Sprays in pink and yellow instead of ink blending with her stencil to create the card background. She colored the Heffy Doodle Stamps … Read More ...

Mixed Media Floral Card with Ink Sprays

May 19, 2022 by Heather Holbrook

Mixed Media Card with Ink Sprays

Check out the rainbow of bold colors on this stunning mixed media card from Keisha! She die cut the new Tim Holtz background and flowers from white cardstock, put everything in place and then colored them using Tim’s Distress … Read More ...

Turtle Doves Stamped Christmas Card

November 29, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Turtle Doves Stamped Christmas Card

This lovely stamp from Woodware captures the “Two Turtle Doves” line in the 12 Days of Christmas song beautifully. The background of this card was made with yellow and green metallic ink sprays, washed out with water for a sparkly … Read More ...

Christmas Foliage Card and Tag

November 9, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Christmas Foliage Card and Tag

Carrie used dies from Spellbinder to create this gorgeous Christmas Slimline Card with matching Gift Tag. The dark hunter green and black she used reminds me of a vintage Victorian era Christmas. She used lots of inking and ink sprays … Read More ...

Monster Cards with 2 for 1 Backgrounds

October 27, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Kate create a card background panel using ink blending, shimmer ink sprays and paint splatter. She cut it with a multi circle die, adding those circles to another panel, getting 2 for 1 card backgrounds! She then added fun Monster … Read More ...

Pumpkin Mugs Thank You Card

October 23, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Pumpkin Mugs Thank You Card

An easy way to add color to die cut shapes is with ink sprays. Silvia used Distress Ink Sprays and Ink Pads from Tim Holtz to add lots of color and splatter to this yummy Pumpkin Mugs Thank You Card. … Read More ...

Slimline Halloween Bats Card

September 20, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Slimline Halloween Bats Card

I love the dark spooky feel of this Halloween card from Yana Smakula! The slimline card design gave her lots of room to create a flurry of flying bats using a stencil over an ink blended and shimmer sprayed background. … Read More ...

Black Cats Halloween Tag

September 13, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Black Cats Halloween Tag

Patti used products from Tim Holtz to create this amazing Black Cat Halloween Tag. This mixed media project uses ink sprays, stenciling, embossing, stamping and more for loads of great texture and detail. I love her tip of dying white … Read More ...

How To Use Bubble Wrap To Make A Card Background

August 17, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Bubble Wrap Card Background

I love seeing stamping ideas using everyday objects found around the house. Emily used bubble wrap with different colors of ink sprays to create the background for this yummy Ice Cream Card. What a simple yet effective way to add … Read More ...

Butterfly Art Journal Page

July 30, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Butterfly Art Journal Page

Megan used stamps from Tim Holtz and Gloss Ink Sprays to create this amazing Butterfly Art Journal Page. To color her pretty butterflies she sprayed the inks all over white cardstock and then stamped the butterflies over top and cut … Read More ...

4 Rainbow Cards w/ Distress Oxide Ink Sprays

May 31, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Rainbow Cards w/ Distress Oxide Ink Sprays

Carrie used Distress Oxide Ink Sprays to create a variety of rainbow patterns for these adorable cards. She used different techniques like stamping, stenciling and drawing over top of the inks to add extra texture and pattern. She’s sharing a … Read More ...

Submarine Slider Card

May 21, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Submarine Slider Card

This fun underwater scene card features a bright pink submarine that slides across the card. The long slimline style of card is perfect to created interactive scene cards like this one!  Lynn used ink sprays to create her ocean background … Read More ...

Distress Stain Card Backgrounds

May 14, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Distress Stain Card Backgrounds

Amy used Distress Ink Spray Stains to create a variety of stunning card backgrounds using different techniques. She used them as sprays, as a “watercolor” to paint with, with stencils, used them on dry and wet papers and more. These … Read More ...

Underwater Mermaid Cards

March 6, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Underwater Mermaid Cards

Caryn used new products from Avery Elle to create a couple of sweet Underwater Mermaid Cards. For the backgrounds she created her own stencil with a wave die, adding color over top with ink blending and ink sprays. She colored … Read More ...

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