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I love Tim Holtz’s products, he creates so many unique paper crafting items from pattern papers, ephemera bits, stamps, inks, sprays, dies, coloring mediums and so much more. They are perfect for creating mixed media and rustic designs for handmade … Read More ...
Wow, check out this stunning mixed media card idea from Lydia! With Summer winding down it’s a great time to create a few last minute floral cards before they all fade away. For this beautiful card she used several different … Read More ...
Stenciling paste is fun way to add texture to your cards and other paper crafting projects, simply spread over a stencil, lift the stencil (clean it with water) and let dry. Most stenciling paste is white which can sometimes be … Read More ...
Wax seals have been having a moment lately. I know they’ve been around for hundreds of years and have bursts of popularity from Harry Potter (his Hogwarts letter was sealed with red wax) and again when vintage and mixed media … Read More ...
One way to spice up your card designs is with interesting backgrounds. Instead of just reaching for some pattern paper you can create your own backgrounds with a variety of different techniques and products.
Erum used watercolor to create this … Read More ...
If you’ve got someone really special on your Holiday list and you want to go all out on their Christmas card and really Wow them this year try creating a layered mixed media card. These two amazing card designs from … Read More ...
Embrace Elegance with 17 Handmade Butterfly Card Ideas: A Stamping, Stenciling, and Die-Cutting Extravaganza
Fluttering into the world of cardmaking, butterflies bring a touch of grace and enchantment to your handmade creations. In this roundup, we present 17 exquisite Handmade … Read More ...
If you love adding lots of layers to your cards but don’t like or want all the bulk and thickness try some of these fun faux layering techniques from Jennifer McGuire. These cards appear to have several layers of cardstock … Read More ...
This amazing project from Nina Marie is a real work of art! Using products from Tim Holtz she rubber stamped flowers on her large tag, colored them with bright watercolors and then water colored the background around them in black. … Read More ...
Celebrate National Women’s Month in March with some bold and beautiful stamped tags. These mixed media tags have brightly painted and stenciled backgrounds with stamped feminine silhouettes. Add these tags to cards or gifts to give to your female friends.… Read More ...
Elevate Your Greetings with 12+ Shamrock Card Ideas for Spring and St. Patrick’s Day
This Spring and St. Patrick’s Day, spread the luck and joy with handmade shamrock cards. Here are creative ideas to inspire your card-making endeavors:
These pretty … Read More ...
I love how Laureen replace the “O” in “love” with a big stamped cake, such a clever idea! She also cleverly used lots of birthday text stamps to create her own stamped pattern paper and ink blended and stenciled the … Read More ...
This wonderful mixed media Christmas Tree Project from Paula is on a wooden tray to be hung on the wall during the Holidays but you could also use this same idea to create cards as well. For the base she … Read More ...
I love the rustic mixed media style of these wonderful Bottle Brush Tree Cards from Barbara! She used sticky heat embossing powder from Ranger to add Gilding Flakes and foil to her stamped snowflakes and sentiments. She’s also sharing a … Read More ...
Jennifer McGuire has taken the very popular ink blending technique and stepped it up by adding shimmering Perfect Pearls powder over top. And then of course she had to take it even further and dry emboss the panels too for … Read More ...
