If you’re looking for a simple card without lots of layers but still want the look of dimension then masking might be the answer. This one layer card used masking to cover up the stamped dragon image and the top … Read More ...
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
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 ...
Lovely Bird Card with Inking Techniques
Shauna used a couple of different inking techniques to create this Lovely Bird Card. For the leaves frame she used an ink smooshing technique and then die cut the frame. For the bird she ink blended different colors onto the … Read More ...
Rainbow Splash Floral Card
I love the bold rainbow colors on this beautiful card from Channin! She stamped each flower in a different color of Distress Ink, then spritzed them with water and blew the wet colors with an air blaster tool to move … Read More ...
Otter Shaker Card with New MISTI Tools
Heather Nichols used new tools and accessories that make using a stamp positioning tool, like a MISTI, even easier to use. With stamps from Taylored Expressions she created cute shaker cards and is sharing how she used the tools to … Read More ...
Birthday Balloons Card Tutorial
A circle stencil with ink blending created the perfect colorful polka-dot background for this fun Birthday Balloons Card. Vicki used products from Time for Tea Designs to create her card featuring an adorable bear and mouse. She’s sharing a tutorial … Read More ...
5 Ways to Create Interactive Cards
Interactive cards are so much fun to make and even more fun for the recipient to receive! Shari is over on the Simon Says blog with part of their summer class series showing 5 different styles of interactive card techniques. … Read More ...
Thought Bubble Card
Caly used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn to create this adorable Thought Bubble Card. I love the little scenes she created on the base of the card as well as inside the thought bubble. The bubble looks like a … Read More ...
Tropical Border Shaker Card
I love this bold and beautiful Tropical Card from Galina! One the base of the card she has created a border shaker element which adds so much interest to the card design. Notice how she used tulle instead of clear … Read More ...
2 Dinosaur Cards Tutorial
Lynnea used stamps and stencils from Sassy & Crafty to create two fun Dinosaur cards. One features an ink blended silhouette, the other has a stenciled background with cute stamps of kids and dinos. These are sure to put a … Read More ...
No Coloring Ice Cream Truck Card
This card is very bright and colorful but there’s no coloring of the stamps involved. Kate used 4 strips of colored cardstock to create the background and stamped the ice cream truck in black over top of the panels. She … Read More ...
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 ...
Card Making – Gate fold Explosion Card
Anyone else feel like it’s never too early to plan for Fall or Halloween? Sandie is getting ready early with this amazing Autumn Gatefold Explosion Card. But of course you can change it up for any occasion. This card combines … Read More ...
Coloring Stamps with Pastel Chalks
Tina used pastel chalks to add lots of pretty color to the butterflies on her card. She got a terrific tip to get a bold stamped outline when using chalks, she first stamps, then colors with the chalks and then … Read More ...