Erum used beautiful tropical flower stamps from Altenew for this card. She first heat embossed the images in black and then used a wet on wet watercolor technique to color them in. I love the big blue splash of watercolor … Read More ...
Friendship Fox Card
This sweet little fox is ready to bring some sunshine into someone’s day. Christy used new stamps from My Favorite Things for her Fox with Flowers card. I love the mix of patterned papers she used and the combination of … Read More ...
Coloring Embossed Sentiments
If you’re new to coloring stamped images Cathy has a great tip. If you heat emboss your stamps it gives you a little raised “edge” that helps hold in the color so you don’t color outside the lines. She used … Read More ...
Monkey Jungle Card
If you know someone who could use a little pick me up these adorable Monkies are ready to swing in and do the job. Caly used new stamps from Pretty Pink Posh for this fun card. I love how she … Read More ...
Ink Smooshing Flower Card
If you need a quick way to add some color to some stamped flowers try the ink smooshing technique. Dana used Distress inks
, sprayed with water picked up and applied with some acetate. It adds a pretty colorful splash … Read More ...
How to Make a Tent Card
A Tent Card is a fun design that has a 3D effect and can stand up on it’s own. Rachel used some sweet little house stamps for her card, she designed the inside and outside of the card opening to … Read More ...
How To Make Shaker Tags
Using some fun little dies from Studio Katia Galina created these adorable little tags. And each one is actually a mini shaker too, how cute! I love the little faux stitching detail on each tag and the sweet stamps she … Read More ...
Tropical Aloha Card
Wow, doesn’t this amazing card from Marine make you wish you were on the beach right now? She used stamps from Hello Bluebird for this card and she’s blown me away with the palm trees. Why? Because Hello Bluebird doesn’t … Read More ...
5 Masculine Birthday Card Designs
Did you struggle to come up with masculine cards for Father’s Day this year? I hear lots of card makers say “It’s hard to come up with more masculine designs.” Theresa Calvird has created 5 different masculine card ideas using … Read More ...
How to Ink Blend on an Embossing Folder
Embossing folders add great texture to your cards but you can also use them to add color as well. I used ink pads and a blender brush to add a blue sky to the starry background on my Unicorn Card. … Read More ...
Llama Twist Card
Using some super fun new Twist Stamps and Dies from Art Impressions Nina designed this adorable Llama card. His backside is on the inside of the card and he’s suspended inside the opening so he can twist and flip around. … Read More ...
Slimline Coffee Card
I love the trendy Slimline design of this cute Coffee Card from Tracy Shultz. The die cut window openings look like a walk up counter at a cafe’. To get her bright neon colors she used Gel Pens to color … Read More ...
Clear Tri-Fold Bee Card
Kristina Werner used new stamps from Colorado Craft Company to create this stunning clear Tri-Fold Card. The top panel is clear acetate with a gold embossed bee on vellum, the panel underneath was created with an ink blended resist … Read More ...
Interactive Multi Slider Card
All types of interactive cards are very trendy right now, especially slider cards. These cards have a pull tab that allows the stamped images to slide along a track. Simon Says Stamps has really uped the slider game with their … Read More ...
Scrape Painting Card Technique
I sometimes find solid silhouette stamps can be difficult to design with. Karen Dunbrook has a fun Scrape Painting technique that adds a colorful background behind her stamps that she stamped in black. By adding dots of acrylic paints to … Read More ...