Jenny used a clever tip to trick the eye into thinking her heat embossed
and water colored stamped images are directly on her dark cardstock background. But what she actually did was emboss and color on white cardstock and then … Read More ...
Using Background Stamps as a Focal Point In Cardmaking
Background stamps are usually the quiet achievers in cardmaking – they sit behind your sentiment, add texture, and subtly tie everything together. But what if your background stamp didn’t stay in the background at all?
Jaycee takes this classic supply … Read More ...
Interactive Wiper Card
Julie used cute new bug stamps from Lawn Fawn to create this interactive wiper card. When you open the card a magnifying glass pops out, so fun! She’ll show you step by step how to create your own wiper, no … Read More ...
Handmade Friendship & Thank You Card
Tina used some new stamps from LDRS Creative to create this precious Friendship Thank You card. I love the background she created with the die and stencil, they coordinate so you can add color and texture on your backgrounds!
4 Shadow Box Cards
The new Display a Card dies from Mama Elephant allow you to design a fun shadow box card that folds flat for mailing. Rina used it along with their new Family Time stamps to create 4 adorable 3 dimensional cards. … Read More ...
Gnome Love Card
Gnomes are all the rage right now so Elaine created this super sweet Gnomes in Love card. She used colored pencils to color in the stamped images from Stamping Bella and is sharing her coloring tutorial over on their blog.… Read More ...
Focus on Background Stamps
Pink Fresh Studio has just released a bunch of beautiful new large background stamps. These cling mounted rubber stamps give you the freedom to create your own custom pattern papers for your card backgrounds. Laura used two to design for … Read More ...
Botanical Cards with No Line Coloring Technique
Kristina Werner stamped her botanical images in a light colored ink pad for a no-line coloring technique, coloring them in with watercolor pencils
. The look is so realistic and painterly. On the black cardstock she used white gouache
to … Read More ...
Using a Stencil Two Ways
Cathy has a great tip for stretching your stencils. She used a heart pattern stencil in the traditional way, adding ink over top, but she also used a rubber mat and ran it through her die cutting machine over cardstock… Read More ...
Love Themed Stamped Journal Page
Natalie used stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps to create this wonderful mixed media journal page for Valentine’s Day. I love how she used a piece of cardstock she’d die cut hearts from for another project for the background. What a … Read More ...
Monkey Pop Up Box Card
Amanda used dies from Lawn Fawn and stamps from Heffy Doodle to create this super fun Pop Up Box Card. And the best thing is this card folds flat for mailing! I love the little jungle scene she created with … Read More ...
Bunny Valentine’s Day Card with Partial Die Cutting
I used a digital Bunny stamp from Isabel Cristina’s Sending Love set and dies from Stampin’ Up for a partial die cutting technique to make this sweet Valentine’s Day Card. I colored my images with Tri-Blend Markers from Spectrum Noir … Read More ...
Make Your Own Heart Mask for Cards
Gina K shows how easy it is to use scissors to cut out a heart shape from Masking Paper to create some fun designs for Valentine’s Day. If you’re not familiar a mask covers up a section of your cardstock… Read More ...
Sushi Valentine Candy Boxes
Lindsay decorated little candy boxes with a Sushi theme for Valentine’s Day. She used pretty origami paper to wrap the boxes and added stamps from Lawn Fawn to decorate them. She sharing a how to video over on her blog, … Read More ...
Custom Birthday Cake Cards
The Cake Creations stamp set from Ink to Paper has multi layers, different patterns, numbers and accents to create a custom cake for a card. The numbers are perfect for marking birthdays and anniversaries and you can stamp in any … Read More ...