Terri created her card background using Distress Ink in fall colors, adding small amounts of gold foiling over top for the perfect fall look. She’ll show you how to achieve this mottled foil look over on her blog, Waving My … Read More ...
Butterfly Embellishments with Alcohol Inks
Learn how to make some colorful butterflies and dragonflies to add to your next card using alcohol inks on glossy cardstock and then die cutting them with dies from Technique Tuesday.
Click here to watch designer Bev’s video.
-Heather
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Birthday Card with Hidden Element
May Park designed this lovely birthday card that has a hidden element. She stamped her all over floral background using stamps from Altenew and die cut the numbers from the panel and then popped them up using fun foam to … Read More ...
Pumpkin Spice Double Slider Card
Fall is quickly approaching and that means Pumpkin Spice everything! Nichol Spohr created this amazing double slider card that pulls out on each side to reveal loads of mugs filled with yummy fall drinks. She used some of the brand … Read More ...
Product Review: Whimsy Stamps Part 2
I’m back to share some more ideas using stamps from Whimsy Stamps. They carry photo-polymer clear stamps, rubber on cling mount stamps, digital stamps, stencils, metal dies and pattern papers. Whimsy has many different talented artist that design … Read More ...
One Color Card – Blue Animal Parade
Kristina challenged herself to make a card using just one color, no easy feat! She chose blue and water colored up a delightful animal parade card. I never would have thought of blue animals but it totally works, doesn’t it?!… Read More ...
Quick Shaped Shaker Cards
There are several ways to make shakers cards. One easy way to purchase premade shapes like these cool shapes from Jillibean Soup. They co-ordinate with stamp and die cut sets making for quick and easy shakers. Plus they come in … Read More ...
Card with Stained Glass Look
Saundra got the look of stained glass by stamping and heat embossing her image in white on vellum and using her Copic markers to color. I love the color combo of the pop of pink with the muted gray and … Read More ...
Cat and Ice Cream Card
What’s better than cats and ice cream? Not much! I love this kitty card with the giant stack of ice cream, so sweet! I also love cat and dog stamps that can be colored to match any breed or type … Read More ...
Product Review: Whimsy Stamps
I recently got the chance to try out some stamps from a wonderful company called Whimsy Stamps. They carry photo-polymer clear stamps, rubber on cling mount stamps, digital stamps, stencils, metal dies and pattern papers. Whimsy has … Read More ...
Card Sketches and Color Inspiration
Feeling a little stampers block, stuck on how to start your next card? Each month Papertrey Ink posts card sketches and color combo inspirations to help jump start your creativity.
Click here to see their latest collection of inspiration.
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31 Holidays in August (an excuse to stamp)
Looking for an excuse to get creative and make a card? Try some of these “holidays” and make and mail something fun and different to a friend. Like did you know today is the day the US dollar bill was … Read More ...
Food and Drink Birthday Booklet
Inspired by the theme Food and Drink Kath stamped up this fun little booklet. She’ll show you how she inked watercolor paper, added her stamped images and stencil designs and put together her little birthday book.
Subtle Embossing Around Stamps
Instead of using the coordinating die cut to cut out this stamped strawberry image Virginia used it to add a subtle line of embossing around it.
Find more info on this idea over on her blog Yes, Virginia.
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Superhero Slider Card
Let someone know how super you think they are with this adorable superhero slider card. This cute little guy reminds me of Mighty Mouse 🙂
Find the card tutorial on the Create a Smile Stamps blog.
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