Crystal used white heat embossing with leaf stamps on watercolor paper and then added a lovely wash of watercolors over top for a resist technique on this wonderful autumn card. The Nuvo drops and embossed sentiment finish off this Thank … Read More ...
Beaded Slider Cards
Interactive cards are so popular right now and I love seeing all the different way creators are using different elements to create cards with movement. Jennifer McGuire designed some lovely butterfly cards with beads that slide behind them.
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Brady Bunch Inspired Card
Wow, does this Brady Bunch inspired card take me back, I loved watching that show when I was a kid! After creating colored square sections Ardyth used the faces from lots of Ellen Hutson Leading Lady stamps to create her … Read More ...
How to Watercolor with Brusho Powders
Brusho watercolor powders are a quick and easy way to add a pretty watercolor look to your cards. Gaylynn used them for her colorful card over top heat embossing for a resist technique. I love how she white embossing powder… Read More ...
1 Stamp and 1 Die, 3 Cards with Vellum
Emily used the same pretty floral stamp set and Thank You die from Trinity Stamps to create 3 different cards. I love the soft look of the flowers heat embossed in white on vellum, so pretty!
Masked Frame Card
Crystal Thompson masked off the center section of her card, stamped a wreath of tiny floral images around and created an open space on her card to add her sentiment. It’s a great way to frame and bring focus to … Read More ...
Painting and Stamping with Distress Oxide Sprays
Richele used Distress Ink Sprays from Ranger and Tim Holtz to both watercolor her stamped images and stamp the background on these cool botanical cards. I love the loose artsy style of these cards.
Pen and Ink Card Technique
Up your doodling game with this pretty technique from Norine. She stamped out some layered flower and leaves in different colors of ink and then added her own hand drawing around the images for a really wonderful artist look. This … Read More ...
How to Add Shading to Solid Stamps
Sometimes solid stamped image can look a bit flat. Nichol has some great tips on adding shading, shadow and depth to solid stamps by using colored pencils. I think this really gives them a much more realistic look.
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Geometric Masculine Card
I find masculine cards can sometimes be tricky to create, I have so many flowers and cute animals stamps and those might not work for every guy. Amber used some bold triangle stamps with dark ink colors and filled them … Read More ...
How to Foil on Acetate
Foiling adds a wonderful metallic look to cards. I’ve seen it applied to cardstock on many designs but Tina had the great idea to add foiling to acetate and the results are stunning! It gives an extra layer of dimension … Read More ...
Floral Watercolor Cards
Ashley used ink pads and reinkers
with solid stamps for an easy watercolor design on these lovely floral cards. I love the simply one layer look of these cards with just the black sentiment, it makes for a really elegant … Read More ...
Bunny in the Carrot Patch Card
This sneaky little bunny is stealing carrots from the garden in this adorable card from Teri Pocock. I love how she created her fence using a woodgrain background stamp on strips of cardstock, very clever. She’s sharing how she … Read More ...
DIY Thank You Stamps with Mint
If you’d like to create your own custom DIY stamps for any occasion the Mint
system from Silhouette is perfect. Using your computer you can create or purchase images and then “print” your own stamps. These Floral Thank You cards … Read More ...
Round Shaped Thank You Cards
Cutting dies make it easy to create fun shaped cards like these round Thank You cards from Steph. She’ll show you how to partial die cut the base for quick and easy card.