I’m seeing the acrylic pour technique popping up on mixed media art projects, it adds a really interesting marble effect. Janette has used this same idea for card making and it’s so beautiful. It makes terrific backgrounds or use it … Read More ...
Elegant Floral Christmas Card
The combination of bold red and gold embossing makes this Christmas card from Erum Tasneem so elegant. The water colored stamped images and splattered background also make this card really on trend too.
Wide Washi Tape Cards
Altenew has just released some beautiful rolls of wide Washi Tape. These tapes make great card backgrounds or sections can be cut away for smaller images. I love the trendy galaxy tape! Vicky Papaioannou created 5 cards with these … Read More ...
Inspiration: Apples
This is the best time of year for apples. Of course they are great for eating but they are also a great inspiration for paper crafting. Autumn, harvest, back to school, teachers, Halloween and Fall festival cards and scrapbook pages … Read More ...
Metallic Heat Embossed Cards
Metallic is the trend for fall! One easy way to add a dramatic metallic look to your cards is with heat embossing. There are loads of fantastic metallic embossing powders on the market. Kristina Werner share some embossing tips and … Read More ...
Galaxy Constellation Cards
Galaxy, stars and constellations are super trendy themes right now and I love it! Erum used liquid watercolors to create the galaxy background and added heat embossed gold die cuts for the constellations.
Foiled Fall Leaves Card
Add a beautiful golden glow to fall leaves on your next card using foil. Gina K will show you how to use a Minc foiling machine and gold foil for this shimmery look. It’s perfect for Thanksgiving cards!
Unicorn Face Card
Ashlea put together this adorable unicorn face card with some unique ideas, like small banners for the eyelashes and a chevron stamp for the horn. So clever!
You can find her tutorial over on the Sticker Kitten blog.
-Heather
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Color Layering Dies
Layering Stamps have been popular for a while and now Spellbinder has taken the idea in a different direction with color layering dies. Die cut each die from different cardstock colors for a lovely layered dimensional look.
Yana Smakula has … Read More ...
Galaxy Card with Distress Inks
Outer Space and Galaxy patterns are really trendy right now on just about everything including cards. Cathy Z used Distress Ink pads and white liquid ink to create her cool galaxy card background.
She’s sharing a video over on her … Read More ...
Trendy Flamingo Card
Flamingos must be the “it” animal this summer, I see them popping up everywhere. I’ve seen lots of fun stamp sets with cute punny saying with them too. Laura Bassen used the Let’s Flamingle stamp set from Pink Fresh Studio … Read More ...
8 Unique Stencil Cards
The stencil trend is still going strong and companies are upping their game with more different and unique stencils. Justine Hovey focuses on some interesting stencils that she loves, some can be layered, turned or have multiple designs in one.… Read More ...
Unicorn Cards with Ink Pad Card Backgrounds
Chrissie used ink pads as watercolors for the pretty rainbow background on this card. It’s perfect for trendy unicorn or galaxy themed cards.
Visit the Spectrum Noir blog for her video tutorial.
-Heather … Read More ...
Underwater Cards with Distress Oxide Glaze
I love Tim Holtz Oxide Oxide Inks they are so versatile and work well with so many different techniques. Adding another layer to these ink is the Distress Micro Glaze. By adding this over top of the inks it adds … Read More ...
No Line Coloring with Fade Out Ink
The Ink on 3 Fade Out ink pad takes some of the hassle out of no line coloring. No need to hunt around for light ink pads that might not work, this hybrid ink pad is made specifically for the … Read More ...