You will use this birthday card design – black and white based – over and over! We love card ideas we can use again and again as is or with little modifications and this birthday card design – black and white as the whole base with a single colored element – is a fantastic one to keep around! Julie started this card by cutting some black and white polka dotted paper with the largest of our Rectangle Stitch Dies and […]
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Looking for new alcohol ink techniques? Read on for some great PRO TIPS! We love when our designers share fun new ways to use our goodies and today Lisa is sharing one of her super fun alcohol ink techniques to create this gorgeous background for this super fun card. Lisa says she loves combining sets from our store and had you said that our super popular Garden Gnomes would look so great with one of our new Easter sets we […]
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Have you tried watercolor salt painting? You will after seeing this post! Watercolor salt painting sounds like it could be complicated but it’s a super simple technique and gives seriously cool effects! Today Melinda uses this fun technique on her mystical moonlit background and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Here’s how Melinda made hers so you can get the basic idea. She started with a piece of watercolor paper cut to card front size and traced a […]
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Rubbernecker New Dies – Spring 2021! It’s time for some new goodies and today we get to share our Rubbernecker New Dies – Spring 2021 Release! And many of these are part of the Kittie Kraft by Rubbernecker line – two fun things at once! Our “In the Garden” Release has LOADS of projects coming up but today we thought we’d share a few sneak peeks of the dies specially design by our Exclusive Associate Designer, Kittie Carraciolo. We are […]
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Use a colorful card border to set off a special quote and a loving greeting! We just love this simple colorful card border made by just stamping with bright colors – it’s SO cheerful and it sets off this lovely stamped quote and sweet sentiment. Shall we dive in and make one? Choose the colors that speak to you and line them up as you want them to appear on your card for easy reference. Renee chose bold, bright hues […]
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Learn the basics of using a stamp mask to combine images easily! If you’ve never used a stamp mask before today’s post from Allison offers an excellent illustration of how this super easy to do technique can be a game changer. There are lots of times when we want to place objects on our projects in a way that make them look like they are grouped so some are in front of others. And we don’t always want to take […]
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This is such a gorgeous way to use the same rubber stamps two ways on one card! There certainly are lots of ways to use the same rubber stamps two ways on one card but today’s Stamp Along With Rubbernecker video shares one way that we think takes the cake! Preeti has created two cards for us today where she uses the floral stamped images to create two different but equally stunning backgrounds and then uses those same stamps again […]
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It’s time for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2021! Welcome to the super fun Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2021! We know you all love your coffee or love making cards for people who do so we’ve pulled together some of our latest cards that feature that magical brew. Use code JAVA15 for 15% off all coffee items after your done browsing. Don’t forget to comment to be entered for our Hop Prize! To celebrate this fun event, we’ve […]
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An adorable idea for some easy DIY Easter cards! If DIY Easter cards are on your list this year, you SO want to check out this project! Anne is sharing her take on no-line coloring today and we just love the soft, sweet look it adds. She also has added a simple frame to a cute scene featuring our new Easter bunnies and taken the whole look up a notch. Let’s dive right in and make one ourselves! First, stamp […]
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We don’t see a lot of encouragement card ideas and this one is perfect for just about anyone! Encouragement card ideas are few and far between out there but we know that we send a lot of messages of courage, strength and determination and when we saw this project from Jamie, well, this is one to save! Jamie says “When I saw this new stamp set and that I could make a card that said ‘Be Brave’, I thought that […]
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Repeat stamping slimline style looks AWESOME and is SO EASY! We love an easy project that gives a lot of impact and this fun card from Julie using a repeat stamping slimline technique just cracks us up! How adorable is this? Before we dive in to this awesome card, remember that ALL our slimline dies are on sale through tomorrow. Take a nice juicy 20% off any and ALL our slimline dies and if you’ve been wanting to build your […]
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Make an Easter Slimline card to give you space for all your creativity! We are loving this adorable Easter slimline card! The way the bunnies are spaced out to give each one their own moment in the spotlight against an overall scene gives you so much to look at on one project. And Carol added those teeny tiny butterflies in a way that creates plenty of motion on the card so you just don’t want to stop looking at it! […]
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Today’s Video – Learn how to add dimension to one layer cards just with coloring! Today we’ve got a video LOADED with tips on how to add dimension to one layer cards plus a bonus project taking those ideas up one notch. In this installment of Stamp Along With Rubbernecker, Preeti is showing us her step by step method of using clever image placement and easily reproducible coloring tips to add a beautiful “popped up” design. Here’s the card she […]
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Use a Die Cut to Make The Perfect Cloud Stencil! We love seeing our tools being used in ways that make them even MORE purposeful and today Lisa has made just about the most perfect cloud stencil for her billowy background for our frolicking foxes. Lisa says “I just love ALL the foxes in the new Be Wild stamp set so I decided to make a card using them all.” This set is very popular and we can’t imagine what […]
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See how to use one of our favorite colored pencil techniques for a striking look! We are betting that somewhere in your stash you have some colored pencils and haven’t really thought about colored pencil techniques in a while. Well, today Melinda is going to inspire you to dig out your perhaps forgotten colored pencils and try out this use of beautiful vibrant bright colors over darker card stock. Don’t those blossoms practically glow? Let’s dig in and learn how […]
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Pin this to the top of your card ideas for friends list! We are ALWAYS on the lookout for fun card ideas for friends, especially during these times when our friends are so much more important to us. This concept – how much our friends are pulling us through – is part of why we focused our efforts on some new friend items in our new release that you can see here. And speaking of the new release, today Renee […]
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You will love making this CAS poppy card for ALL your friends! Today we’ve got a CAS poppy card that our friend Kittie made for her blog and was nice enough to share with us. Kittie says “this card is super quick and easy, can be done in lots of different colors and simply by changing up the greeting, can be used for so many different occasions.” She used our new Precious Poppies set and apparently you all love this […]
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Who says stencils for card making are out of fashion? Not us and not you when you see how Allison made this charming card! We are pretty sure each of you has a stencil kicking around somewhere and after checking out today’s post, we are betting you will be digging them out! Shall we see how Allie created this fabulous all-occasion card? First, cut your layers. Allie used a pale yellow between her white card base and her decorated panel. […]
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Have seen all those gorgeous projects made by adding foil to cards? And thought how much you really don’t want to add yet another expensive machine to your list? Well, grab a cup of something that makes you happy, get comfy and get ready for another magical edition of Stamp Along With Rubbernecker with Preeti! Warning – You are NOT going to want to do ANYTHING but stamp after you watch this! Let’s watch Preeti show us how to get […]
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Add A Stained Glass Window To Your Handmade Easter Card Ideas! You are probably starting to look at handmade Easter card ideas and we are sure you spotted this fabulous fun card in this post here – today, Julie is sharing how she made this fun “stained glass window”. First, she stamped, colored and die cut these adorable characters from our new Bunnies set. Oh, and thank you for all the nice things you’ve shared about these sets – yes, […]
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Cute Idea for Easter Chick Cards to Make This Year! We are just loving this adorable idea for Easter chick cards to make for your family and friends this year. That little chick with his egg hat just cracks us up – pun not intended. We are really loving the soft coloring Annie has done with her Copics and her addition of that inked background panel pulls it all together. Wanna see how to make these? First stamp your images […]
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