These are such cute Christmas slimline cards and they are SO fun to make! We are in love with these cute Christmas slimline cards and we can’t get over how much impact Annie’s use of one of our new stencils added to the whole look. Annie says “stencils are one of the most versatile crafting tools out there and I love finding unique ways to use certain designs that make them even more useful.” She definitely shows that off here! […]
Continue Reading
These Christmas gnomes are extra “sweet” against their candy swirl background! Oooh – today we have a SUPER cute card featuring a couple of Christmas gnomes set upon a panel Annie created that looks just like a big ol’ batch of Starlight peppermints! What a CUTE combo! Let’s try making one! First, stamp a couple of the fanciful fellas from our Garden Gnomes set onto white card stock with black Copic-friendly ink and color them in, cutting them out with […]
Continue Reading
If you liked yesterday’s card, you will also love this funny handmade slimline card with more funny fish! Yesterday we shared an under the sea card with with a tongue in cheek twist and today we are sharing another funny handmade slimline card with more sea creatures! Annie just couldn’t stop making these adorable fish so she made a second slimline card so she could add them all together. Let’s “dive in”! Just like with yesterday’s project, Annie started by […]
Continue Reading
We love the details on this cute handmade slimline pirate card idea! When Annie set out to execute her cute handmade slimline pirate card idea she specifically chose a slimline card because, in her words, “I couldn’t get over how cute the images in the Pirates Under the High Seas Stamp Set are!” and wanted to use as many as she could. We LOVE hearing things like this! So let’s take a look at how Annie made this and get […]
Continue Reading
Check out this adorable birthday cake card and a super “sweet” bonus project! We just about fell over when we saw this fabulous birthday cake card and positively squealed when we saw the extra card Annie made for us. She says “I loved all of the images in the new Dessert Stamp Set so much, I had to create two cards to be able to color nearly all of them”. We just LOVE it when people are inspired to USE […]
Continue Reading
Learn how to make a stunning DIY greeting card background! There are zillion ways to make a fun greeting card background perfectly suited to your project and this one from Annie just blew us away. Have you ever seen such a great mix of a modern, almost mysterious background combined with an adorable, focal element? We just love this juxtaposition of two styles and can’t wait to show you how she did it! To start on this card for teenage […]
Continue Reading
Use this idea for an easy tone on tone card background! Sometimes, a stamp does all the work for you as it does here with this super pretty tone on tone card background in two colors. We love the juxtaposition of this lemony yellow with the cool pale teal and the die cut flowers seeming to float over them. Let’s take a look at how Annie made this card for us today. First, she made her flowers using our Friend […]
Continue Reading
This cute AND funny handmade cat card will be a huge hit with cat lovers! Today’s adorable and funny handmade cat card will really resonate with cat lovers because what other than a sassy squirrel could get a group of cats to line up so neatly? Annie put this card together to offer some sweet encouragement and it’s so cute that we can see this being used for plenty of other occasions just with a change of the greeting. Let’s […]
Continue Reading
Another take on no line coloring – so easy and such great results! No line coloring offers a totally different look for stamped images and today Annie is sharing her take on this fun technique with this adorable slimline card. Annie said that this card was inspired by all the real life foxes running around her yard and we love her bright spring look since we are ALL itching for Spring to finally get here! As we showed in this […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
These birthday cards – cute animals included from one stamp – are just perfect for “kids” of any age! The adorable critters set in a pretty, dreamy frame add a magical touch to a birthday wish and we can’t wait to show you how Annie did it. Annie says “Sometimes an image is so perfect, you can’t wait to color it and don’t need to add too much to embellish it” and we SO agree! Let’s get started! Begin by […]
Continue Reading
Today’s beautiful birthday card is all about ink blending. This way of adding beautiful, dreamy color to a project is super easy and as today’s designer, Annie, says “whenever I’m not in the mood to color with markers or paint, ink blending is a fast way to color images and gives beautiful results.” It certainly does – just LOOK at that card! Want to learn how to make it? Here we go! First trim your background panel to 4″ x […]
Continue Reading
This year’s set of Christmas Inchies stamps was SUPER popular and today’s sweet card from Annie is a PERFECT inspiration to keep using them throughout the entire winter season. Annie says it perfectly – “I love getting more use out of my Christmas stamp sets and dies by creating winter-themed birthday, hello, and love cards. These adorable Christmas Inchies were too cute to put away until next year!” We agree! Let’s see how Annie made this card so YOU can […]
Continue Reading
We just LOVE it when our designers spot something clever and today we are excited to share a very fun and easy way to make stunning tri-fold cards without having to purchase specially sized card stock. Annie, who brings us today’s card, spotted that all the “In Circle” dies released this past fall are the same size and line up the same way and she’s showing us a way to layer them to make a tri-fold card that you can […]
Continue Reading
We just love this slimline holiday card because it can easily be used for Christmas OR for a simple winter holiday or cheer card just by swapping out the greeting. And Annie shares so many fun and easy ways to really take your cards up a notch with all her helpful ideas – let’s check it out! Annie started by cutting a panel of white card stock with the largest die from the Slimline Nested Scallop With Stitch die […]
Continue Reading
Today we have not one but TWO beautiful handmade thank you cards made using some of our glorious clear layered floral stamps. We just LOVE how Annie combined sets to create these cards and can see endless possibilities using these ideas. Let’s check them out in more detail! Here’s he first card. We can’t get over the combination of peonies and pine cones – who knew they look so pretty together? (Well, Annie did!) First, Annie used the Sweet Peony […]
Continue Reading
Today our designer Annie has a gorgeous floral slimline thank you card to help us kick off our month of thankfulness. All November, we will be featuring cards that express OUR gratitude for you and to help you be inspired to share thankfulness with those you love. And don’t forget the giveaway!! We are just loooooving this beautiful card! It’s got a little antique-y style bling in the form of the gold embossing on the background, luscious color from those […]
Continue Reading
There are plenty of new ink shading techniques being shared all the time and our designer, Annie, tried one of them out for us today using one of our new silhouette stamps to give you some instant technique gratification! Silhouette stamps are great because they tend to be larger and bold and make excellent statements when stamped in a solid color over an ink-blended or patterned background. But Annie wondered what would happen if she applied some of those ink […]
Continue Reading
Looking for some ways to use your existing stamps and dies to make some fun Halloween crafts? We got you covered. Follow along for some Tricks and Treats and some frightful inspiration from our Designers and we make non-card items that are sure to WOW! Candy Bar Wrappers Supplies: 5335-01D Build an Owl Die 5335-02D Owl Halloween add ons Die 5176D Nested Deckle Rectangle Dies 1349 field of stars background 1343 Snakeskin background 1356 wavy line background Steps: 1. Cut […]
Continue Reading