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Simple Masking Techniques – VIDEO!

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Watch this FREE video tutorial for using simple masking techniques to create gorgeous layered scenes on your handmade cards! Did we mention that our Design Team LOVES our new Butterfly Flowers set?  We’ve seen some stunning cards using that set and today’s is right up there! Preeti has used the set in her fabulous video tutorial for us showing the first of several simple masking techniques. Masking is a very easy way to add your images in stamped “layers”. Basically […]

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Use Mini Slimline Elements on Standard Cards!

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Check out this easy and fun way to use your mini slimline stamps and dies on full sized cards! Did you know that you can instantly get tons more bang for your creative stash bucks by using mini slimline elements on standard cards? Not only do these fabulous reduced-sized products make the most spectacular mini slimline cards, they can all serve as beautifully proportioned panels and unexpected decorative details on your full sized cards. Today Allison has used one of […]

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A Pretty, Springy Handmade Card With Flowers

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Look forward to warmer weather with a springy handmade card with flowers! We’ve all loved seeing pretty winter cards but clearly our designers are ready for a new season – proof positive with this pretty springy handmade card with flowers stamped and die cut for some pop! Jamie’s put this together for us today so let’s take a look at her little tips and tricks! Jamie started by stamping the floral elements from our Summer Bloom set using the colors […]

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Quick and Easy Handmade Butterfly Cards

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These handmade butterfly cards are SO sweet! Today Allie is sharing such a sweet and simple design for some quick and easy handmade butterfly cards that are excellent for lots of different occasions. Keeping the elements simple and unfussy – but still beautiful in their own right – keeps the focus on the darling butterflies. Let’s see how she did it! Allie started by taking a card sized panel of white card stock and blended the lighter shades of the […]

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Beautiful Handmade Butterfly Greeting Cards!

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You won’t believe how easy these handmade butterfly greeting cards are to make! When someone needs to be cheered up or when you just want to let someone know you are thinking about them, one of these handmade butterfly greeting cards are perfect because they suit any reason to reach out. Today Julie has made a card for us that has so much color and is so visually appealing and she used some super easy techniques to get this pretty […]

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A Handmade Card With Orange and Purple Flowers!

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Come see how to make this stunning handmade card with orange and purple flowers! This eye-catching handmade card with orange and purple flowers is one that will captivate everyone’s attention. No one will believe you made it yourself! Let’s let Lisa show us how she made it so we can make some, too! Now, Lisa shared a secret with us about this card and that is that many of the elements used on this card were left over extras from […]

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Two Ways To Use Liquid Watercolor On Your Cards

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Check out two liquid watercolor techniques on one card! If you’ve been afraid to try liquid watercolor on your cards, today’s project will surely convince you to try it! The other day, we shared a project using the base layer of one of our beautiful layered flower stamps and today Natasha is showing us how to use just the outline layer. If you haven’t snapped up one of our layered flower sets yet, please try one out – there are […]

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Distress Ink Backgrounds For Cards

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See one of our favorite realistic looking distress ink backgrounds for cards! There are loads of fun ideas for creating distress ink backgrounds for cards and this one we especially love because it really brings our Cobblestone Background stamp to life! Melinda saw a fun watercolor tutorial on creating a rock wall and decided to recreate that cool, shaded, mutli-color look using our stamp as a short cut. We think she nailed it! Let’s learn how to do this. Take […]

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Quick and Cute Handmade Gift Tags!

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Use your card making goodies to create cute handmade gift tags!   The leap from handmade cards to handmade gift tags is very tiny – you can use all the fun things you do for your cardmaking to make gift tags that you can add to gifts OR package up and GIVE as gifts! Who doesn’t love pretty accessories when gift giving. And here’s a PRO TIP from us to you all: Use plain old white or kraft paper as […]

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Colored Pencil Art – Stamp Along with Rubbernecker

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Hey Fellow Crafters – we are trying out a new feature called Stamp Along with Rubbernecker and today’s topic is colored pencil art. We are going to test this out about once a month giving you a video tutorial covering a new fun technique or trick that you can then use right away, coming back to the video if you need a second look. Today, Preeti Chandran is making a stunning floral background card with butterfly and jewel accents! Her […]

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Slimline Dies that Inspire

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Today we are sharing another fun project using our slimline dies that inspire creativity, according to what we are seeing from you all! As you may have seen, we have released several new “accessory” dies to go with the slimline layers called Slimline Insert Dies. By providing both outside cuts and separate inside cuts, you get so many different varieties with so many less items. Very thrifty! And today we are showing a card used with the combination of the […]

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Butterfly Wishes

Hello everyone! It looks like we are ready to move into spring time with a beautiful card using the 2 part Butterfly #3 die cut (5102d) and Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts (cbset-4 and cbset-1). We used the Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts on our fantastic Rubbernecker Stamps Watercolor Paper (wcp). After everything was dry we used the Frame with Curves and Pierce die cut (5148-05D). We finished the card off with one of our new die cuts Wishes (5205-05D). If you […]

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Brush Butterflies

Today we have a very simple but pretty card. Our designer used just one of the several beautiful butterflies from Brushed Butterflies for her card. With the butterfly, the burlap and flowers, the card has a very soft country feel to it. To get that perfect cut on the butterfly, she used the matching die cut set Fluttering Butterflies.  And the card has plenty of texture with all the elements and embellishments. She even gave it a bit of watercolor […]

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Butterflies Are Free with Myndi

Myndi has made an exceptional card today! She used one of our newest die cut sets Nested Circle Scallop dies w/holes (5119D) and made a beautiful card with it. She added some Butteries from the Butterflies Are Free (3020) stamp set, on the back scallop, and it is gorgeous.  For the main butterfly on the front she used the Butterflies Are Free die cut set (3020D).  Don’t forget that if you would like to get these stamps you can always click […]

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Eyana Says Thanks

  Ann-Marie did such an amazing job with coloring Eyana (784-01)! Eyana as a “Thanks for everything” card looks fun and inviting. It would make anyone receiving it smile. Ann-Marie used a no line technique that makes you believe that she drew Eyana herself.  The sentiment “Thanks for everything” came from the stamp set Best Friends Etc (3032). That is a really fantastic stamp set for so many sentiments! She also used a new die cut set Nested rounded corner rectangle small […]

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Dreamy Butterflies!

Lisbeth always makes cards that just leave us breathless. Using Butterflies Are Free (3020) along with some of our new die cuts, she has created an entire scene for us. Lisbeth used a beautiful sentiment for her card that comes with the Butterflies Are Free stamp set.  She cut the butterflies out perfectly by using the matching Butterflies are free Die Set (3020D).  Her flowers and leaves are some of our new die cuts. She used Small leaf Group Die (5110D) , […]

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Butterflies Are Free with Jamie

Nothing says spring like beautiful butterflies. Jamie made a very sweet card for our inspiration today using the Butterflies Are Free (3020) stamp set. The butterflies look amazing with the colors Jamie has picked out, as well with the matching Butterflies Are Free die cut (3020d) they look perfect!  It is very simple, clean and wonderful a the same time. The sentiment Jamie used is also from the Butterflies Are Free stamp set. Jamie made the sentiment stand out by […]

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Butterflies 1 Layered

Ann-Marie has a beautiful butterfly inspiration for us today using Butterflies 1 (3025) stamp set. Her design is very clean and simple but oh so pretty at the same time. She used Best Wishes (3029) for her sentiment and used the new Nested rounded corner square dies (5016D).  If you would like to get these stamps you can always click the names of the stamps and it will take you directly to where they are located in our store.  

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Butterflies Are Free with Jamie Martin

Jamie made us a very inspiring and beautiful box using Butterflies Are Free (3020) today. It is beautiful with the gorgeous. We love way she colored the butterfly all the way to the little embellishments. Jamie used the Butterflies Are Free matching die cuts (3020D) to really get a nice edge on the butterfly. It looks beautiful. Jamie really gave the box that “aww” reaction. The sentiment she used you can actually find in the Butterflies Are Free stamp set.  […]

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