Raise your hand if you’ve tried no line stamping. Ok, now raise your hand if you haven’t. Either way you are going to be blown away by today’s project using no line stamping. This card is so beautiful, it could be framed and kept as an always-on-display gift, which was what Melinda says she was shooting for when she created it. We think the totally hit the bullseye! And what’s more, it’s not hard at all to get this look! […]
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When we first saw this butterfly birthday card we had to take a moment and just appreciate how beautiful it is! The soothing background pattern of the watercolor style flowers, the highlighted oval that is the perch for a striking 3D die cut butterfly and that bold black sentiment…….it all just comes together in such perfect balance. And Renee, today’s designer, is sharing her whole how-to here so YOU can make it too! Renee used our Spring Blossom Watercolor stamp […]
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Colored pencils do amazing things on white cardstock and did you know that using white colored pencils on colored cardstock can be just as magical? In today’s installment of Stamp Along With Rubbernecker, Preeti is sharing her easy to follow and SO fun to do tips for coloring beautiful, vibrant white flowers on colored cardstock along with all her fabulous shading techniques. You can feel you skills expand as you watch and then trying this out…..well, be prepared to impress […]
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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 […]
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Can you imagine someone opening this handmade card with blue roses, here in the dead of winter, where fresh flowers are few and far between? Picture their eyes lighting up when they see these beautiful blue blooms against that sparkly snowy background. Well you CAN make this card and today Renee is going to walk us through how. Renee used our Fragrant Blooms stamp and coordinating die set with our Color Fuse ink to create these stunning, dimensional flowers. Our […]
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In today’s Stamp Along With Rubbernecker, Preeti is sharing a fun and easy way to create beautiful stacked paper flowers using outline stamps. You are going to LOVE this fun way to create super dimensional, 3D flowers for your projects! And as usual, Preeti shares so many tips and ideas and little tricks – you are going to feel like a pro! In today’s video, Preeti is using our Fresh Flowers stamp and coordinating dies but you can use any […]
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Have you ever tried coloring directly onto stamps with markers? Did you even know you “could” do that? Today, Melinda, one of our new Design Team members, has created a simply gorgeous card for us using this WOW technique. We just love that she used a spring/summer stamp and created a perfect winter card by using her beautiful cool palette of blues and silvers. You will want to use a stamp positioner, like the Misti for example, for this to […]
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Some of you may know that we have many thank you card sayings in the shop including this brand new and FLYING out the door set and this set in Spanish and lots in between. We love mixing things up and since “Gracias” has become a popular word for even the non-Spanish speaking peeps this card is a GREAT example of a fun way to use a stamp from a foreign language set in a way everyone can understand it! […]
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Woo-hoo – we love slimline, we love fast, we love simple and we LOVE when they all come together for a slimline quick and easy thank you card! And this one shared by our designer Jamie, has a fun easy way to add some real dimension with just a few bits of die cutting. Before we get started, have you jumped on the slimline card bandwagon yet? If you haven’t you really should – it’s a huge trend and people […]
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Today we are excited to share some soft and lovely elegant thank you cards that you can make – one or a batch! – to send for more formal occasions or just when you want to send something really pretty. Don’t these just fit that bill perfectly? And these cards use some basic design ideas that you can use for any kind of card so read on and be inspired! First you can see that this card was made featuring […]
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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 […]
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Today’s version of fun, creative thank you cards is extra special because it is also a slimline card AND a shaker card! Talk about stacking the deck of creativity! Let’s take a closer look at how Jamie made today’s project for us…. First, Jamie cut a panel of white card stock sized for a slimline card front using two dies from the Slimline Nested Stitch Die to create a pop-out panel and frame all in one cut. Then […]
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In keeping with our theme of thankfulness, we are excited to share this bright and beautiful flower thank you card that is so perfect for showing your appreciation for that person in your life who is special to you. We just love the cheerful yellow against that crisp combination of black and white. And there’s a SUPER fun PRO TIP in here, too, about that gorgeous gingham so read on and get the details…… First, Carol cut out black and […]
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Today we are sharing a beautiful floral slimline card plus a bonus A2 card featuring the same beautiful new Just Because stamp set and coordinating dies! We know that so many of you are loving the slimline card making trend – we can tell by how you are snapping up all the new slimline dies and our brand new slimline background stamps! And we also know that many of you are still loving your A2 card making sessions so we […]
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We LOVE new product release days and today we have a whole bunch of fabulous new things to show you from our September Release 2020! Scroll down to see the pics of all the new goodies and scroll ALL the way down for a September Release 2020 unboxing video from Preeti to see these up close and personal. WOOT! First, we have a collection of the most RIDICULOUSLY adorable woodland creatures and some props from nature for you to create […]
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Today we are sharing a card made with a pretty paper floral arrangement using a couple of the new layered floral stamps from the August release! Follow along to see how our designer Lisa made it! She started with a pre-cut card from The Paper Cut shop which we love because it means your slimline bases are ready to go! Then she used a layer from The Paper Cut Slimline Layers saving even more time – WOOT! She added a […]
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Happy Wednesday Friends – today we have a treat for you with not one but THREE gorgeous examples of how to use background stamps or extra WOW on your cards!. Our Designer Annie is using some of our new August Release Layered Stamps as well as new backgrounds to jazz up today’s projects, and you just have to see these! Background stamps are a great way to create subtle patterns that won’t compete with your focal image (the reason many […]
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Today we are so happy to share this beautiful many layered slimline card showing off one of our HOT new sets of slimline dies AND one of our gorgeous new clear floral layered stamps. There’s a fun trick to making this card and you won’t believe how easy and fun it is! You might even get addicted! Our designer started with a single sheet of white card stock cut to fit her card front. She used the palest shade in […]
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Are you ready to create a fun and colorful Cherry Blossom greeting cards using our new Bloomin Vines Floral Layered Clear Stamps and Color Fuse Inks? We have an amazing video tutorial for you today that you won’t want to miss. Follow along with our designer, Preeti, as she makes a vibrant and fun card, using techniques that you can use in your everyday stamping. We have some wonderful card making tutorials on our YouTube channel, make sure to subscribe […]
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Hello – today we are going to show you some easy steps for how to make a slimline shaker card. This card has the benefit of using both one of our amazing slimline dies and our new layered floral stamps and we think the combination is just stunning! Our designer started by using the largest of the Nested Stitch Slimline Frame Dies, added the slimline insert die Inside Scallop with Teardrop inside and used washi tape to hold them in […]
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Today we are featuring a beautiful cheery example of flower card design ideas using slimline cards from Kittie Caracciolo, our Exclusive Associate Designer. Don’t you just LOVE Kittie’s cards? They are always loaded with so much detail and look SO fun to make! Kittie shared with us that she is really enjoying having lots of extra space for her design ideas and this card certainly shows that off! Kittie used one of our Slimline Frame dies in combination with one […]
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