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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Did you ever think a big beautiful bunch of paper ivy leaves could make such a gorgeous statement on a card? Today’s designer loves keeping cards with simple messages at the ready to give out for a quick thank you or just to let someone know she’s thinking of them. Take a look at this stunning card:
Continue ReadingHello everyone! We have a fun card for you today! Today our designer has created a slider card. She is using the Sea Set (3207) clear stamps and hair gel to make her underwater adventure card. She has colored the images beautifully. The card, however, being a little different than the normal gel card, makes it fun and interesting. She’s made fun use of our slider die cuts (5172-01D) and our wave die cut (5202-09D) to make it look like […]
Continue ReadingAre you ready for Spring? Our team is ready for spring and making beautiful watercolor cards to show for it. We have new Watercolor Background (1227) stamps that allow you to make an amazing watercolor background for your cards. These stamps give you a watercolor look without all the effort or worry that it will come out badly. Our designer made this watercolor thinking of you card. She used the watercolor background stamps and our new release Organic #4 (3204) […]
Continue ReadingHow many of you love our watercolor flowers? Here is a new look on the Watercolor Lotus (1125) stamp. Jamie did an amazing job with her card this week. Jamie embossed the flower with white embossing powder then continued to bring it to life with her beautiful coloring. The sentiment Jamie used is from the Happy Birthday (3031) stamp set. The font and the position look perfect with her card. To add some wonderful texture to her card she used […]
Continue ReadingEveryone needs a bit of fun bright birthday inspiration and fun. Our designer brings you just that with the card she has made for you today. She used the very fun and cute Hippo (3104) stamp set. You can use the hippos either with their own stamp set with all the fun elements and the matching Hippo die cuts (3104D) or you can use them with the other stamp sets as well. She used the Nested Rectangle Scallop Die Cut […]
Continue ReadingShaker cards are so much fun! Especially this one that Jamie has made for our inspiration today. What a great way to start out a Monday, with the beautiful Butterflies Are Free (3020) stamp set and the gorgeous Two Part Butterfly #3 (5102D) die cut. Jamie used the die cut for her shaker card and then the stamp set to cut out the sentiment. It really is a beautiful card. If you do make anything with this stamp or anything […]
Continue ReadingOur designer has made us a very beautiful birthday card today using one of the new girls in our kids collection, Olivia (1117-13). She made a very fun shaker card to go along with Olivia and the Happy Birthday (3031) clear stamp set. A lot of die cuts were used to put this card together. Our designer used the Nested Circle Die Cuts (5002D) to cut the foam for the shaker card. She said the die cuts went perfectly through […]
Continue ReadingMarilyn made a beautiful card for today’s inspiration using Feathers (1132). It is a beautiful watercolor stamp. However, Marilyn has shown us that you can use it for other things as well. She embossed the feather stamp using the Mirror Gold Embossing Powder (mgoldemboss) on an acetate sheet. She could have simply left it with just the feather but she decided to take it one step further and emboss the sentiment “Thank you” from the Best Wishes Etc (3029) stamp set. […]
Continue ReadingWe had so much fun looking at all the outstanding back to school cards with the last challenge. Now we get to celebrate with you! But we are going to get a little challenging for some folks this round. Our theme this round is going to be: Monochromatic Now onto the team inspiration!! Lisbeth Bergtsson using Kalina (784-03), Smiles and think of you (504-06), Color Bursts (p/cbset-4) Ruza Rebel using Two Tone (567-05), Happy Birthday (565-23), and Nested Rectangle Stitch […]
Continue ReadingLeaves and Twigs (3021) is a very pretty stamp set, as you can see from the card Melanie has made for us today. This card is beautiful. It is gorgeous with all the different colors and layers that the card has. Melanie made all the blues and the greens work perfectly together. The sentiment she used is actually from our Splatter Stains (3006) stamp set. It is part of the backgrounds that goes with the set. It looks fantastic how […]
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