I love using monochromatic color art on a card! What is it? It's when you use different shades of one color or several elements in the same color to create art. And our cards ARE miniature works of art, right? Let's take a look at what I made for you ...
That's right - just stamps - no fancy tools, no fussy cutting, no anything other than just the joy of rubber stamping. Sound boring? Well heck no! The cards that I think are boring either end up in the trash OR get stashed away for rehab. But this one.......well, ...
Do you have a die cutting embossing machine?Yes? Are you as in love with yours as I am with mine?NO?!?! Well I am SO sorry you are missing out on so much!I can't craft without my die cutting embossing machine and the one I use is actually one of the ...
Today I want to share with you some tips on how to heat emboss cards. Heat embossing is a really fun and surprisingly easy way to add a lot of WOW to your cards. Let's take a look at a card where I used white heat embossing to put some pop onto dark card ...
You all know I LOVE me some fancy background paper - I use it a lot and I have been known to create secret stashes of my faves. But sometimes I just don't have the right color, shape, scale or some other detail I am feeling finicky about I just make my own! And ...
Did you know you can use your ink pads to create different types of watercolor washes? Yes you CAN! Adding hand watercoloring to cards is hot hot hot right now and NO you do NOT need to buy all those paints and pain sticks and special brushes and solutions and ...
Today I am sharing one of the cutest handmade card designs for friend besties - no I am not bragging! The Sprinkles Of Life stamp set makes it so easy! Check it out: Isn't that so sweet? And you could use it for a birthday card, an ...
Are you familiar with Stampin' Up!'s Softly Falling embossing folder? This folder was designed to mimic the look of softly falling snow. But the other day I was looking at it and thought that the little drifting dots could be any number of other things and - VOILA ...
