Here are several Father’s Day cards to get you inspired! Let’s celebrate Dad with a handmade card. Designer: Jennifer Holmes Blog post: http://seilifestyle.blogspot.com/2012/05/1-dad-card.html Designer: Danni Reid Blog Post: http://mymindseye.typepad.com/blog/2012/05/may-challenge-2-masculinefeminine-products.html Designers: Kasia Curry & Chrissy L , respectively Blog Post: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/05/spectacular-spectacles-challenge.htmlb Designer: Debbie Olson Blog Post: http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/muse_and_amuse/2012/05/happy-fathers-day-justrite-may-release-day-1.html […]
Category Archives: Card Making
Going Green… One Aluminum Can at a Time – Tutorial The Rubber Cafe has a great tutorial on reuse of aluminum cans for metal embossed embellishments on a card. Here is the card created by Karen Thede, one of the design team members at The Rubber Cafe: This card is features The Rubber […]
Teacher Appreciation Week Teachers play such a significant role in our children’s lives and with the school season coming to a close we often like to shower them with gifts and gratitude for all that they have done over the past year. Today we want to share with you some great gift ideas to honor […]
blog post: http://lawnfawn.blogspot.com/2012/05/fawny-flickr-friday-51112.html
Sometimes when you are just stuck and having a difficult time figuring out handmade card ideas, try layering multiple textures and colors. This card shows a great use of mixing multiple textures using embossing folders and Core Essentials card stock. Some things of particular note on this card is that all the embossing folders use […]
The mosaic technique is visually striking. This designer took some simple scalloped circle shapes and made them into trees by adding a black trunk and cutting the circles into “tiles.” So clever. For a list of products used and some instructions, see this blog: http://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/october_afternoon/2012/05/tuesday-tutorial-mosaic-flowers.html
What makes a Mother’s Day card special? My guess is that any card given to a mother from her child is precious and special no matter what it looks like. However, once you have made a card and sent it to anyone, now you can never go back to store bought. Not only that, […]