Category Archives: Tutorial

Watercolor Pencils: A Video Tutorial

Happy Tuesday card makers! Today I have a fun video tutorial to share with you… a handmade greeting card created with watercolor pencils and the Bold Blossoms Watercolor Sheets and Bold Blossoms stamps by Papertrey Ink. I hope you enjoy seeing the process, and please leave a comment if you have any questions! These cards […]

 

Watercolor Coloring Book Card

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a card I created around a super hot trend I am seeing everywhere, adult coloring books. I have to admit, I have been eyeing adult coloring books for some time now. I used to love coloring as a kid. But I really hadn’t […]

Inspirational Tag Book

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing an inspirational tag book I created using the Illustrated Faith Whatever is Lovely collection from Bella Blvd. I started with the Noble patterned paper and four chipboard tags. I cut the paper to the length and height of the chipboard tags and adhered […]

Gradient Borders

Happy Tuesday! Danielle here with another card making tip! Today I’d like to share with you how to get this pretty gradient look using border dies. The first thing you will want to do is choose which cardstock colors you will want for your border. I have a rainbow effect going on here on my […]

Mist-Splattered Card

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a mist-splattered card and the techniques I used to create it. I started with white cardstock, Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine, and a Faber-Castell stipple brush. I took the spray nozzle off of the bottle and dipped the brush into […]

Working with Cover Plate Dies

Today I want to talk about some metal dies by Papertrey Ink that are made to cover a whole card front, and share some creative uses for them. Let’s get started! These are called Cover Plate Dies, which you can see more of HERE. This is an example of a Cover Plate Die by Papertrey […]

Corrugated Cardboard Die Cut Card

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a card I created using corrugated cardboard and my Cricut Explore machine. There are only a handful of materials I have yet to figure out how get solid, clean cuts with using my Cricut. Try as I might, corrugated cardboard is […]