Coloring pages for adults seem to be all the rage right now… I mean, really, who doesn’t like to color? It’s so relaxing and reminds me of my childhood love of art! I’ve recently discovered that now cardmakers get to color, too! Check out these neat card-sized paper packs with different designs you can color […]
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Watercoloring Over Stamped Images
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Mar
Mar
Happy Tuesday, I hope you are having a creative one! Today I’d like to show you a neat trick you can use to make your stamped images look watercolored. It’s SO easy, you won’t even believe how simple it is! First, to create a background for my card, I wanted to paint a couple of […]
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Mar
Mar
Happy Spring, card makers! Spring is finally here, and I’m so excited! I thought I would share a few paper-crafted “Spring Things” I’ve found online to inspire you! First up is this amazing spring scene that Melissa Phillips has created into a gorgeous TAG for her jar gift. Click the link to see the details […]
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Trust in the Lord Card
15
Mar
Mar
Welcome back! Today’s card is very stamped and layered, but still flat enough for mailing. I love the dimension that all of these fun layers bring to the design, yet it’s not too bulky. Let’s get started, and I’ll walk you through my process – it’s easier than it looks! First, I added some ink blending […]
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Cards With Dimension
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Mar
Mar
Welcome back, cardmakers! When I first began to create cards, I was more of a scrapbooker and hadn’t really dabbled in stamping all that much. This meant that I started to see my scrapbooking products in a whole new light…on cards! My style was very layered, and I loved to use embellishments! Embellishments were my […]
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Do the Splits: Designing With Split Sentiments
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Feb
Feb
Hi, this is Danielle Flanders with another Creative Cardmaker post, and today I want to talk about a trend I’ve been seeing more and more of lately in cardmaking, which involves splitting up your card front to reveal a sentiment in between! It’s a fun way to add dimension and a little something unexpected to […]
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Stenciling Backgrounds
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Feb
Feb
Happy Tuesday! Recently I have started dabbling in ink blending on my cards! It’s such a fun way to add a touch of color to the background. You can ink blend with any color of ink pad directly to the card, or you can ink blend over a stencil. Ink blending is much easier than […]