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Slimline Happy Birthday Card

Posted by on April 11, 2023 in Cards, Diamond Press, Recent Works, Tutorials | 0 comments

Slimline Happy Birthday Card

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with a Slimline Happy Birthday Card. This is a quick and easy card to make using up ephemera or card kit pieces from your stash.     Slimline Birthday Card Base To make this card, I am using different pieces from a Celebration Card Kit. It comes with many patterned papers, cardstock, and ephemera. First, select a decorated card base and add a second layer in a solid cardstock with Crafty Foam Tape 108′.     Assembling the Card Next, let’s embellish and assemble the card front panel....

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CAS Partner in Crime Card

Posted by on April 10, 2023 in Cards, Diamond Press, Recent Works, Scrapbook Adhesives, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

CAS Partner in Crime Card

Hello there, today I have a tutorial to create a Clean and Simple (CAS) Partner in Crime Card that you will love! I was inspired by the talented Bibi Cameron to make this CAS Split Card Front. Thanks to the aid of Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L products, I was able to achieve this idea!     CAS Partner Card Base I created the card base with White Smooth Cardstock. Then, from the top of the card, I cut six strips with a paper trimmer.     I placed one of the strips on the center of the panel and added a thin layer of adhesive...

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Bunny Shaped Easel Card

Posted by on April 9, 2023 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Bunny Shaped Easel Card

Happy Easter! Today I have a sweet Bunny Shaped Easel Card for Easter. Easel cards are very simple to make and you only have to create a beautiful top layer. For a twist, my card is a bunny-shaped card too.     Bunny Shaped Easel Card Base Start by cutting a regular 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base and score at 5-1/2″. Fold your card to accommodate the largest shaped die from the Rabbit Shaped Die Set. Die-cut into the card base with the top of the die protruding slightly over the card base fold. This will create a hinged card base. Then, cut...

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Easy Way to Make a Textured Spring Card

Posted by on April 8, 2023 in Cards, Diamond Press, Die Cutting, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Easy Way to Make a Textured Spring Card

Hello there! Today’s tutorial is about texture with Fireworks and Embossing Powder! Do you know that you can create a splattered effect with the embossing powder? Let me share the easy way to make a textured spring card showing the bellow project.     Directions: Take a selection of Fireworks! colors of your preference to create the first part of the splatter effect. First, spray a single color over your craft mat. Grab a piece of white smooth cardstock or any type of cardstock and press softly over the mat. Let the paper dry...

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Heartful Friendship Card

Posted by on April 7, 2023 in Cards, Diamond Press, Die Cutting, Hot Foil, Recent Works, Scrapbook Adhesives, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Heartful Friendship Card

Hi friends, I am here to share a Heartful Friendship Card full of special details just to say HI! This is one of these cards that we always want to send, just to let our friends know that we love them. Let me show you how I assembled this card with some help from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!     Work on the basics Normally, I start my cards working on this basis. First, I created the card base with White Smooth Cardstock and then decorated the top with a die cut layer. I used a stitched rectangle in brown cardstock.     With...

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Let’s Make a Floral Birthday Card

Posted by on April 6, 2023 in Cards, Coloring, Imagine, Recent Works, RG Avenue, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Let’s Make a Floral Birthday Card

Hello there! Today’s tutorial is about a Birthday Card using a background stamp but adding texture and color. To make this, I used VersaFine Clair Nocturne, Clear Embossing Powder and Memento Markers.     Directions: Take a piece of white smooth cardstock, ink well your background stamp with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink and stamp your image pressing hard to obtain a crispy image. You can use any stamping tool.     Cover the stamped image with Clear Embossing Power or MBoss. Melt the powder with the heat tool.    ...

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Techniques to create delicate textures

Posted by on April 5, 2023 in Cards, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Techniques to create delicate textures

Hello there! Today’s tutorial is about texture without dimensions. Do you know that you can create a flat card with these two ingredients and just one type of ink? Well, the Delicata is the ink that can bring you these possibilities and more. I decided to make this card using two colors of Delicata, Ruby Red and Rose Gold.     Directions: Take a piece of white smooth cardstock and solid stamps to create your design. In my sample, I am using hearts in different sizes and the Love Sentiment. First, ink the sentiment using the Ruby Red...

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Tulips for a Spring Card

Posted by on April 4, 2023 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Tulips for a Spring Card

Hello crafty friends, I am here to share some of our favorite Spring Stamps with you. Tulips symbolize the season, and on this card, the tulips are full of color.     To make this, I used pastel colors. First, I created the card base using Navy cardstock. Then, I splattered a So Saffron layer with a few drops of Fireworks in Cottage Ivy and Dandelion colors. I let it dry naturally before stamping the sentiment on the right corner. I used the Troubles Be Less sentiment with VersaFine Onix Ink. Then, I stamped the Tulips and the Large...

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Safari Birthday Card

Posted by on April 3, 2023 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Safari Birthday Card

I want to share a Safari Birthday Card. I am combining several animal stamps with a birthday sentiment on this card. Take a look at my card:     The animal stamps I used on my card are Rafferty the Giraffe and the Monkey Swinging. First, I stamped both images onto a piece of White Smooth Cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Then, I colored them with TriBlend Markers from Spectrum Noir.     Additionally, I stamped the Happy Birthday Sentiment that you can find in our store as Birthday 6. I used Memento Tuxedo Black...

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Floral Birthday Card

Posted by on April 2, 2023 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Floral Birthday Card

Hello crafty friends, I hope you are enjoying the new release of stamps from Crackerbox. The new flowers and sentiments are really fabulous. Today, I want to share a Floral Birthday Card created with the new designs of Alex.     First, I created the base of my card with textured green cardstock. Then, I decorated it with a cover plate die from my stash ( I don’t remember the name of this beautiful die) that I die cut onto white smooth cardstock. I pasted the die cut cover over the card base using crafty foam tape, to add more...

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