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How to Apply Rub-On Transfers with a Die Cutting Machine
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the beautiful new Simply Made 3.0 collection. In the past I’ve avoided rub-ons because I find them a bit intimidating, and I’m not great at applying them with the included wooden stick. But after I found out how you can apply them with your die-cut machine, I…
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10 Christmas Card Ideas with the Dear Santa Holiday Kit
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, showcasing 10 festive holiday cards created exclusively from the Dear Santa Holiday Kit! Before I switched to cardmaking exclusively, I was a scrapbooker. And I created scrapbooking-style cards for quite a few years before diving into the world of stamps, dies, stencils, etc. So creating cards with this kit felt so…
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Light-Up Hanukkah Card Tutorial with Menorah Lights Stamps and Dies
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a festive card that lights up featuring the new Menorah Lights stamp & die set. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! Die-cut the outline Menorah from white cardstock, and the inner die from Silver Matte Metallic, Windy, and Gold Glitter Metallic cardstock. Die-cut the outline and…
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House-Mouse Sweet Twist Christmas Card Tutorial with Copic Coloring
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the House-Mouse Sweet Twist Cling Rubber Stamp Set from the new Holiday Dreams collection. This adorable stamp set is perfect for Christmas and the holidays. I am colouring the image using Copic Markers, which are alcohol based, but any colouring medium will work here – pencils, paints,…
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Hummingbird Garden Sympathy Card Tutorial with Layered Stencils and 3D Embossing
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the beautiful new Butterfly Garden collection by Simon Hurley. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! To start, we are going to ink blend the Layered Hummingbird Garden stencils in numbered order. Align stencil 1 over top of a 6” x 9” Classic White…
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Ink Blending for Cardmaking: Tips, Techniques, and Tools for Beautiful Results
Hello cardmakers, Lisa Tilson here, and today we’re going to be talking about ink blending. This is such an integral part of cardmaking, as ink blending can be used for many different designs in many ways. You might want to blend inks to create a background for a stamped or die-cut scene. You might want to add ink blending onto…
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2 Floral Birthday Card Ideas with the Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be sharing two cards today using the Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit. Both cards feature the Garden Party Etched Dies. I combined them with the shaker domes and sequins on the first card, and for the second, combined them with the mug from Birthday Brew Etched Dies, as well…
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Hot Foil Joy to the World Christmas Card Tutorial with Upright Italic Press & Foil Plate
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a striped holiday card featuring the beautiful new Upright Italic Joy to the World press & foil plate. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy to follow photos and instructions! To start, turn on your Glimmer Hot Foil System, then let it heat up. Once the green indicator light notifies…
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How to Heat Emboss with BetterPress Plates | Season’s Greetings Christmas Card Tutorial
Hello, crafty friends! Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. I am sharing a Christmas card (never too early for Christmas!) and I will be walking you through step-by-step on how I used a Better Press plate to heat emboss with. Heat embossing with Better Press plates is not really hard at all, and it gives more technique options for…
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Happy Holidays BetterPress Card Tutorial with Upright Italic Press + Foil Plate
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the new Upright Italic Happy Holidays Press + Foil Plate by Paul Antonio. This sentiment is a large plate, so perfect to act as the focal point on a card. All you need is a few elements to bring the card together! I chose foliage and a…
