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There’s something so relaxing about creating ocean-inspired cards, and this birthday card featuring the Stampin’ Up! Rolling Waves Bundle perfectly captures the beauty of the shoreline! This card was inspired by my friend and amazing Artisan team member, Tami Hewlett! For this card, I started by creating a soft watercolor background using Coastal Cabana, the perfect ocean…
If you love cards that surprise and delight, this one is for you! Today I’m sharing a Shadow Box Fun Fold Card created with Stampin’ Up!’s Lovely Blossoms Suite, and it has such a fun reveal when you open it. From the outside, this card looks sweet and elegant—but once opened, a beautiful shadow box window is revealed inside. That…
One of my favorite parts of team meetings is swapping handmade cards—and this one was especially fun to create! For our latest swap, the theme was watercoloring, so I leaned right into soft blends, splatter, and layers to create this Valentine card using Stampin’ Up!’s Made with Love Suite. The watercolored background sets the tone with gentle…
There’s something so timeless about watercoloring—and when paired with the beautiful images from Stampin’ Up!’s Painterly Pears Suite, the results are simply stunning! For this card, the pear image is the star of the show! To create the watercolored pears, stamp the pear with Darling Duckling ink, then spritz the stamp with two squirts from the…
Watercolor Simplicity with Full of Charm 🌿🎨 Sometimes the simplest touches make the biggest impact—and that’s exactly what happened with this Full of Charm Paper Pumpkin alternative card! I loved the intricate floral die cuts included in the June kit, but I wanted to add a little extra personality and depth. So I grabbed my Water…
Watercolor Pencils and the Water Painter make creating this Mixed Media Florals card easy peasy! Use two shades of green on the leaves to create a deeper range of color. Just add some color with the Watercolor Pencils and then use the Water Painter to color in the rest of the image. Start with the…
Create a lovely and easy watercolored flower card with the Wildly Flowering bundle, part of the Wildly Flowering Suite. Simply color the flower stamps with the Stampin’ Write Markers – I used Wild Wheat, Misty Moonlight, and Mossy Meadow markers – and then spritz with a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with water a few times until…
Here is an easy way to create this watercolored butterflies card with the Sketched Butterflies stamp set and die bundle. Stamp a butterfly in a lighter ink like Pretty in Pink and then roll the edges of the butterfly in a darker ink like Moody Mauve. This is called the rock-n-roll technique. Then spray the…
Try this offset hidden gatefold card with the Nature’s Sweetness Suite. This grid-like Designer Series Paper from the Nature’s Sweetness Designer Series Paper is carefully lined up so that when the card is held or pressed down, the opening cannot be seen. Create your own Designer Series Paper with the different texture steps from both…