Crafty Quintet: 5 Ways to Amp Up Your Cards!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the latest edition of Crafty Quintet with Jessica Frost-Ballas! If you’ve missed the prior installments, be sure to click or tap HERE! Today, Jessica is sharing FIVE WAYS to amp up your cards! She’s spotlighting the SUPER adorable Honey Bee Snow Buddies stamps and dies in this fun sample showing all five ways to add some OOMPH to your design! Be sure to watch the video and enjoy!
1. Frame/mat your card
2. Add accents with the use of a white gel pen, spectrum noir clear sparkle
3. Add texture with crystal glaze, glitter
4. Add dimension with foam mounting tape
5. Decorate your envelope
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Love these tips, and that snowman is adorable! :)
Happy card x
I swear that is the happiest of snowmen! I love the different layers, the depth and detail of the background – the snowman pops against it. I also love that bit of glimmer too!
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Love these ideas! The Honeybee snowman is the CUTEST!
Thanks so much for the tips Jessica! I just love your cards! This one is so pretty!
Very cute card. The snowman is adorable. And thanks for the great tips for ramping up the card designs!
Pretty background and an adorable snowman! Sweet card!
OMG! That snow man and those backgrounds are FAB!
Very sweet card and love all the great tips!!
Fabulous card! Love it.
Thanks for sharing.
Jessica, your cards are just precious. I do add glitter to Glossy Accents sometimes on my Christmas cards and often stamp and emboss my envelopes. Always love seeing what others do though and learning from them. TFS.
Congratulations to this weeks winners.
Such great ideas!!
What a sweet snowman!
ADORABLE!!!!!
Love your video! Great tips, thanks. Such an adorable card!
I love this happy snowman scene, thanks for the video!
Love your tips, card and envelop and the video. Thanks for sharing. I love to add a little dimension and sparkle to my cards. Framing the card gives it that finished look for me. :)
Great ideas!! I love your adorable card!!!
A fun snowman! BEautiful background!
Cute cards! I use the white gel pen and glitter pens on my cards. Sometimes I’ll even use the glitter! Thanks for sharing your tips!
Love all the tips–thank you.
Too cute and love
the matching envelope.
Carla from Utah
great tips and cards!
Such an adorable card! Thanks for the great tips and ideas!
Great ideas!
Love this new stamp set. Your card is awesome
Wow! These snowmen are so adorable. Love them!!
Love your snowman card–the background is gorgeous! Thanks for the great tips!
wow Jess – love how you stepped up the look of the card using such fun tips – thanks for sharing:)
Love your cards. Thank you for sharing those tips!
Great tips and thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Your bits of sparkle make this extraordinary! I do use these ideas when I feel a card is ordinary and needs some help. It’s amazing how a little sparkle or a white gel pen saves the day!
Great cards- cute snowman! I love your amped up tips- I always try to incorporate most of these on my projects, even my scrapbooks. And, your envelope is gorgeous! You’ve inspired me to do more on my envelopes, too.
I love the vibrant blue with silver! I have to get the Believe die cut.. just gorgeous.
Wonderful tips Jessica! I love using white gel pen to add accents and use foam tape often. I’ll try some of the other ideas. Thanks for the inspiration!
Fabulous tips and cards!
The idea to create two card at the same time and to show the difference some little additions can make is really excellent. In addition, the cards are adorable !
Thanks for the great tips…that Snowman is adorable and very festive!
What a great post with fab tips – I really enjoyed it all! Such an adorable card, too! Thanks for sharing and great inspiration!
Great ideas and love the snowman!
His frosty scarf and hat are wonderful. I like all of the little details on this adorable guy.
Such a fun card! I love the envelope too!
I love all the extras, but don’t always remember to use even one or two. Thanks for the reminder with your cute, cute card!
I love the adorable snowman!! <3
Congratulations to the winners :)
I really appreciate all of the great tips that you shared with us today and I love your snowman.
Thanks for these tips!!! Adorable Snowman!!!
Congrats to the winners!!!
Adorable – I love the tips.
Adorable cards and great tips. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Making cards is a fun hobby.
Get to play with so many different
materials. Love the little snowman.
thanks for sharing
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Thanks for the tips. It’s always good to have some ideas on hand to vamp up your cards.