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I love playing with layering stamp sets and trying out different colour combinations.  I create two simple yet elegant greeting cards with Altenew stamps, co-ordinating dies and ink sets.  Which colour do you prefer for these flowers? Stamp Layering For both cards, I stamped all the leaves and flowers from the Watercolour Wonders stamp set on mixed media cardstock.  I used Shades of Purple ink to stamp the flowers.  Soft Lilac for the first layer, Lavender Fields for the second layer … Read More

What are your most beloved and used craft tools that you couldn’t live without? I have been crafting for years and have used many different types of trimmers and adhesives.  We are still trying to find the best storage solution!  We only want to stock products at The Little Paper Tree that we both like to use.  While I was tidying up my craft desk, I  thought I would share my favourites and tell you why I prefer these products. … Read More

How do you create a super spinner card?  I’m hoping this blog post can help you understand the steps needed.  We posted a short video of this card in action on Instagram.  All the supplies I used are listed and linked below, and are available in the online shop right now.     Background On a piece of 11x14cm piece of Bristol smooth card, I lightly ink blended Salty Ocean Distress Ink to the top 2/3 of the card and … Read More

Flamin-go Together is a mid sized clear stamp set by Lawn Fawn.  This is a great set for creating tropical greeting cards or even wedding invites.  I wanted to make some peacock looking flamingos since I saw this stamp set.  Right now, I have a rainbow obsession. “OH THE PLACES WE’LL FLAMIN-GO”   Background Stamping I coloured on the watercolour stripes rubber stamp with Distress markers listed below.  Spritzing with water from a spray bottle to get the colour moving … Read More

This stamp set Wild Birthday by Avery Elle is so great for creating bright and bold birthday cards or gift tags.  There are so many ways to use this stamp set for amazing cards, or even scrapbook layouts.  The critters are great for colouring in and practicing shading.  This stamp set would be great for new baby cards too! All the supplies I used to create this card are listed and linked to the shop below for easy shopping if … Read More

I want some quick and easy to make cards to show you how easy it is to use this stamp set by Altenew.  Also I wanted to try out my watercolouring.  Using the no line stamping technique so these flowers wouldn’t have a harsh black outline.  All the supplies I used to create these four cards are listed at the bottom of this post. PINK HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stamping I stamped the image of the Beautiful Lady Stamp by Altenew, onto a … Read More

  Hi, I wanted to play with some rainbows and made this sweet card for April Showers.  All the products I used are listed and linked below, and are available from The Little Paper Tree. Trim a card base using Bazzill cardstock, and a card front using watercolour card to 5.5” x 4.25”. On the card front I blended Pumice Stone at the bottom of the card, Tumbled Glass in the middle and Mustard Seed at the top of the … Read More

I enjoyed making some woodland forest scenes with these cute critters – they are so fun to colour! The list of supplies I used to make these cards are listed and linked below.  All the featured products are available at our shop.   HAPPY WISHES Firstly, I stamped three trees, critters and seven flowers from the Woodland Wonders Stamp Set by Avery Elle onto Mixed Media card. Colouring using the Zig Real Brush Colour Markers, and then die cut them … Read More

I love ink smooshing with Distress inks!  Another stamp set that I haven’t played with yet is this Altenew Bottleful Of… All the products I used to create these cards are listed and linked at the bottom of this post.  All the supplies are available now over at our online shop Green Card Stamping Onto Textured Card All the cards are on watercolour cardstock. I stamped the bottle outline with black ink and the solid bottle with Forest Glades ink … Read More

I wanted to challenge myself to creating some clean and simple one layer cards.  I didn’t keep all these cards as one layer but they are all clean and simple.  And quite quick to make!  All these cards are 4.25 x 5.5 inches and all the supplies are listed at the end of this post. Thanks Hearts For this Thanks card, I had some beautiful Distress Inked smooshed card left over from another project, that I was able to die … Read More