The return of Spring means lots of birds and lots of flower blossoms. Celebrate with 6 amazing coloring pages that are FREE to download from Dover Publications.
Click here and then the numbers across the top for each coloring page.… Read More...
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The return of Spring means lots of birds and lots of flower blossoms. Celebrate with 6 amazing coloring pages that are FREE to download from Dover Publications.
Click here and then the numbers across the top for each coloring page.… Read More...
This lovely little folio nests down inside the frame and makes a wonderful handmade gift idea. Covered with stamped images and photos it’s sure to brighten anyone’s day. You can find step by step directions as well as a video … Read More...
Deco Foil Metallix Gel from Therm O Web comes in 6 colors and adds a fantastic metallic shine to your paper crafting projects without heat! These gels work perfectly with stencils, apply with the stencil pal and let dry for … Read More...
Sometimes you don’t needs loads of layers, tons of text or piles of embellishments on a page. Keep it simple like did Marcy with just a photo and a tag. Clean and minimal can be a nice break from busy … Read More...
Emily helped ground the background of this pretty scene card by masking off and ink blending only a section of her cardstock. If you don’t want to color your entire panel this is a great way to still add … Read More...
Using trendy rainbow pattern papers with label dies and stamps from Technique Tuesday Ashley Horton created this layout for her traveler’s journal. I love the simple photo of the kids just hanging out at home. And the little birdhouse is … Read More...
Nina Marie added some amazing color to her die cut images using watercolors. The splatters and specks she added seem to be stars or fireflies and are perfect for this evening scene card.
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Are you working on a Disneyland or Disney World scrapbook? I feel like I’ll never get mine finished and then we go again before I’ve finished scraping the last trip 🙂 One of the best things about visiting Disney is … Read More...
Bibi Cameron used alcohol inks and a large sponge to create colorful rainbow plaids for her cards. She added addition pattern and detail by heat embossing a large stamped image over top. Changing ink and embossing colors makes it easy … Read More...
Chrissie has some fun ways to use some cute stickers from Kindred Stamps. Adding them to planner pages, using them on cards, turning them into magnets and embellishments and more. I love the fun Rapunzel theme!
The inlaid frames that Nichol used on these lovely Spring and Easter cards really creates a wonderful spotlight on the focal images. She’s sharing a video on how she made all three card using My Favorite Things stamps and dies.… Read More...
Daniela Dobson used some stamps that hadn’t seen any love in awhile to create some great journaling cards for her travel journal. It’s a nice reminder we don’t always have to have the latest, newest items to be creative, go … Read More...
Kyriakos creates a beautiful design with a couple different stamping techniques using VersaColor inks, embossing powders and a frame created with a mold. It is simple and stunning!
Visit the Imagine Crafts blog for directions.
-Heather
This is a unique gift idea for Easter. Decoupage a frame and insert your favorite picture and give as a gift. Needle Pointers has a video tutorial and a complete photo tutorial with step-by-step instructions. Anyone can easily follow the … Read More...
Using new stamps from Hello Bluebird I created this Spring card with a pig, I thought it would be fun to have him surrounded by hatching chicks. I also tried out one of the new Tri-Color markers from Spectrum Noir… Read More...
I love the little snippets of text tucked in around the flowers and butterflies on this lovely layout from Sandra Dietrich. She used a sketch and a challenge to use florals from on Altenew.
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Crystal stamped the large floral image from Unity stamps onto white cardstock and heat embossed it in silver and then ink blended a pretty color gradation over top for an amazing looking card base. I love the soft touch the … Read More...
You can find a double page layout sketches from Jeanette Lynton from Close to My Heart over on her blog. Follow the pattern to create a pretty design for any occasion using different pattern papers and a fun curved title.… Read More...
Jeanne Jachna used a combination of ink blending, stenciling and watercolor for her card background on this sweet Easter card. All the fun die cuts she used are new from Poppy Stamps. She’s sharing how she put it all together … Read More...
Luciana die cut lots of flower sections using dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs from white cardstock, colored them and then molded and shaped them into amazing 3D flowers. She used her flowers to decorate this wonderful Fairy Garden Book. … Read More...