I love the juxtaposition of the pretty flowers and the funny sayings about birthdays on this Interactive Slider birthday card. If you know someone who has a good sense of humor about getting older hop on over to the Hero … Read More...
New Stampin’ Up 2018 Catalog Part 2
I’m back to share another look at some of the brand new product from the Stampin’ Up 2018-2019 catalog! Click here if you missed part 1.
Inside the catalog you’ll find loads of new items like rubber stamps (wood … Read More...
Coloring Stamps with Watercolor Crayons
Watercoloring is still really popular in the stamping right now. There are many different mediums that they come in, one handy style is watercolor crayons. They are easy to store and transport for coloring on the go and can give … Read More...
Fish Shaker Card
I love the depth and dimension on this punny fishy shaker card! Learn how to make one using stamps and dies from MFT’s over on Ella’s Cards.
-Heather
Light Up Hidden Message
Chibitronics makes fun tiny lights you can use on your cards and paper crafting projects to light up any image. You can even follow this tutorial and learn how to have a hidden message that only shows up when the … Read More...
DIY Paper Fans For Any Occasion
Make your own paper fans and customize them by using your choice of colors of cardstock, inks and background stamps. Make them in smaller sizes for chunky card embellishments or larger for party decor. They would be cute on a … Read More...
Make a Coffee Themed Flip Top Box
Learn how to cut, score and fold a fun box with a flip top from cardstock and decorate it with pattern papers and stamped images. This one has a fun coffee theme for that caffeine lover on your list, fill … Read More...
Pattern Papers Banner Card
I must confess that I horde small scraps of patterned papers. I have a huge file of them. They are too pretty to throw away and I’m sure I’ll find uses for them later. Well, this banner card would be … Read More...
Basic Shapes Layered Cards
Instead of using those basic square, round and oval die cut shapes for frames or mats try layering them all up and covering your entire card with them. These cards make a big impact with monochromatic color schemes, die cut … Read More...
Giveaway and Review: Paper Pumpkin Kit for June 2018
If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought to you by the folks at Stampin’ Up.… Read More...
Stamp and Color a Bag with Fabric Inks
Learn how to decorate a cotton zipper tote bag using your favorite stamps and All-Purpose Inks. You can customize your colors and images to match your purse, phone case or even an outfit. This would make a pretty pencil case, … Read More...
Butterfly Pocket Die Download
This pretty butterfly die has a fun pocket to hold flower seed packets or a gift card. It’s FREE to download from SVG Cuts. Flutter on over to their website to catch it.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep … Read More...
Reverse Flower Cards
Dawn McVey has a fun flip on using flower dies. Instead of using bright colors for the petals and white for the centers she’s made white flowers with bright pops of color for the leaves and centers. The look is … Read More...
Book of Templates Review
Over the years The Stamper’s Sampler has included wonderful Tempting Templates in their magazines, fun patterns you can use for paper crafting projects. They’ve gathered some of their favorites into one handy guide, the brand new Book of Templates.… Read More...
Masking Stamps with Masking Fluid
Lisa has a great tip for using liquid masking fluid to mask off sections of your stamped images so you can water color over top, then remove the masking to add color to those sections. It’s perfect for masking off … Read More...
Card with Multiple Die Cut Inlay Technique
I’ve seen lots of cards using inlaid die cutting techniques but not one quite like this one from Theresa Calvird. She used multiple dies to form one inlaid image, very clever. She’s got a video tutorial show you this processes … Read More...
Beach Mice Shadow Box Card
I love when card makers put together images you might not ordinarily think about like these cute mice surfing the waves, adorable! Visit Laura’s blog A Bit of My Crafts for a link to her video tutorial on how to … Read More...
Fax Parchment Craft with Stamping
Alexandra has a great idea to get the look of a throwback craft called Parchment Craft
. It used parchment paper
for white drawing, piercing and embossing with a stylus tool. She used a stamp as her pattern on heavy … Read More...
Message in a Bottle Card
This card had great soft textures with the embossed background and the vellum for the bottle with just a hint of color on the coral. And I love the actual cork paper used for the bottle cork. Visit The Classroom … Read More...
Sparkly Embossed Card Background
Wow, this beach sunset card is stunning! Jess ink blended Hero Arts inks on cardstock then pressed her embossing pad over the entire thing and then heat embossed Sparkle Embossing Powder all over. The results is bright sparkly colors and … Read More...