How fun is this ghost card? I love the use of clear acetate for the card front to look like they are floating and the pop of bright purple! Guest Designer Ellenor Emilsson shares her tips for making this cute … Read More...

By applying gradients of ink colors onto her stamps and using a MISTI stamp tool Amy Rysavy got this cool Ombre’ effect on her stamped images. Using yellows, reds and oranges this look is perfect for fall leaves and pumpkins. … Read More...

Draw more attention to your stamped scenes and really make them stand out by adding a frame around them. Stephanie Klauck will show you how to combine stamps and dies to make an adorable farm scene with a frame around … Read More...

Heading back to school? Or needing a fun place to keep notes at work or home? Learn how to use fabric markers and inks to customize a moleskin notebook cover. I love the cute monkey stamps used on the sample! … Read More...

I’m back with another look at the new Stampin’ Up Holiday Catalog! Inside you’ll find page after page of amazing stamps, dies, papers and embellishments for the fall and winter holidays. For Winter and Christmas there are Santas… Read More...

I made this adorable test tube treat holder using new products from the Stamping Up Holiday Catalog. The Seasonal Chums stamp set and co-ordinating dies make the cutest fold over tags for Halloween and Christmas. I used the pumpkin tag … Read More...

Wanting to try a new technique on your next card? How about quilling, with small circles of curled paper strips it adds depth, texture and lots of movement with swirls and curls. Combine quilling with other card making techniques like … Read More...

I love this vintage looking Santa card! I’m seeing a lot of distress and metallic looks combined for the holidays and I’m loving it! The rustic metallic card background was made by heat embossing a large background stamp on Metallic Kraft … Read More...

Art Impressions has released some great new Halloween and Thanksgiving clear stamps. And Karen Day used some of their new Halloween stamps to make this fun shadow box card. She’s got directions how to make it over on the AI … Read More...

Snow White is one of my favorite Disney Princesses and the Evil Queen is my favorite Disney villain so naturally I flipped over this awesome poison apple shaped card inspired by the apple the Queen gives to Snow White. Wouldn’t … Read More...

Learn how to make snowy, winter scene backgrounds using colored pencils , baby oil and a blending make-up sponge. Bibi Cameron has a tutorial over on her blog, click here to check it out.

-Heather

Make some quick and easy Halloween jewelry by adding stamped and colored images into purchased jewelry components. Fun Stampers Journey has a new line of lockets, chains and cuffs perfect for adding your own customized stamped images, photos or … Read More...

I’m so excited that Halloween will be here soon. Halloween cards are some of my favorite to make! Nichol Spohr made this awesome witches hat card painting the hats with metallic water colors, adding distress text around the edges and … Read More...

I’m so excited about the new “It” movie coming out. I grew up reading Stephen King and loved the TV mini series for It (except of course for the horrible infamous creature reveal but we won’t talk about that :)) … Read More...

Amy Rysavy used Distress Ink not only for a fun splatter and water color look backgrounds on these cards but she also used them to water color her stamped images. Hop on over to her blog, Prairie Paper and Ink … Read More...