Using papers and embellishments from Echo Park and die cut shapes from Silhouette Jana Eubank made these wonderful beach themed Tote gift bag and Flip Flop boxes, perfect for a summer time birthday party! Find more info on these paper … Read More...
Project: Peony Card with Inked Cardstock
Instead of die cutting from regular cardstock you can make your own custom colored cardstock that has a bit of a textured look to it by inking with Distress Ink onto white cardstock. Tracy McNeely did this for the … Read More...
Projects: 8 Cards with My Favorite Things New Products
Gab a cup of coffee (or tea) , get comfy and check out Vicky Papaioannou’s video for the latest stamp and die cut release from My Favorite Things. She’ll show you how to make EIGHT different amazing cards, all with … Read More...
Technique: Stained Glass Window Card
By dripping alcohol inks onto glossy cardstock Sue Wilson got a lovely mottled glass look. Then by putting a detailed die cut image over top it looks just like a stained glass window. Find out more about how she made … Read More...
Project: Dinosaur Water Fall Card
Learn how to make this adorable dinosaur themed water fall card, when the bottom tab is pulled the images flip up. You’ll find complete cut, scoring and folding directions for this fun animated card over on the Stamping Bella blog.… Read More...
Technique: Color Blended Card Background with Oxide Inks
Mindy Eggan got this beautiful bright card background by blending Distress Ink over top of a stencil. By mixing and blending 3 colors together she was able to get multiple colors from just the 3 inks. Visit her blog Paper … Read More...
Projects: Christmas in July Stamped Table Decor
It’s Christmas in July, are you starting your holiday projects already? If so here’s a a couple of great stamping ideas for your holiday table. Place cards and matching napkins rings made with an easy paper piecing idea from Kristine … Read More...
Download: Tiki Party Sign Die Cut
Planning a Tiki or Hawaiian themed party this summer? This Tiki party sign die cut is perfect to use on invitations or blown up as a real sign. You can download it for free from SVG Cuts. They say “All … Read More...
Giveaway and Review: Paper Pumpkin Kit for July 2017
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...
Techniques: Three Different Color Blocked Cards
Laurie Schmidlin has three different ways to add color blocking to your cards. She’ll show you how to use cardstock, stamps and paints for each look. Visit her blog Just Give Me Stamps to watch her video tutorial.
-Heather
Project: Paper Pieced Polka Dot Pig Card
One of my favorite stamp sets from the new Stampin’ Up catalog is This Little Piggy, the pigs are so adorable! I made this cute card using a paper piecing technique with pattern paper to add some polka dots to … Read More...
Technique: Inked and Stenciled Swirl Card Background
Tim Holtz’s new Distress Ink react with water like regular Distress Inks so you can combine different colors and add water for fun color combinations. This card used three blues over top of a swirly stencil for the perfect wave … Read More...
Project: Under Water Cove Card
Christy added a peek a boo die cut window to the front of a stamped under the sea scene for this fun cove card. I love the inked and water splattered background, perfect for an ocean background. Visit her blog … Read More...
Project: Cards using Large Gems
Wow, talk about big, bright and shiny! By combining large acrylic flat backed gems and stamped sentiments on black cardstock Channin made these really elegant cards. Visit the Waffle Flower blog for her tips and tutorials.
-Heather
Tip: Quick and Easy Ideas with Pre-Printed Cards
Looking for quick and easy cards? Why not try adding on to pre-printed cards and envelopes. This saves on time and money with a nice background all ready for you to just add some elements like stamped images or sentiments, … Read More...
Project: Bike Themed DIY Phone Stand
This adorable cell phone stand was made by combining different chipboard shapes from Gypsy Soul. Pam Bray stenciled, painted and decorated the shapes for this fun decor project. Visit her blog and see how she put it all together.
-Heather
Project: Sepia Tone Hot Air Balloon Card
The colors and style on this hot air balloon travel themed card make it look so vintage! Learn how to get a sepia tone look on your cards with these coloring and inking tips from Vicky Papaioannou. Visit her blog … Read More...
Project: Layered Die Cut Card
I love all the layers and details in this lovely birthday card. Yana used many layers of different Spellbinders dies to make it along with some pattern paper and a stamped sentiment. Visit the Spellbinders blog to see how she … Read More...
Project: Mermaid with Layered Die Cut Sentiment Card
Are you tired of mermaid cards? Nope? Good, neither am I 🙂 Here’s a wonderful under the sea mermaid with an amazing dimensional die cut sentiment from Nichol Spohr. Those new mermaid stamps from Honey Bee are adorable, I think … Read More...
Product Review: Rotating Design Board
The Rotating Design Board is perfect for anyone who loves to stamp, color in coloring books, paint, do calligraphy, draw or doodle. It rotates so you don’t have to move your project. It makes it easy to do things like … Read More...