It’s about time to start working on Fall and Halloween projects! I’m in love with pumpkin shaped card designed by Katie Sims! She used a pumpkin shaped die to die cut lots of different patterned papers and stitched them together, … Read More...
Project: Fairy Shaker Card
Know someone who loves fairies? Visit the Greeting Farm stamps blog for a video tutorial on making this adorable fairy shaker card. It’s so cute you could hang it on the wall as art!
-Heather
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Project: Colorful Friend Card
I love the wonderful bright colors on this card! By stamping with white ink on kraft cardstock and then using bright colored pencils to color in it gives such a great bold look. I also love the raised die cut … Read More...
Project: Flip Flop Coasters
Add some summer fun to your next pool party. Adhere beachy patterned paper, ribbon and some stamped shrinky dink charms to a coaster for this super fun flip flop coasters project. Find complete directions over on The Cat’s Pajamas stamps … Read More...
Project and Freebie: Halloween Fairy Cage
Shelly Hickox has info on a cool new tool from Sizzix call the Twist and Style. It twists wire so you can make projects like her amazing mixed media Halloween Fairy Cage. Shelly will show you how she made it … Read More...
Technique: Rubber Stamping with Bleach
This lovely white card design was made not with ink pads but with bleach! Apply bleach with a brush to a rubber stamp and stamp it on cardstcok and watch the magic happen as the color fades away and leaves … Read More...
Freebie: Frida Kahlo Coloring Page
One of my favorite mixed media artists is Danita, I discovered her on Etsy and just love her whimsical style! She designs jewelry, original art, prints, dolls and more and now she’s trying her hand at coloring pages. After coloring … Read More...
Project: Light Up Dragon Birthday Card
How adorable is this birthday card? The amazing thing about it is when you push the dragon’s tummy the candles light up!! Using tiny lights from Chibitronics and stamps from My Favorite Things Jennifer McGuire will show you how to … Read More...
Freebie: Grumpy Cat Paper Doll
The Grumpy Cat coloring page I posted last month was a big hit. So, for all you Grumpy Cat fans out there here’s an awesome Grumpy Cat paper doll set you can also download for free. It includes Grumpy and … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for August
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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 … Read More...
Project: Nutty Squirrels Birthday Card
Visit the Memory Box blog and find out how Donna Sledzik made this adorable squirrel card using die cuts and stamps on water color paper with Distress Ink
-Heather
Project: Halloween Milk Carton Box
Hand out Halloween goodies in style this year with this adorable milk carton shaped box. Make it from cardstock and then decorate it with Halloween rubber stamps or stickers. Torico from the Stamparadise blog has a pattern template with scoring … Read More...
Project: Folded Origami Pencil Organizer
Looking for a nifty way to store and organize your Colored Pencils, brushes, Brush Pens, pens or markers? Try this amazing folded origami pop up organizer. It’s made with two art canvases and brown paper (I think you … Read More...
Freebie: Spiral Notebook Card SVG File
The SVG Cuts blog has this free Spiral Notebook Card cut file to download for free. Use it for teacher or back to school cards, journaling, planners and more. SVG Cuts says “all downloads are in Zip format and include … Read More...
Project: Mermaids in a Dome Card
I love mermaids and so must Sandy Allnock, she recently devoted an entire week on her blog to nothing but mermaid cards. This card with mermaids inside a glass dome was one of my favorites. Visit her blog and watch … Read More...
Project: Olympic Treat Bags
Celebrate the Olympics with these adorable mini candy bags made with just cardstock, twine and a punch or die cut. The Sweet Pea Stamps blog has scoring and folding directions for these easy little treats. Click here to check them … Read More...
Project: Mini Notebooks
These adorable mini notebooks are so versatile. Perfect for carrying your bag for jotting down notes or making lists or as a tiny planner when you don’t want to carry your large planner with you. You can make these yourself … Read More...
Project: Gate Fold Boarder Card
Here’s a different way to use those V shape corner/banner shaped boarder die cuts, make an interesting gate fold style card with them. Jennifer Mcguire has a video tutorial with complete directions, click here to watch.
-Heather
Freebie: Hamilton Paper Dolls
Didn’t make it to Broadway to see hit show,Hamiltonn? That’s okay, you can still act out the musical yourself with some fantastic Hamilton Paper Dolls. The Fandemonium blog has three sets of paper dolls with clothes and accessories … Read More...
Project: Stamped Tile Coasters
Dress up a room and protect your table at the same time with some elegant stamped tumbled tile drink coaster. Use stamp designs and colors that match your personal decor. Stamp TV has a video tutorial, click here to watch.… Read More...