Using lots of mixed media like rubber stamps, ink pads, ink sprays, glitter glue, a wooden box and more Katy Leitch designed this wonderful Queen Bee Box project. You can find her complete direction over on the Mixed Up Magazine … Read More...
Download: Spring Mandala Coloring Page
Grab your favorite coloring medium and download this lovely spring themed mandala with birds, butterflies and tulips. It’s FREE to download from Dover Publication, click here to get it.
-Heather
Technique: Water Coloring with New Distress Oxide Inks
Tim Holtz’s new Distress Ink react and work the same as regular Distress Inks but they give a cool oxidized look when mixed with water. Caryn Davies used these new inks to water color with and got a really amazing … Read More...
Projects: Unicorn and Rainbows Party Decorations
Planning a party for someone who loves rainbows and unicorns? Yaninea has some great party decor ideas like a banner, tags, boxes and signs for the cutest party ever! She used stamps, dies and papers from Lawn Fawn and shares … Read More...
Download: Birthday Die Cut Flap Card
This fun card has lots of dimensions with different flaps, perfect for adding additional sentiments or images underneath. It also makes a perfect masculine card! You can download this SVG Cut File for FREE from SVG Cuts. It’s compatible with … Read More...
Tip: Bunny Card with 3 Different Coloring Mediums
Nina Marie shares how she loves to mix her mediums when coloring her stamped images. To make this adorable bunny card she used Zig Clean Color markers, Copic Markers and Colored Pencils. Such a great idea for getting different … Read More...
Project: Stamped Easter Egg Holders
Use your Easter and Spring stamps to make some adorable egg holders or napkin rings for Easter. Visit the Handmade by Heather blog for this idea as well as how to use your Distress Ink to dye faux eggs.
-Heather
Tip: White Embossing on Vellum
Get a lovely light and lacy look by embossing your stamped floral images in white on vellum. Alexandra added a touch of color and added her embossed panels into windows on her cards for some stunning designs. Visit her … Read More...
Downloads: 5 Spring Digital Stamps
Stanley and Dot have designs 5 adorable digital stamps for Spring that you can download for FREE over on the Papercraft Magazines blog. I love the little duckling! Click here to get them.
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out … Read More...
Project: DIY Bookmarks
Your paper crafting supplies aren’t just for cards and scrapbook pages, use them for making fun projects like bookmarks. These are also perfect for those in the planner craze too! Find a couple of fun bookmark making projects with paper … Read More...
Technique: Swipe Stamping
Solid stamps can sometimes be hard to work with, they only stamp out in one color so they are a bit limiting. But Jennifer McGuire has come up with a fun way to add some texture to solid stamps with … Read More...
Tip: 5 Ways to use Circle Dies on Your Cards
Circle dies may seem basic but there’s so much you can do with them from windows to shakers, layers and more. They are a must have in your card making arsenal. Nina Marie has 5 different wonderful ways to use … Read More...
Tips: Colored Pencils Techniques
Learn how to get loads of depth, shading and realistic dimension to your stamped images with these great colored pencils coloring tips from May Sukyong. She’s got a fantastic tutorial over on Hero Arts.
-Heather
Project: Chipboard Sentiment Window Card
Wow, this is such a cool card! I’ve seen lots of cards with thick sentiments on them but this card from Stephanie takes it one step further, the sentiment is inside the card and comes up through a die cut … Read More...
And the winner is…..
…..Wendy Day! She’s won this months Paper Pumpkin kit! Congrats!
If you didn’t win be sure to check back as we give one away every month.
-Heather
Technique: Adding Splatters to Your Cards
Add some texture and interest to your card backgrounds with splashes and splatters. Heather will show you how to use inks and a water brush to make some fun splats to your next card. Click here to visit her blog … Read More...
Download: Fanciful Fox Mandala Coloring Page
You can download this lovely mandala style fox coloring page for FREE over on the Dover Publication site. Click here to download, then print and color.
-Heather
Technique: Blue Floral Card with Masking Technique
Ilina will show you how to make a whole bunch of flowers using just a single flower stamp with a masking technique and how to color them a lovely shade of blue with a combination of Colored Pencils and alcohol … Read More...
Technique: Card with Double Heat Embossing
This pretty card has lots of shine because the entire thing is covered in embossing. This fun double embossing technique from Lucia Gomez will show you how to heat emboss an entire piece of cardstock and then how to heat … Read More...
Download: Planner Stickers
You can download three lovely black, gold and floral planner sticker sheets for FREE from Planner Addiction. Print them on sticker paper and cut out with your Silhouette die cut machine or with scissors. Click here for the downloads.
-Heather… Read More...