For our readers in the US have a Happy Fourth of July!!
Download this adorable coloring page from Drodd (scroll down a few images).
-Heather
Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check these supplies out.
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Projects: 20 Ideas for Washi Tape
There are so many things you can do with Washi Tape! It’s great for any type of paper crafting from cards to scrapbooks but you can also use it to make wall and home decor projects, cover a cell phone … Read More...
Technique: Distress Crayon Background for a Masculine Stamped Tag
Using Distress Crayons Shelly Hickox got a cool artsy background for this masculine stamped tag. Visit her blog, Stamptramp and she’ll show you how she did it.
-Heather
Project: Magic Card
This fun magic card has a simple plain design on the outside but when the recipient pulls on the tab it reveals an amazing colorful card. It’s magical! Head on over to Stampin’ Up’s Youtube for a video tutorial.
-Heather
Project: Long Birthday Banner Card
Sometimes you just need a really long card to include everything you want on your card. This fun 9″ x 7″ birthday birdy banner card from Kristina Werner fits inside a long business size envelope. Visit her blog for a … Read More...
Project: Summer Slider Card
Don’t you want to head on down the lazy river with this cute little girl? This fun summer slider card was made with stamps and dies from My Favorite Things. Swim on over to their blog where Stephanie Klauck has … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Fourth of July Image
Technique: Floral Cards with Alcohol Inks
Hop on over to the Ranger Ink site for a cool project tutorial from Tim Holtz. He’ll show you how to get amazing results using his brand new YUPO cardstock, it’s a “paper” that’s made just for mixed media techniques … Read More...
Project: Stamped Journal Page
Jill Foster’s latest video will teach you how to make a stunning artistic journal page using some fabulous new stamps from Penny Black. Her techniques really give a wonderful hand painted look. Head over to the Penny Black Youtube channel … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for June
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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...
Technique: Painting Stamps with Brusho Powder
Brusho is a water color powder that is popular for painting background by Sandy Allnock decided to experiment with it and see if she could use it to paint some animal stamps. The results have a bit of a rustic, … Read More...
Technique: Paper Piecing
Add easy color, texture and pattern to your stamped designs by using a paper piecing technique. Stamp your images on pattern papers that has tiny designs and then cut them out and piece them together, like a jigsaw puzzle. You … Read More...
Project: Beach Umbrella Card
Life’s a Beach! The Frugal Crafter will show you how to turn a circle of pattern paper into a cute beach umbrella and how to selectively die cut a frame design for this fun summery Hawaii beach card. Visit her … Read More...
Tip: Design Principles for Easier Card Layouts
If you have trouble coming up with your own card designs or need an easy and eye appealing way to lay out your cards trying using some basic design principles. Like the rule of three, using odd numbers of images … Read More...
Project: Mixed Media Stamped Flower Tag
Using unusual items like dry wall tape and water coloring over a light stamped images for a hand painted look Jen Engle designed this cool mixed media flower tag and shares a video tutorial on her blog Mixed Media Jenn.… Read More...
Technique: Faux Calico Fabric with Stamps
These pretty cards look like they were made with calico fabric but they were actually stamped! Using small rubber stamps , various ink colors and a stencil Roni Johnson designs these little beauties. Grab some tiny stamps, your fave stencil … Read More...
Technique: Partial Background Stamping
Large background stamps are great to cover the entire front of a card but what if you only want to use part of the image? The Hero Arts blog has a technique for partially stamping and embossing just a section … Read More...
Freebie: Cute Kitty Digital Stamp
You can grab a black and white verison of this sweet kitty in a dress digital stamp for FREE over on the Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps blog.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at … Read More...
Project: Pull Tab Skunk Card
Cards that move, like slider and pull tabs are all the rage right now! Here’s an adorable skunk pull tab slider card from Nicol Magouirk. She’s got a video tutorial on her blog with complete directions using lots of cute … Read More...
Technique: Starburst Card with Paper Scraps
I’m sure like me you’ve got lots of scraps of pretty pattern papers you just can’t bring yourself to throw away. Here’s a great way to utilize those scraps by making a trendy starburst card background. You can find step … Read More...