Jennifer Vanderbeek used metallic medium and gold heat embossing to jazz up this pretty bird card she made out of various pattern papers. Find directions for her gilded Sympathy card over on the Imagine Crafts blog.
-Heather
Card making Project: Masculine Card with VW Bug Van
Here’s fun masculine card that would work for father’s day, birthday, graduation and more. Clare Prezzia used a fun VW Bug van stamp from Hero Arts and Distress Ink s with water to make this cool card. You can find … Read More...
Tutorial: Realistic Coloring for a Bunny Stamp
Marika is an expert at coloring stamped images for a realistic look. For this adorable bunny rabbit she combined Copic markers and Colored Pencils for an amazing look. It looks like you could reach out and pet the bunnies fur! … Read More...
Project: Beach Paper Doll Card
This doll is dressed up for some fun in the sun! Learn how to paper piece with Prima pattern papers and add some paints and glazes to embellishments and paper for this sweet summery stamped card. Visit The Prima blog… Read More...
Project: Tropical Moonlight Card
Don’t you wish you could walk right into this tranquil card scene? Learn how to make a reusable acetate moon template and then how to use it to make this wonderful tropical moonlit night stamped card over on the Stamp … Read More...
Project: Origami Shirt Money Card
Here’s a fun and creative way to give someone money along with a cute, handmade card! If you’re tired of the usual gift cards or plain envelopes, this idea will add a personal touch to your gift. The Capture the … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for May
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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: Pop Up Gift Card Holder
Giving money or a gift to a grad (or anyone else celebrating an important occasion)? Here’s a fun Pop Up Gift Card Holder from The Frugal Crafter.
-Heather
I am a big fan of gift cards, I know lots … Read More...
Projects: Three Stamped Mermaid Cards
Summer will soon be here and that means cards, scrapbook pages and paper crafting projects with beachy inspirations. I love ocean designs and one of my personal faves is mermaids! Lawn Fawn stamps is soon releasing some new clear stamp … Read More...
Project: Stamped “Bees Knees” Tote Bag
Let someone know how wonderfully awesome you think they are with this adorable “Bees Knees” stamped and stenciled tote bag. Makes a perfect thank you gift bag for a teacher! Find the directions over on the Stampington and Company site.… Read More...
Freebie: Feather Die Cut
Feather designs are super hot and trendy right and Love Paper Crafts has a pretty feather die cut svg file you can download and cut for free. Click here to get it.
-Heather
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG … Read More...
Project: Paper Kleenex Holder Box
Know someone who is feeling poorly? Grab some pretty patterned cardstock and make them a cheerful tissue box holder. You can find directions over on The Heart Desires blog.
-Heather
Project: Embossed and Water Colored Floral Card
Visit the Altenew stamp blog for a video tutorial showing how to combine heat embossed colored inks and water colors for a bright and vibrant floral card.
-Heather
Tip and Project: How to Lighten Ink Pad Colors (Seahorse Card)
Yana Smakula has a great tip on how to get more from your dye based stamping ink pads, by using a white ink with the colored ink she gets a lighter version of the original color. This technique works really … Read More...
Technique: Mixed Media Resist on Linen
Usually a resist technique involves stamping an image, embossing it and then inking or stamping over top and the original image resists the second layer of ink. But here’s a very neat twist on this technique using stencils and paste … Read More...
Project: Stamped Graduation Cards
Know lots of up coming graduates? Nichol Magourik has a video tutorial on her blog showing how to stamp up a bunch of fun graduation cards (good for a girl or a guy) all at once. Click here to watch.… Read More...
Technique: Paper Marbling
Dana Joy has directions for an easy marbling technique using Alcohol Ink refills and glossy type water color paper. These make wonderful backgrounds to stamp over top for cards, ATC’s, collage or any paper crafting project. Click here to visit … Read More...
Project: Graduation Cap Gift Card Holder Box
It’s graduation time! Grab your scoring board and some card stock and make this fun graduation cap box, it’s the perfect size to hold a gift card or money or even a few Graduation treats like cupcakes or chocolates. Designer … Read More...
Project and Freebie: Light the Stars Journal Page
Reach for the Stars! And also reach for your paints and create a lovely journal page. You can find a video tutorial for making this mixed media page as well as a free digital stamp of this sweet girl over … Read More...
Project: Block Printed Napkins with Carved Stamps
Add a rustic look to your home with cool custom stamped table linens. You can find some tips and tricks for sketching, carving and blocking print on fabric with your own hand carved stamps over on the Sugar and Charm … Read More...