Visit Britta Swiderski’s blog for a great video on how to use paper piercing with your stamps and patterned paper to make this sweet birthday card.
-Heather
Review: Embossing Machines
With all the many, many machines out on the market that can emboss it can be a bit confussing choosing the right one for you. Find a very helpful video at Above Rubies Studio about some of the most popular … Read More...
Technique: Masking
Simply Stamped shows how to use the masking technique to add flowers inside of a vase and for a really pretty card.
-Heather
Project: Gift Card Holder and Card
Visit the Spotted Canary for instructions on how to make this elegant wedding gift card holder and matching greeting card.
-Heather
New Release: Avocado Stamps
Avocado Arts is a brand new stamp company. They carry clear stamps in a stamp set of the month program, the nice thing about the program is you can choose only the stamps you want! Click here for more information… Read More...
Project: Stamped Bib
How totally adorable is this baby bib?! Visit the Homespun with Heart blog for step by step instructions on how to make one. So cute!
-Heather
Freebie: Stampmaker Negatives
Visit the Photocentric blog and download this months free images for the Stampmaker machine. I adore this butterfly image!
-Heatjer
Freebie: Father’s Day Clip Art
Click here to visit the Just Something I Made blog and download a pdf of some fun retro clip art, perfect for Father’s Day.
-Heather
Project: Criss Cross Card
Inky Antics shares a pdf with detailed instructions on how to make a fun criss cross card for Dad. But this neat card style can also be adapted to any occasion. Click here for directions.
-Heather
Submitting to The Stamping Blog
Here at Craft Gossip we get lots of submissions for posts and to help you better understand what we are looking for we now have a new guidelines page. But I also wanted to let you know what I’m … Read More...
Project: 3D Carnival Card
This 3D carnival booth card just blows me away! Leigh S B Designs shares step by step how she made this wonderful mixed media creation, click here to visit her blog.
-Heather
And the winner is….
Congrats to Robin Milhollan! You’ve won a stamp set of your choice from The Stamps of Life, enjoy!!
-Heather
New Release: Emerald Faeries Stamps
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you’ve probably figured out I have a thing for fairies:) There is an adorable new stamp company out of Australia called Emerald Faeries and I’m in love with these designs! … Read More...
Project: Memo Board
Here’s a fun memo board project at the Create blog made from a picture frame. It’s perfect for a Father’s Day gift! Even though there’s no stamping on the sample you could easily incorporate lots of stamped images that fit … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Ephemera
Technique: Cracked Glass Effect
At Nicol Heady’s blog Heather Nichols shares a cool cracked glass technique, perfect for adding an interesting touch to any stamped card. Her samples are just stunning! Click here for her video.
-Heather
Tutorial: Paper Flowers
Dana Parlevliet makes the most beautiful paper flowers using scrapbook papers. She shares her technique for one of them over at the Graphic 45 blog. I think these would also be wonderful made with stamped 12×12 paper as well. … Read More...
Technique: Coloring with Distress Inks
The Cat’s Whiskers blog shares how to get wonderful results using Distress Ink for watering coloring. Click here for step by step instructions.
Freebie: Bird House Card Template
Download a free template from Paper Crafts to make a cute birdhouse card. Click here for the pattern.
-Heather
Projects: Summer Cards
Hop on over to Lily Pad Cards for an instructional video for three quick and easy summer cards.
-Heather