Usually metal stamps are used for stamping into metal but Sahana has a great idea to use these tiny little stamp designs on clay. She’s got a tutorial on her blog showing how to cut and stamp the clay, add … Read More...
Project: Stitched Chick Die Cut Card
There are several different brands of dies on the market that are made to cut fabric and felt for sewing together cute little plushies but you can also use them with paper and sew them onto cards or make shaker … Read More...
Freebie: Sleeping Bunny Digital Stamp
Looks like the Easter Bunny is worn out from coloring all those eggs! Download this adorable bunny digital stamp for free from Printable Haven.
-Heather
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Project: Shaker Magnet
How sweet is this little magnet!? A perfect little gift for Easter. Using pattern paper, stamping, fun foam and sequins Lisa Elton designed this sweet bunny in a balloon magnet that is also a shaker! Hop over to the Pretty … Read More...
Tip: Make a Pocket from an Envelope
This adorable pocket was made by simply cutting off the flap of an envelope. Ink the edges, add some stamping and fill it with tiny tags and you’ve got a great idea for cards, scrapbook pages or altered books. Hop … Read More...
Project: 3D Paper Fairy or Hobbit House
Shelley Hickox turn a simple birdhouse die into the most adorable home that any tiny fairy or hobbit would love to move right into! She used stamps for the architecture and moss for the roof. Check out her blog, Stamptramp … Read More...
Technique: Overlapping Striped Stamped Card Background
Using just a long a single solid stripe stamp Jennifer McGuire created this lovely overlapping background pattern with different ink colors. The possibilities with this idea are endless, change the color combos, use different widths of stamps, only cover part … Read More...
Technique: No Line Stamping with Water Coloring
No Line Stamping is a cool technique that uses a light colored ink pad to stamp your image and then when you color the images with bright or dark colors the stamped lines disappear and it almost gives the look … Read More...
Project: Origami Darth Vader
If you don’t already know I’m a total geek 🙂 and am a huge fan of Sci-Fi and Star Wars! So I was really excited to see this amazing Darth Vader origami project from Tadashi Mori. Head over to his … Read More...
Project: Floral Bouquet Window Card
This amazing window card was designed by Sharon Harnist. The front of the card has an X cut window opening that opens up to reveal the message inside. Sharon has directions for die cutting the flowers, coloring them with markers … Read More...
Tips: Adding Stamping to Your Scrapbook Pages
Over on the Hero Arts bog guest artist Kathleen Graumuller shares some wonderful ideas on how to incorporate stamping onto your scrapbook pages. Stamps can be used to make great borders, all over backgrounds, tiny accents and focal images on … Read More...
Freebie: Celtic Card Die Cut
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this lovely intricate Celtic frame die cut. It’s free to download for your electronic die cutting machine over on SVG Cuts. The zip file works with Sure Cuts A Lot, Make-The-Cut, Silhouette Studio Designer Edition … Read More...
Project: Stamped Balloon Animals
Stampin Up has a fun new stamp set of balloon shapes called Balloon Builders that you can turn into all sorts of designs like animals. Darlene Deisgns shares a tutorial for a cute bunny card , perfect for Spring but … Read More...
Project: Tear Open Cards
Technique Tuesday has a super cool new die called the Flair Strip, it allows you to tuck a gift card or money into a card and the recipient pulls the tab to tear open the card to reveal what’s inside. … Read More...
Card Making Technique: Water Coloring with Copic Markers
You can achieve a soft dreaming water color look with your Copic makers
using this technique from Michele Boyer. She has a tutorial over on her blog Paper Cuts.
-Heather
Inspiration: Coffee Lovers Blog
Do you love stamping and coffee? Well, here’s an awesome blog that combines those two passions. I recently came across the Coffee Loving Card Makers blog, it’s filled with wonderful cards that feature coffee designs. So grab a cuppa and … Read More...
Freebie: Saint Patrick’s Day Digital Stamp
You can download this lovely St. Patrick’s Day digital stamp image for free from Waltzing Mouse stamps. It fits inside a Spellbinders label 5 die. Find the black and white version here on their website.
-Heather
Looking for more digital … Read More...
Project: Altered Art Paper Doll
This beautiful mixed media paper doll is made from a chipboard doll shape with a stamped dress, added embellishments and a painted resin head. You can find directions for her over on the Stampington and Company site.
-Heather
Project: Paper Bag Gift Card Holder
You can turn a small brown paper bag 
into a cool gift card holder with this tutorial from Bev Gerard. Decorate it with papers, die cuts and stamps. Find a complete step by step tutorial and video over on the … Read More...
Card Making Tip: Use a Die Cut as a Stencil
Here’s a another way to use your die cut shapes or large punches. Die cut out the image and use the left over “negative” shape as a stencil. Blend ink and/or stamp over top your custom stencil for a wonderful … Read More...