The Dearie Dolls Digital Stamps blog has this lovely free digi stamp to download. Mary Ellen says she was inspired by Bohemian Rhapsody but she reminds me of a character from Jane Austen 🙂 Click here to download the black … Read More...
Tutorial: Coloring Stamps with Water Color Markers
Water color markers are a super hot trend in stamping right now! You can get the control of a marker but use water to blend and shade for a softer look. The Your Next Stamp blog has a video tutorial … Read More...
Project: Pet Sympathy Cards
It’s always so difficult to lose a pet. When someone loses their best furry friend let them know you are thinking of them with a heartfelt card. The Cut at Home blog has a tutorial for making either a cat … Read More...
Inspiration: For Font Lovers
Are you obsessed with Fonts and Typography? Do you collect fonts and add them to every craft project you can? Then this collection on Pinterest is for you. Scrap N Fonts has a section they called Fontaholics and they’ve got … Read More...
Project: Intricate Die Cut Card
Yana Smakula is sharing a video tutorial for making this stunning card she made using a combination of die cutting and embossing using several different large background and label dies from Spellbinders . You can watch the video tutorial here … Read More...
Tips: Water Coloring 101
One beautiful way to add color to your stamped images is by water coloring. I think using water colors adds such an artistic look to your cards and really makes you feel like a real artist too 🙂 There are … Read More...
Giveaway Reminder: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit
There’s still a couple more day left to enter to win the Paper Pumpkin card kit for June from Stampin’ Up. Click here to go to the original post to enter.
-Heather
Project: Butterfly Hair Clips and Card
Ilina Crouse made these adorable butterfly hair clips by die cutting plastic Illusion film she colored with Chameleon markers. She also made a fun matching card using the same butterflies. You can find her tutorial over on the Chameleon Pens … Read More...
Product Release: Distress Ink Accessories
Tim Holtz’s line ofDistress Ink are so fun to work, he’s got amazing colors in stamping ink pads, ink sprays, paints, markers and more, all with a formula that reacts with water so you can do all types of … Read More...
Tips and Freebie: Stamping Tips Notebook
Have you ever gone to a class, watched a tutorial video online or just played around and tried a new stamping technique and wondered “How am I going to remember how to do this?” Heather Nichols has a great solution, … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up June Paper Pumpkin Kit
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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...
Freebie: Aviation Girl
The Just Ink Lined site has this cute aviation girl digital stamp to download for free. She’s perfect for Steampunk or Bon Voyage cards. Note: You will need to add her to your cart and checkout but she’s still FREE!… Read More...
Project: Ice Cream Cards
Cool off this hot summer with a yummy ice cream themed card. These cards from Yana Smakula have fun and fresh trendy colors, glitter and lots of layers. And I love the punny saying! 🙂 She’s sharing a video tutorial … Read More...
Project: Dragonfly Card
This awesome card from the Frilly and Funky blog combines using embossing plates, markers, water coloring, die cutting, paint and acetate for the mixed media dragonfly card. I love the layer of clear acetate for the dragonflies wings! Click here … Read More...
Project: Floral Faux Postage Card
Create this lovely faux postage card using dies and stamps from Memory Box and by water coloring on water color paper, click here for directions on their website.
-Heather
Project: Hello Card
This sweet card features lots of layers of pattern papers, die cut shapes and a cute stamp from C C Designs. You can find a video how to for making it over on their blog, click here to watch.
-Heather
Inspiration and Freebies: Father’s Day Cards
Father’s Day is fast approaching and the Crafty Secrets blog is sharing a bunch of cool card, gift bag and scrapbook page ideas for Dad. They even have a couple of freebies to help you with your own projects, you … Read More...
Project: Stamped Mixed Media Bag
This interesting mixed media project, a draw string bag filled with message stones, incorporates adding stamping on several different surfaces, silk, felt and stones. Penny will give you tips for stamping and coloring directly on silk and how to fuse … Read More...
Tip: Combining Digital Stamps
Do you have several digital stamps that you’d like to combine together into one scene? You don’t have to print, cut and layer them you can do it all on your computer. The Some Odd Girl stamp blog has directions … Read More...
Projects: 2 Matching Cards with 2 Matching Tags
The Scraps of Life blog has not one but four projects to share using pattern papers from Graphics 45. You’ll find complete directions for making 2 very detailed cards, an easel card and a shutter fold card as well as … Read More...