Need to make a card for someone who loves fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter? Then this cute little dragon digital stamp might be just what you need. You can download him for free over … Read More...
Tip: Storing Clear Stamps and Metal Dies
All those stamp sets can be hard to keep track of, right? What do I have and where did I put that set?? The card maker blog has some tips for using binders to hold print out indexes of all … Read More...
Project: Christmas Deer Card
Gina K has a video tutorial to help you get an early start on your holiday cards. She’ll walk you through making this adorable deer card made with techniques like stamping, heat embossing, die cutting and coloring with Copic markers. … Read More...
Tip: Using Paper Scraps
As card makers I’m sure we all have a few or maybe even lots and lots 🙂 of paper scraps. We save them because they are too pretty to throw away and we just know we’ll find a use for … Read More...
Technique: Faux Etched Marble Card
Hop on over to the Ellen Hutson blog and learn how to make a faux etched marble technique on your cards using markers colored directly on the rubber of a large background stamp. Find out all about this cool technique … Read More...
Tip: Alphabet Card
Here’s fantastic tip to stamp up a quick alphabet background. Using clear stamps keep the letter stamps on the carrier sheet, ink them up and stamp them out, no need to remove them and try to line them up on … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Little Girls Digital Stamp
The TLC Creations blog has an sweet vintage image digital stamp of 2 little girls holding hands, perfect for sister or best friend cards! You can download it for free by clicking here.
-Heather
Finding the right marker for colouring … Read More...
Tips: Stamping with Sentiments
Don’t limit yourself by only stamping sentiments on the insides of your cards. They can used as patterns and backgrounds on the fronts of your cards too. Check out this post on the Hero Arts stamps blog for some sentiment … Read More...
Project: Multiple Technique Shaker Card
This amazing shaker card from Kristina Werner includes lots of great techniques, like sewing, a water color background, no-line coloring technique and a salt technique. Watch her video tutorial and learn all these great tips over on her blog.… Read More...
Tip: Scratch and Sniff Cards
You can add an extra punch to your stamped cards with this fun scratch and sniff idea from the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps blog. By adding powdered gelatin to clear embossing powder you can make your own scratch and sniff! How … Read More...
Project: Apple Stamping
I can’t believe it’s already time for many kids to go back to school! Greet your child’s new teacher with a wonderful handmade card. You don’t even need a rubber stamp to make one, go to your fridge, grab and … Read More...
Projects: Birthday Cards
Maureen from My CASE Studies blog has two video tutorials to share focusing on birthday cards. She’s got a cute mini 3×3 card using a die cut with matching envelope and a fun cupcake card using dies, stamps and glitter. … Read More...
Tip: Die Cut “Halfsies” Cards
Get more from your die cuts and add lots more interest to your hand made cards by cutting your die shapes in half. Betsy from Paper, Scissors and Superheroes has several “halfsies” card ideas to share on her blog, click … Read More...
Freebie: Bee and Floral Mandala Coloring Page
Mandala coloring pages for adults are the big trend right now! Here’s a stunning one featuring bees and flowers that you can download for free, print and color from Dover Publications. Click here to download and then when you’re at … Read More...
Project: Stamped Party Straws
Add a special touch to your next party or get together by stamping up your party decorations like these cute straw tags. Using stamps, punches and die cuts to make them Mariana Grigsby shares all the details on her blog… Read More...
Project: Baby Shaker Card
Know someone expecting a new baby? Make them a special shaker card to welcome the special new addition. Visit the Chouxchoux Paper Art blog for a video tutorial.
-Heather
Looking for supplies to make your own Shaker card? Check … Read More...
Trend: Watercolor Markers
Water coloring your stamped images will give them a soft painterly look. One big new trend is Water Color markers. You can color directly on your stamped images with the markers and then you can blend and soften the look … Read More...
Trend: Burlap Die Cut
Burlap is really hot and trendy right now, it’showing up on all sorts of home decor and crafting projects, including cards. It can be a bit tricky to incorporate on your cards, it’ stiff, a bit hard to cut and … Read More...
Project: Vellum Balloon Card
vellum is a thin transparent paper and you can get a wonderful look of layered images by stamping on the front and back side like in this balloon card. The Altenew Stamps blog has directions for making this card with … Read More...
Tip: Stamping with Tape
Here’s a neat stamping technique with something everyone has around the house, masking tape (or painters tape)! Ink up the sticky side of the tape on an ink pad and then press it on your project. You’ll get a cool … Read More...