The Gerda Steiner Designs blog has directions on how to mask, ink and stamp up this adorable duck card. I love the sentiment die cut right out of the scene! Click here for directions.
-Heather
Project: Puppy Tri-Fold Card with Stamps and Stencils
How cute is this puppy dog tri-fold card? Emily Cupley made it using stamps and stencils and a cloud die cut for the top edge. She’ll teach you how to water color you stamped images using Distress Ink pads, make … Read More...
Project: Recycled Puzzle Piece Magnets
Got some old puzzles that have lost some pieces? What can you do with the left overs? How about recycle them into some cool paper craft projects. Neva Cole covered some old puzzle pieces in paint and added stamped words … Read More...
Card Making Technique: Water Color Splash
Amy Rysavy designed this cool and colorful card using lots a splashes of water color over an embossed stamped image. She’s got a video tutorial for this technique over on her blog Prairie Ink and Paper, click here to watch.… Read More...
Project: Spring Shadow Box Card
Learn how to make this lovely shadow box card for Spring designed by Lisa Silver. She used die cuts, heat embossing with stamps and water coloring techniques. Visit the Card Maker blog for directions.
-Heather
Project: Beginning Card Making
If you’re new or curious about learning to stamp and make your own cards check out this post from P.S. I Love You Scrapbooking. It’s got the basic supplies needed, some tips and directions for making a pretty butterfly card, … Read More...
Product Review: Shine On Paper from Stampin’ Up
Foiling and metallic designs on paper is super hot right now so the Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up is right on trend! The paper set includes 12 sheets of 12″x 12″ paper with 2 each of … Read More...
Tips: Foiling with Adhesives
Foiling is a popular way to add some terrific metallic shimmer and shine to any paper crafting project. There are machines, adhesives and foil sheets that can help you get this trendy look. Tombo has some great ideas for using … Read More...
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Denise Bryant, you’re the winner of this months Paper Pumpkin kit giveaway! Please respond to my e-mail.
Thanks to all who entered, check back next month for another monthly Paper Pumpkin giveaway!
-Heather
Template: Slider Card
How cute is this train sliding card? Perfect for a baby card! Marianne Designs has a template on how to cut, score and fold to make your own slider card. Add whatever stamps or die cuts that would look fun … Read More...
Tip: Sewing Over Stamped Images
If you know how to make simple stitches and french knots you can add some amazing accents to your stamped images. This wonderful mixed media project was made by stamping and painting on canvas and then adding some easy sewing … Read More...
Project: Frog Easel Card
“Ribbit, Ribbit”, that’s frog for how cute is this card? The Cut @ Home blog has directions for making this adorable frog themed easel card. So cute to sit on someone’s desk! Click here for the video tutorial.
-Heather
Freebie: Easter Basket Clip Art
If you’re in a rush to pull together some last-minute Easter crafts or decorations, don’t worry—you’re not out of luck! This adorable Easter basket clip art printable from My Grafico is the perfect solution for a quick and festive project. … Read More...
Review: Epson XP-830 Small in One Printer
As a paper crafter I find I frequently use my printer for lots of different projects, like printing photos and digital stamps, playing with cool fonts for card sentiments, using print and cut images along with my electronic die cutting … Read More...
Freebie: Easter Bunny Digital Stamp
You can use this cute Bunny digi stamp for cards, scrapbook pages and tag this Spring and Easter. Hop on over to About Home to get the full image.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps … Read More...
Project: Paper Easter Basket
Looking for a creative and budget-friendly way to make your own Easter basket? With just a single 12″ x 12″ sheet of scrapbook paper and a few extra strips from a coordinating piece, you can create this charming DIY slatted … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for March 2016
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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...
Tips: Fixing Heat Embossing Mistakes
Yana Smakula has a video tutorial on Hero Art showing how to make this lovely inked and heat embossed card plus she shares a couple of really helpful tips to fix mistakes that can happen when you heat emboss. Click … Read More...
Freebie: Carrot Box
For a limited time you can get a fun printable carrot shaped treat box for free from Lasting Impressions, click here to get it. **Note: You will need to add it to your cart and then check out.
-Heather
Tip: Stamping on Feathers
I thought in all my years of stamping I’d seen just about anything and everything you can think of stamped on but he’s a new one and it gorgeous! Julie actually stamped on a feather! How cool is that? She … Read More...