All you need to make this bright and festive Christmas light strand garland is some strips of cardstock, a hole punch and some string! A scoring tool is also helpful but not necessary. The Stubbornly Crafty blog has directions … Read More...
Project: Shaker Card Christmas Tags with the Fuse Tool.
The Fuse tool is a fun way to make pockets, windows and shaker cards by sealing together sheets of plastic. The W plus 9 blog has a video tutorial showing you how to stamp, emboss and water color a background … Read More...
Project: Pop Up Present Card
Add some extra pop to your holiday cards this year with a fun preset pop up card. Julie Davison has directions for folding, scoring and cutting the inside of a card to make a fun stack of present that pop … Read More...
Technique: Make Your Own Custom Ink Pad from Baby Wipes
If you have a solid stamp and you want to add multiple colors to it here’s a fantastic technique from Song of My Heart Stampers. Add drops of different colored inks from Re-Inkers (normally used to refill your dried ink … Read More...
Project: Reindeer Holiday Gift Tags
Vary your gifts tags this holiday season by die cutting or punching a bunch of different tag shapes and adding embellishments like sequins and ribbon and strips of pattern paper. Stamp out all your focal images at once (like these … Read More...
Project: Spirograph Cards
Oh my gosh, does anyone else remember Spirograph?! I loved it when I was a kid! The Instructables blog has some great ideas for making some greeting cards with a retro feel using a vintage Spirograph set. I love the … Read More...
Freebie and Project : Disney’s Arlo The Good Dinosaur Stamp
The Disney blog is sharing a free pattern to print and trace and cut out of fun foam to make your own cute Arlo stamp. He’s the Dino star of the newest Disney movie, The Good Dinosaur. Stamp him onto … Read More...
Technique: Holiday Card with White Washed Wood Look
The Gina K blog has a video showing how to make this elegant holiday card including die cutting and a technique using inks for a faux white washed wood look. Click here to watch.
-Heather
Freebie: Reindeer Coloring Pages
The Animals Jr. site has 6 different Reindeer Coloring pages to print and color for free. Some are cute, some are cartoony and some are elegant, designs for kids or adults who love to color, click here to download them.… Read More...
Project: Winter Scene Card
Find directions for making this joyful winter scene card over at Mariana Grigsby’s blog. I love how she added the words and circle of stars over top of the trees, it adds so much depth and the metlic bow … Read More...
Project: Clothes Pin Wreath
This oh so fun wreath was made with 4 half sheets of patterned scrapbooking paper and 65 clothes pins. Erin Lincoln used a die cut that fits a cloths pin to make the work go faster but you could … Read More...
Project: Stamped Copper Bracelet
Turn a blank piece of copper into a cool customized bracelet with some metal stamping. The Darby Smart blog has tips for lining up your letter stamps, adding color and how to bend the blank shape into a bracelet. These … Read More...
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-Heather
Project: Tri-Fold Gift Card Holder
Make giving a gift card a bit more festive by putting it in a hand stamped card. The Hero Arts blog has directions for making a fun Tri-fold Gift Card Holder. I love the winter scene inside the Mason … Read More...
Techniques: Masking, Stenciling and Splattering Card
Crafty Ellen H has a video tutorial on her blog showing how to using a couple of masking techniques to stamp and also to make a stencil for a colorful splatter background on her sweet sleepy kitty card. Click here … Read More...
Project: Woodland Forest Holiday Cards
Do you get tired of making the same Christmas card over and over? Try making the same background but adding different elements as the focus to help break up the monotony, like with these adorable winter critter cards from Nichol … Read More...
Freebie: Fall Owl Masks
The kids will enjoy making and wearing these fun paper fall owl masks. Visit the Paper Chase blog to download the templates.
-Heather
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Project: Winter Scene Tunnel Card
Shelley Hickox has a tutorial showing how to make this stunning tunnel card with a winter scene using die cuts. The best part is it folds flat for mailing. I love the glitter paper she use to die cut the … Read More...
Technique: No Line Stamping Technique on a Winter Girl Card
The “no line” stamping and coloring technique gives you the look of a painted image. By stamping your design in a light color of ink and then coloring over top the stamped lines almost disappear and you’re left with an … Read More...