The Crafty Secrets blog is sharing a digital stamp from their brand new Bedtime Kids set for free along with a stars and moon digital pattern paper too. Visit their blog to download both and you’ll also find loads of … Read More...
Product Review: Stampin’ Up!
I’m so excited to share with you my latest review for Stampin’ Up! Right now Stampin’ Up has two fabulous catalogs, the first is their Occasions catalog and is a supplement to the regular yearly catalog adding wonderful products … Read More...
Project: Birthday Card Made with Straws
Have you seen all the cool and colorful paper straws at the craft store and wondered how you could use those in your card making? Here’s a cute card from the Simon Says blog turning those straws into birthday candles. … Read More...
Project: Valentine Shaker Card
Show someone how much you love them this Valentine’s Day with a special shaker card. Using stamps and die cuts from My Favorite Things Nichol Magouirk shares a video tutorial for making this adorable card, she also includes links to … Read More...
Project and New Release: Monogram Cards
Add a personalized touch to your greeting cards with a combination of monogram letters. You can send cards with your monogram or how about make a set of cards as a gift for a bride with her new initials? Hero … Read More...
Project: Glitter Birthday Card
You see lots and lots of cards and other paper crafting projects these days made with plastic stencils but what ever happened to brass stencils? Remember those? I still have many tucked away in my crafting stash and just don’t … Read More...
Project: Memo Note Holders
Display hand made cards, photos and notes with these fun memo note holders. Andrea made these using paper mache’ shapes covering them with washi tapes and paints, adding stamped words and curled wire. Find her complete directions over on her … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Kitties Stamp
Download this sweet black and white vintage style kittens digital stamp image for free over on the Create with TLC blog.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.
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Tip: Organizing Embossing Folders
If you’re like me you’ve got loads of plastic embossing folders and maybe also like me you have a hard time keeping track of and storing all those folders as well. Just like Shaunte over at Crafts Unleashed I tried … Read More...
Project: Friends Forever Tag
This pretty tag has such a cool chevron embellishment and guess what it’s made of? Photo corners…how clever is that?!? The Scrapbook Adhesives blog shows how to line up alternating black and white photo corners for a unique embellishment, click … Read More...
Project: Funny Cat Card
As someone who owns both a cat and a dog this cute card rings very true to me! 🙂 Visit the Prairie Paper and Ink blog for a video tutorial making this card coloring with Copic Markers on extra heavy … Read More...
Tip: Stamped Date in a Snowflake Shape
Here’s a cool and clever way to add a date to a scrapbook page, card or calendar, stamp out date stamps in a snowflake pattern. The Echo Park Paper blog has all the details.
-Heather
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Triangle Fold Card
Looking to really make an impression with your next card? Try this amazing Triangle Fold Card. Gabrielle is sharing a pattern and step by step directions for making one over on her blog.
Project: Humorous Card
Learn how to utilize both the positive and negative shapes of a die cut image and add a coordinating stamp and make a card with a very funny take on “when life gives you lemons”. Hop on over to the … Read More...
Project: Kitty Card using the MISTI Tool
How cute is this kitty cat card from Kristina Werner? On her blog she’ll show you how to combine die cutting, dry embossing, stamping and coloring with markers to make this adorable card. She also talks about a hot new … Read More...
Freebie: I Love You Banner Die Cut
Get ready for Valentine’s Day with this pretty “I Love You” bunting flag die cut, also great for anniversary or wedding cards. You can download the cut file for free from Birds Cards. File comes in ai, dxf, gds, … Read More...
Technique: Faux Letterpressing
Letterpressing is a lovely but sometimes messy process and you might not have all the “proper” tools for the job. Not too worry, you can achieve similarly stunning results using your embossing folders. Add metallic ink directly onto the plastic … Read More...
Project: Rainbow Snowman Card
Brighten up someone’s cold winter day with a cheery snowman card with a colorful rainbow splash background. Find a video tutorial for stamping up this cute card over on the Alley Way stamps blog.
-Heather
Technique: Card Background with Gesso and Stains
Here’s a unique twist on the stamping resist technique using gesso instead of ink to ink up your rubber stamp, add ink stains over top and you’ve a neat card background. This also adds such a cool texture to your … Read More...
Technique: Birthday Card with Water Color Marker Technique
Therese Calvird is guest designing over at the Penny Black stamp blog, sharing lots of wonderful cards and how to videos. One of my favorites is this cute birthday card that she colored using Distress Ink Markers
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