I’ve seen several stamp companies with bottle brush tree designs for the holidays, I guess that vintage look is going to be very trendy this year!
Hero Arts has a fun bottle brush stamp and is sharing step by step … Read More...
Technique: Stamped Watercolor Look with Markers
This stunning pink peony flower card doesn’t even look like it’s stamped but it actually is! Stamping on water color paper using water soluble markers (like the Tim Holtz Distress Ink markers
) instead of ink pads you can go … Read More...
Technique: Coloring Blue Hair for a Fantasy Themed Card
Sometimes you might have a stamp of a fairy, mermaid, witch or other fantasy girl and you don’t want her to have “normal” colored hair so why not try coloring her hair blue for a really unique look. Yani at … Read More...
Project: Halloween Monster Treat Bags
Treat bag shaped die cuts are a quick and easy way to make a fun candy bag for Halloween. Yainea from My Paper Journey shares a few different treat bags she made using the Goody Bag die from Lawn Fawn … Read More...
Stampin’ Up Review : Holiday Catalog Part 2
Stampin Up has just released their brand new Holiday Catalog. This supplement adds Fall, Winter, Christmas and New Years items to the current Stampin’ Up lineup and will only be available to order for a limited time.
This new … Read More...
Freebie: Scarecrow Digital Stamp
This guy is all dress up and ready to scare on Halloween! Download this scary scarecrow digi stamp for free from Dearie Dolls. It’s available in color or black and white to color yourself. Perfect for a Halloween card or … Read More...
Free Class: Birthday Cards
Craftsy is a great place to learn new crafting techniques, they offer on-line classes for many different crafts like jewelry, photography, quilting, cake decoration and paper arts too. They offer paid classes but also free mini class as well. Each … Read More...
Project: Halloween Mummy Card
Stop over at the Simon Says blog for direction to make this adorable Halloween card using Mama Elephant stamps and dies, how cute is that little mummy? You’ll find a detailed video tutorial with several stamping techniques like “second generation” … Read More...
Project: Halloween Clock
I am so in love with this wonderful altered Halloween clock made by the Artful Maven! Starting with a blank clock (from Tim Holtz designs) there’s a tiny lighted lantern inside, painted metal embellishments around the outside edges, a paper … Read More...
Freebie: Bee Digital Stamp
Free Digital Cliparts is sharing this cute little bee digital stamp for free, click here to download. Add him to cards, scrapbook pages or honey jar labels.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design … Read More...
Tip: Handwriting on Cards
If you don’t have the perfect saying or sentiment to add to a card why not write it yourself? I know many of us, myself included, don’t particularly like our own handwriting but with a little practice and the right … Read More...
Technique: Water Color Card Using Re-Inkers
The tiny bottles of ink used to refill a dried up ink pad can be use for more then just re-inking those pads, they can also be mixed with water and used as watercolors. The Paperfections blog shares how to … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt Flower Card Embellishment
Metal die cuts are just for paper, you can also use them cut fabric , thin sheets of metal, felt thin chipboard and lots more. Using a pretty little flower and leaf die cut Betsy Veldman made a pretty little … Read More...
Project: Halloween Shaker Card
Punch some circle out of a fun vintage Halloween printed paper and add some trendy sequins behind it with acetate for an adorable Halloween shaker card. Michele Kovac shares a step by step tutorial for making one of these fun … Read More...
Project: Halloween Shrine
This wonderful Halloween shrine would make a perfect centerpiece to any Halloween table setting. This mixed media art combines a shrine frame die cut, lots of stamped images, paint, book pages and more. Find more info on this fun altered … Read More...
Freebie: Paper Basket and Matching Card
Echo Park Papers is offering a free down loadable pattern and instructions to make a paper basket and matching card. Fill with candy for a great gift to give. This would be perfect in an apple or pumpkin theme for … Read More...
Project: Stenciled Fabric Flower Card
Stencils are super popular right now, there’s so much you can do with them. Like add color and texture to paper and fabric for the perfect accent to any greeting card. The Simon Says Stamp blog is sharing a tutorial … Read More...
Tips: Stamping with House Hold Items
If your looking to stamp some interesting backgrounds you might not need to go buy a brand new rubber stamp, you can stamp with items found around your house. Heather Greenwood will show you how to add some ink or … Read More...
Project: Vintage Style Typewriter Card
Darkroom Door Stamps is sharing directions for making this vintage inspired typewriter card. It hard to find ideas for masculine cards but I think this one would be perfect for the next guy in your life you need to make … Read More...
Project: Mushroom Fairy Clock
I love anything to do with fairies, so this adorable mushroom fairy house altered clock really caught my eye! Using a chipboard album cover in the shape of a mushroom as the base Debi Tullier added stamps , papers and … Read More...