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Echo Park Paper has a fun mini idea book to download. Inside you’ll find directions for holiday cards, scrapbook layout, altered projects and a mini album. Click here to download.
-Heather
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This adorable little owl is all bundled up and ready for winter. Visit the Lawn Fawn stamps blog and find a video tutorial on how to make this cute shaker card using trendy sequins inside. There also lots of other … Read More...
The chalkboard stamping style has been popular for awhile, it’s usual done with white embossing powder on black cardstock but here’s a clever twist on that idea, actually stamping with real chalk! By dipping the chalk in water and then … Read More...
Using a die cut, pattern or envelope punch
board make up 25 small envelopes, decorate with stamped numbers and/or die cuts, fill them with notes or treats and hang them with small clothes pins on lines of twine wrapped around … Read More...
Stamp up some beautiful ornaments this year for yourself or for gifts. Using a cookie cutter cut shapes out of rolled out clay, stamp images and then bake, easy but lovely! Find complete directions over on the Hublebeads blog. I … Read More...
Just in time for Thanksgiving SVG Cuts is sharing a free “Thank You” die cut, perfect for cards, scrapbook pages and journals. All downloads are in Zip format and include the .svg files for use with Sure Cuts A Lot, … Read More...
Diane’s Digital Designs has been sweet enough to share this adorable snowman digi stamp for free with our readers. Click here to visit Diane’s blog for more of her fun free digital stamps and cute project designs.
-Heather
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Here’s a yummy way to count down to Christmas with a sweet candy advent calendar. The Cricut website has directions for make a wall hanging decorated with a die cut Santa and strings of candy for each day in December. … Read More...
Make some festive gift tags for your holiday packages with some stamping and die cutting. Hero Arts is sharing a video tutorial using the same stamps and dies to get several different styles of tags. Click here to watch.
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Some people are just too darn clever, they make me think “Wow, why didn’t I think of that?” One of those is Debbie Hughes over at Simon Says Stamp, she turn parts of a bow and paw print die cuts … Read More...
Keep track of your holiday ideas, photos or lists in a fun hand made mini album. Cover chipboard with pattern paper and envelopes for inside pockets, punch holes and use a spiral wire to close it together and of course … Read More...
How adorable is this snowman snow globe?! You can make your own using a glass jar and filling it with water and glitter, add a tiny tree inside and best of all add some stamped images too, by laminating them … Read More...
Wow, the Dearie Dolls blog is generously posting 12 amazing stamp designs , each for one of the 12 days of Christmas for FREE! Here’s a link to each day:
The Daily Marker blog has a video tutorial showing how to make this wonderful winter scene ornament card. I love the use of white ink spray for the snow and the small pops of glitter! Click here to watch.
-Heather
This beautiful card is perfect for Thanksgiving or just a Thank You card. It combines lots of different products and techniques like rubber stamping, stencils with paste, dry embossing and cardstock sanding, ink blending, liquid pearls and more. You’ll learn … Read More...
How beautiful would these jars look in the middle of a Thanksgiving day table? Or just on your mantle for fall. Tara from Secretbees Studio painted and stamped jars and added trims, ribbons and stamped accents to make these wonderful … Read More...
Since Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink react with water it’s easy to blend and manipulate the colors together for an interesting water color look like on this lovely pinecone card. Find the directions for this cool stamping technique over on the … Read More...
It’s just about time to start shopping and gift wrapping for Christmas (or maybe you already have :)). Using die cuts and stamps you can make stunning tags for your holiday gifts this year. The Capture to Moment blog has … Read More...
Here’s a great way to use up some scraps of pattern papers and ribbons, layer them behind a die cut shape for a cool card design. Here’s a great tip: Adhering those little strips is made much easier if you … Read More...
Stencils are probably one of the hottest trends in paper crafting right now. They are so versatile and work with many different mediums like ink pads, paints, ink sprays, pastes, air brushing, markers, glitter adhesive and much more plus … Read More...
