This wonderful holiday card looks more like an artists painting then a stamped card doesn’t it? Joy from the Simple by Design blog shares a video tutorial showing how she achieved this look using watercolors with her Penny Black stamped … Read More...
Freebie: Winter Fairy Image
If your looking to add a vintage feel to your holiday cards this year Dover Publications has some lovely vintage style winter and Holiday images to download for free, perfect for card making or coloring pages to keep the kids … Read More...
Project: Round Fall Card
Layer up some delicate die cut cardstock circles and add a little stamped pumpkin in the center for a beautiful Thanksgiving fall card. I love shaped cards like this that are not just a traditional rectangle or square. The Spellbinders… Read More...
Project: Embossed Gift Bag
You probably have plain brown lunch sacks or shopping bags sitting around your house right now, instead of throwing them away why not jazz them up with some stamping and embossing and use them to wrap up some gift this … Read More...
Project: Fall Wall Hanging
Combine pattern papers that are sanded, inked and cut into shapes along with strips of fabric and buttons layered onto chipboard for a pretty fall themed wall hanging. I love the rustic, primitive look of this project! K and Co. … Read More...
Freebie: Gift Card Holder
Treat someone special this holiday season with a gift card to their favorite place to shop and you can add a special touch with a hand made gift card holder. The Joyful Daisy blog has a free gift card holder … Read More...
Product Review: Xyron Adhesives
I am one of those card makers that loves to cut out tiny stamped image, I like to paper piece and also use die cuts with lots of small bits and pieces. But one of my biggest problems was what … Read More...
Project: Matching Pinecone Ornament and Card using Photo Corners
Here’s a very inventive way to use photo corners
, layer them over a foam egg shape for an amazing pine cone Christmas tree decoration. You’ll find directions for making these as well as a stamped matching card with tiny … Read More...
Freebie: Holiday Papercrafting Booklet
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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Tutorial: Winter Owl Shaker Card
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...
Technique: Stamping with Chalk for Place Cards
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...
Project: Envelope Advent Calendar
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...
Project: Stamped Ornament
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...
Freebie: Thank You Die Cut
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...
Freebie: Snowman Digital Stamp
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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Project: Christmas Count Down
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...
Project: DIY Stamped Christmas Gift Tags
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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Tip: Getting More from Die Cuts
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...
Project: Mini Envelope Holiday Album
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...
Card Project: DIY Snow Globe
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...