Ink up stencils to create pretty one of a kind note cards, combine multiple stencils for fun patterns, the Crafts Unleashed blog will show you how.
-Heather
Freebie: Paper Garland
Down a free printable pattern to trace and cut for a lovely butterfly and flower paper garland over at the Pane, Amore e Creativita blog. (note blog is in Italian but no need to translate just to download the … Read More...
Card Making Project: Neon Card
Neon colors are really trendy right now! Use neon ink sprays, stencils and stamps for a bright and colorful greeting card. Hero Arts stamps has all the details.
-Heather
Project: By The Sea Card
Sometimes you have so many wonderful pattern papers and embellishments laying around you don’t even need any stamps to make a fabulous card. Directions for this pretty By The Sea card is a great example, find directions for making it … Read More...
Freebie: Mice Digital Stamp
Eeeek! How cute are these mice?? Download the free digital stamp image over on the Dearie Dolls blog.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download our digital stamps. … Read More...
Tip: Stamping with Acrylic Blocks
Did you know you can use your clear acrylic stamping blocks as stamps themselves? Apply some Distress Ink and spritz on some water and then stamp for a neat watercolor look. Find out more over on The House That Stamps … Read More...
Project: Beach Bag
Die cutting isn’t just for paper. Head to the beach in style this summer with a customized beach bag. Using an electronic cutting machine you can cut iron on vinyl letters and make a stencil for painted designs and make … Read More...
Project: Stamped Metal Keychain (and Etsy Plug)
Are you familiar with Etsy? It’s a wonderful place filled with thousands of individually owned and run shops that specialize in hand made items, vintage and crafting supplies. I’ve had my own shop P is for Paper there for many … Read More...
Project: Under Sea Card
Jillian Vance Designs has directions for making a cute under water scene card. I love the use of twine for the kelp, so clever!
-Heather
Project: Z Fold Card
The Prickley Pear Stamps blog will show you how to turn one piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock into a cool Z Fold card using a scoring board, click here to see how.
-Heather
Project : Summer Bug and Frog Cards
Each month Stamps by Judith shares a video tutorial with projects using their stamps. This month is 3 cute cards, a frog and mushroom card and two bug cards, these would be great cards for boys. The page changes and … Read More...
Review: A Muse Studio Stamps
The brand new A Muse Studio catalog is filled with fantastic new stamps, paper and embellishments!! The are many general themes like the beach and ocean, travel, birthday, sports, phrases and words, large background patterns, alphas and numbers and … Read More...
Project: Christmas in July – Snowflake Card
I’m seeing lots of wintery ideas pop up for Christmas in July as many stamp companies are already beginning to release this years holiday stamps.
Make a pretty snowflake card with a clear front by stamping on acetate sheets, the… Read More...
Project: Stamped Book Mark
Keep your place in a book with a cool stamped book mark. Renee Zarate used stamping resist techniques and stencils to make this fun place holder.
-Heather
Freebie: Nautical Pattern Paper
Download this pretty vintage nautical inspired pattern paper to use in your scrapbooking and card making projects. It’s free to download from Free Vintage Digital Stamps.
-Heather
Looking for more Nautical-themed papers, stamps and embellishments? Check these out on Scrapbook.com
Project: Mixed Media Art Journal Pages
I love these beautiful sea inspired mixed media journaling pages from Jenn Shurkus, visit her blog to find out how she used stamps, paints, stencils and more to make them.
-Heather
Technique: Basket Weave Card
Cut strips of co-ordinating pattern papers and weave them together for a pretty card, find out how over on the Moss Made blog.
-Heather
Tip: Add a Touch of Shimmer to Cards with H2O’s
The Whiff of Joy stamps blog has a tutorial teaching you how to color your stamped images using Twinkling H2O’s and a water brush, this adds a nice subtle shimmer to your designs. (note: be sure to hit the “translate” … Read More...
Tutorial: Die Cut Front Card
Die Cuts that co-ordinate with stamps can be used in a variety of ways, instead of just cutting out around the stamped image you can die cut the front of the card and stamp the matching design inside for a … Read More...
Technique: Watercolor Card Background
Since Distress Ink react to water they are perfect to use for a water color card background, smear them on a non-stick craft sheet, spraying them with water and press your paper onto top. Find out more on this technique … Read More...