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Make the transition back to school for the kids a little easier with cupcakes 🙂 Add this free downloadable apple cupcake topper from Claudine Hellmuth to top them off.
-Heather
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Turn a plain old terracotta pot into a work of art using stamps, stencils and ink on tissue paper. Find complete directions over at A Vintage Journey.
-Heather
Echo Park Papers has a new on-line idea book filled with card ideas, scrapbooking layouts and altered projects to download for free, click here.
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Nichol Magouirk has a video tutorial sharing how to make a yummy birthday cake card using coordinating stamps and die cuts from Mama Elephant. I love how she layered vellum over her stamped pattern paper, it give such a … Read More...
Turn shaped dies into fun edge borders for your cards, the Capture the Moment blog has a video tutorial to show you how. This cool ideas will work with so many different dies but this fun apple card is perfect … Read More...
It might a bit early for Halloween ( it’s never too early for me:)) but the stamp companies are beginning to release their holiday stamp lines so you’ll be seeing fall and winter ideas start to pop up like this … Read More...
Use metallic stamping inks for a beautiful romantic card with a touch of shimmer, the Imagine Crafts blog has the details.
-Heather
The Sixxiz blog shows how to use one of their dies for a fun camera pocket card. This would be cute gift to give filled with photos!
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The Artist Stamper blog has directions for making this lovely stamped card inspired by the artist Gustav Klimt.
-Heather
Did you know you can add ink directly to your plastic embossing plates for a cool faux letter press look? The October Afternoon blog has the how to.
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Find out how to make a cool realistic looking brick background for your cards using a stencil, modeling paste and airbrushing over on the Wake up with Wendy blog.
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Tammy Tutterow shares how she made this stunning nature inspired collage shadow box using vellum, metal scrapbooking embellishments, stamping inks and more over on here blog. I love the dimension of the leaves, they look so real!
-Heather
Learn how to get an old fashion sepia tone to your stamped images with alcohol markers, Spectrum Noir has all the details.
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Are sharks the next trendy thing? The silly (and soon to be cult classic??) “Sharknado” movie is certainly trendy, I think a sequel is even on the way and Wonderstrange is paying tribute with a funny “shark ate … Read More...
Doesn’t this lovely hoop look like quilted fabric? Well, it’s actually made of paper! Popper and Mini will show you how to stitch pattern paper together and add some die cut images for a yummy home décor wall hanging. -Heather
Andrea from the Snapping Monsters blog is a girl after my own heart. I love incorporating literary quotes and images in my art work, she stamped out quotes from Shakespeare onto inked, stencils and embellished die cut pennant shapes for … Read More...
Visit Gina K Designs and learn how to do a reflection stamping technique, this works so well with images in water. Click here for a how to video tutorial.
-Heather
Using printed vellum , metal foil tape and his Luminary die cut Tim Holtz shares how to make a stunning home décor light fixture. I can see these making amazing Halloween and Holiday luminaries just by changing the vellum pattern.… Read More...
