Add a little shimmer and shine to your stamped cards by using Perfect Pearls . Find out how to over at the Capture the Moment blog.
-Heather
Project: Mother’s Day Card
Tutorial: Lever Card
I love cards that move! You can find directions and a video tutorial from Laura Lipe for this fun Lever card over on Splitcoast Stampers.
-Heather
Technique: Pearlized Painting
The Serendipitous Stamper has a pretty technique to share, using Tsukineko All-Purpose Ink and Memento markers to achieve a pearlized look on paper. I love the great little shimmer it gives!
-Heather
Book Review: Simply Precious Pop-Ups
Simply Precious Pop-ups is a new book filled with loads of fun do it yourself pop up cards. There are more than 50 different designs for all occasions from birthdays, Mother’s and Father’s Day, gradation, holidays and many more. You’ll … Read More...
Freebie: Card Sentiments
Papercrafts Magazine has several baby, birthday and wedding sentiments to download for free. Perfect for the fronts or insides of your cards!
-Heather
Looking for more discussions about Card making? Check out our Facebook group for cardmaking.
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Tip: Die Cut Shapes with Paper Scraps
I know we all have tons of those little scraps and snippets of pretty pattern that kills us to throw away! Here’s an excellent idea on the Papercrafts blog for using those little pieces together to make pretty pattern die … Read More...
Tip: Stencil Card Background
Beate at the Fresh and Fun blog has a neat way to make your stencils pop, she inked up the arrows for a background and them traced them with a thin black marker. I love the cool modern look!
-Heather
Project: Accordion Card
And the Portrait Winner is………….
…..Angie Menning! Congrats Angie you’ve won the Silhouette Portrait giveaway! Please respond to the e-mail I sent you.
Thanks to everyone who entered!
-Heather
Project: Little Birdie Card
I love the soft romantic look of this card by Cherry Nelson, find her directions for making it over on the Pink Persimmon blog.
-Heather
Freebie: Mermaid Image
Download this beautiful mermaid image for free from Dover publications and dream of a relaxing day by the beach while you color her in.
-Heather
Project: Stamped Flower Canvas
The Stampendous blog has an amazing mixed media project to share using a very large lily stamp as the focal point on this art canvas.
-Heather
Project: Reuse Wooden Stamp Blocks
If you’ve unmounted your stamp from their blocks (or maybe never mounted them in the first place) you might be wondering what to do with those unused wooden blocks. The Tricky Tip Tuesday blog (say that three times fast :)) … Read More...
Project: Pennants Card
Call them flags, banners, pennants, what ever, they are still really hot….Nicole Magouirk has a video tutorial sharing how to make this lovely banner birthday card.
-Heather
Review and Discount: Silhouette Vinyl
I love using my Silhouette Portrait die cutting machine for cool projects like vinyl decor. The vinyl cuts really easily in the Silhouette, simply cut your shape and use the pick tool to help weed out all the … Read More...
Freebie: Printable Flower
Click here to download a bunch of pretty printable flowers for free from designer Claudine Hellmuth.
-Heather
Tutorial: Paper Tape Dress Card
Tutorial: Paper Quilled Flower
Elaine, our lucky winner of the Epic 6 die cutting machine giveaway from a while back has posted a lovely card she made using a pretty letterpress design along with a quilled paper flower. She shares how to make the … Read More...
Freebie: Camera and Bird Digi
“Watch the birdie!” Birdie Brown has this adorable camera with bird digital stamp to download for free. Hurry though, it’s only free during April!
-Heather