Maria McGuire shares a card on Donna Downey’s blog using Donna’s lovely poppy stamps and coloring them with Pan Pastels. I love how she even used them to color the canvas banner pieces too. I *really* want to give these … Read More...
Project: Card Holder Envelope
Magenta stamps has a detailed tutorial for making an accordion style card holder. This neat envelope would make a perfect gift filled with hand stamped cards!
-Heather
Freebie: A Mother’s Love Image
This sweet vintage image download from Free Digital Stamps would make a perfect Mother’s Day Card. Click here to download for free.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Technique and New Product: Coloring with Aquamarkers
Cindy with Flourishes has a great video tutorial showing how to use the new Aquamarkers. These markers are a water based pigment ink for a vibrant color and they are also acid free and light fast (meaning no fading). Click … Read More...
New Rlease: KennyK Digital Stamps
KennyK has added 6 brand-new digi stamp designs to their popular Glam Gang collection of sexy, sweet & sassy images! Check them out here .
Card sample by design team member Amy.
-Heather
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Project: Vintage Floral Card
I love the rustic vintage look of this card! Ann Schach shares step by step instructions as well as a video tutorial on how to stamp and emboss a lovely card like this one. Click here to visit her blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Stamped Cookies
Stamping AND cookies, seriously, what could be better!? The Lovely Cupboard has a recipe for yummy shortbread cookies and directions for adding a special personal touch by stamping the cookies too. I’m getting hungry just looking at them……
-Heather
Freebie: Bride and Groom Digi
Visit the Graphics Fairy to download this lovely Bride and Groom vintage silhouette image for free.
-Heather
Tutorial: Stamping with Feathers
I love seeing stamping with unusual items! The Lemmemakeit blog shares tips for stamping with a feather, the results are so soft and romantic.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.… Read More...
Technique: Faux Patina Card
Wow, these cards look like metal but they aren’t! Angie Leach shows how to turn plain white cardstock, some embossing and ink into a fabulous Faux Patina look. Visit Splicoast Stampers for a video tutorial and step by step.
-Heather
Technique: Stamp and Watercolor on Canvas
Julia Stainton has a nice tutorial over on the Ellen Hutson’s blog using stamps and watercolors on canvas. This technique looks like a true work of art! Click here for more info.
-Heather
New Release: Purple Onion Stamps
Purple Onion stamps has just released the most adorable new line of images from designer Stacey Yacula called The Sweetest Day. With cute bunnies, a funky frog, a tweet bird and the cutest snail you’ve ever seen, these are truely … Read More...
Blog Hop: Digistamps4Joy
Digistamps4Joy is under new ownership and they’re celebrating with a hop.
Here’s what Margy has to say: “The South African Digistamps4Joy company is under new management! We have a new blog, website, shop, and CDAC group! Come and see all … Read More...
SALE: Impress Rubber Stamps
Impress is having a BIG sale! From now until 4/30/12 receive 20% off everything in their on-line store, use coupon code: annual sale
-Heather
Tutorial: Mermaid Hair Gel Card
Hair gel, in crafting? Really? Why, yes! Lori for Whiff of Joy stamps has a fun tutorial for using hair gel to make a cool water background for cards. The mermaid stamp is perfect for this but I can also … Read More...
Freebie: Duck Digi
Pink Cat Studio has a cute free digital stamp to download of a pie baking duck.. quack, quack 🙂
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Inspiration and Tutorial: Book Card for Mother’s Day
Lisa from Wishcraft shares the stunning book card she’s made for Mother’s Day. For the base she followed a tutorial from I Wanna Build a Memory, which can be found here.
-Heather
Project: Floss Flower
The Pixie Cottage has directions for using Scrappers Floss (which is made from paper , holds it’s shape and is a great substitute for embroidery floss ) to make a pretty flowers for card embellishments.
-heather
Technique: Enlarge a Stamped Image
Kathy from the Daily Marker wanted a large version of the mushroom stamp she has so her little gnome would have a big house to live in, so clever girl that she is, she used her projector to enlarge the … Read More...
Project: Gift Set for a Tea Drinker
Know some one who loves tea? Here’s a sweet set of stamped gifts, a cup wrap, a box to hold tea and a honey straw box. Click on each link to find direction from The Spotted Canary.