Using flocking powder gives a great soft feel to any card but it can be a little messy to work with. The Rubber Cafe Design Team has a great idea for making a stencil to use with flocking, get a … Read More...
Project: Clay Stamped Tin
Here’s a terific recycling project from Jennifer Ingle over on the Stampendous blog. She covered an empty Altoids tin in clay and stamped it. This would be a great little jewelry or gift box.
-Heather
Tutorial: Paper Flower with Punches
Join Kristina Werner on her blog for a fun video for turning heart punches into a pretty flower embellishment.
-Heather
Project: Distress Card
Julia Stainton made this a lovely card using the new Tim Holtz Distress markers for stamping and Distress Stain on her paper flower. I love the colors and how all the Distress products co-ordinate so well together. Visit the Ellen … Read More...
Inspiration: Stamped Gnome Home
Using Stamps from Peachy Keen Leanne Garner transformed an empty milk carton into this amazing Gome Home box. How adorable! Find more pics and info over on the Peachy Keen blog.
-Heather
Looking for more Christmas Gnomes? Check these free … Read More...
Freebie: Easter Digital Stamps
Desert Diva has over a dozen a free Easter digital stamps; seals, sayings and phrases. Click here to visit and download.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download our … Read More...
Technique: Curled Paper Frame
Project: Stamped Wine Bottle Apron
How seriously cute are these tiny wine bottle aprons!? What a unique and special way to present a bottle of wine. Jing over on the Stampavie blog shares how she made these little sweeties.
-Heather
Proejct: Stamped Necklace
This necklace is so much fun! What a great way to wear your stamped art work! Find a video tutorial from Cathy Andronicou for making your own stamped necklace over on the Penny Black blog.
-Heather
Inspiration: Easter Bunny Card
Wow, this card is a real stunner! Find more photos of this wonderful card (and many others, be sure to poke around) over at the Daisy Dreams blog. I love Sara’s work, so detailed with loads of dimension!
-Heather
Technique: Bubble Background
Here’s a technique to make you feel like a kid again. Lalo from Crafting in LALA Land has a recipe using dishwashing detergent , paint and water for a wonderfully fun background for your stamped cards.
-Heather
Project: Fairy Tag
I recently told you about the cool new collaboration with Sizzix and Tim Holtz called Stamp2Cut (click here for that post). Now here’s a fantastic stamped tag from Tammy Tutterow using this new system, find all the info … Read More...
Tip: Twine Storage
Baker’s Twine is still hot, hot and hot but it can be a little hard to store, it gets unwound and tangled easily. So here’s a fabulous storage idea from The Scrap Shoppe, cover a short Pringle can with … Read More...
Technique: Colored Pencils on Acetate
There’s a wonderful technique video from Cathy Andronicou over on the Penny Black blog. She shows how to stamp with white ink onto acetate (transparency) and then color over top with colored pencils . The results are just stunning! Click … Read More...
Technique: Velveteen Stamping
Shari Carroll shares a technique she calls velveteen stamping on the Hero Arts website. By stamping an image on white cardstock with white ink and then over stamping with bold image and color over top you get a pretty patterned … Read More...
New Release: Stamping Secrets E-Book
Ella Puplishing has a new E-Book out called Stamping Secrets it includes projects, tips, tutorials and 20 minutes worth of video from some of the best known stampers around using stamps some of the most loved companies. Visit Ella Publishing … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Silhouettes
Dover Publishing has several lovely vintage silhouette images to download for free, click here.
-Heather
Freebie: On-Line Paper Craft Magazine
Scrapstreet has several great birthday card ideas in their new mini on-line magazine for March. Click here to flip through the whole magazine from the start or here to go right to the card ideas.
Card Sample by Wendy … Read More...
New Release: Lawn Fawn
I hate to play favorites but I must admit Lawn Fawn, is one of my favorite stamping companies! I’m so excited about their new release, there are a whopping TEN new stamp sets with themes like gnomes, air mail, fantasy, … Read More...
Tip: Scallop Circle “Cheat”
Don’t have a scalloped circle punch or die cut? Not to worry, Lynn from Pretty Paper Swirls shows how you can “cheat” with circle punches and get the same effect.
-Heather