It’s the middle of the month so that means lots of new stamps from lots of different companies! And Papertrey Ink is no exception with a whopping 17 new clear stamp sets!! With themes like flowers, fruit, phrases, patriotic, travel … Read More...
Tip: Smooch Inks
Visit Catherine Pooler’s blog for a quick video tutorial showing how to use Smooch Ink to add shimmer to your stamped images for a pretty floral card.
-Heather
New Blog: Lily Pad Cards
There’s a fun new stamping blog called Lily Pad Cards, it’s got lots of great challenges, ideas, inspiration, tutorial videos and more. Like this one from Vicky, who shares a video for a quick and cute party card. Check out … Read More...
Technique: Adding Dimension to Stamps
Christine over at the Flourishes blog shares how she adds a lot of depth and dimension to her stamped images by stamping multiples, cutting and layering with foam tape. The results are so realistic!
-Heather
Project: Stamped Door Hanger
Technique: Spray Masking
Paper sprays, such as Glimmmer Mist, are super popular right now, they make great backgrounds for cards and scrapbook pages. Stencils are a traditional way to use masks but Michelle at the Pink Paislee blog used what she had … Read More...
Project: Butterfly Card
Stop by the Spellbinders blog and Holly will show you how she made this stunning butterfly card using Spellbinders dies and stamps from Flourish.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. Many cultures associate the … Read More...
Freebies: Dingbats
Dingbat fonts can be nice additions to your digital image library. The Typography blog shares 46 great dingbat fonts that are all free to download. With butterflies, military, animals, swirls, corners and much more, there’s a dingbat here for everyone. … Read More...
New Release: Purple Onion Stamps
Purple Onion stamps has some super duper cute new stamps from designer Stephanie Ackerman, pretty flowers, birds, banners and more. Click here to see all the new stamp designs and then be sure to check out their blog for loads … Read More...
Project: Stamped Wedding
Planning a wedding? Consider making more than just your own invites. Yyou can stamp your own place cards, favor boxes, save the date cards and everything will coordinate beautifully. Find instructions here at the Inkadinkado site.
-Heather
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New Release: My Favorite Things Stamps
My Favorite Things has just released loads of great new stamps and dies, with images of cute kids, vintage hot air balloons, typewriter and more. And best of all several of the stamps and dies are co-ordinating, so need to … Read More...
Freebie: Stamping Magazine
Click here to download a pdf of the May issue of Stampavie on-line magazine for free. It’s got lots of ideas, projects and inspirations using Stampavie stamps.
-Heather
Freebie: Vintage Cars
Click here to download a bunch of wonderful vintage car images for free from Dover Publishing.
-Heather
Tutorial: Make Your Own Foam Stamps
Using fun foam and cardboard, Emily from Saltwater Kids made her own stamps and stamped a bread bag to gift her homemade bread in. This would be a great kids craft! Click here to find out how she made her … Read More...
Project: Tissue Tape Flower
Visit Tim Holtz’s blog and learn some cool techniques to do with his Tissue Tape, including inking and a video on how to make this pretty flower embellishment.
-Heather
Technique: Colored Pencils
Shari Carroll shares a great video over on the Hero Arts site, learn how to get gorgeous shading results by colored your stamped images with colored pencils . Click here for her video tutorial.
-Heather
Tips for Using Shrink Plastic
Shrink Plastic is a versatile and enjoyable crafting material that can be used to create a wide range of DIY projects. Whether you’re looking to make scrapbooking embellishments, unique jewelry pieces, stylish home decor items, fun kids’ crafts, or intricate … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Frames
Download some wonderful frames and borders for free from Dover Publishing. Click here to download.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? We … Read More...
Project: Stamped Butterfly Necklace
Shona Cole shares her tutorial for making one of these lovely butterfly necklaces. She stamped on canvas to make it, very cool! Click here for her tutorial.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. Many … Read More...
New Release: Penny Black Stamps
Penny Black has just released a bunch of fun new stamps. Lots of pretty and cute images, perfect for spring! Click here for the pdf of the catalog. As always their hedgehogs are my faves!
-Heather