Want to make a unique card that will treasured? Why not try a “Year You Were Born” card with lots of interesting fun facts about the year that special birthday guy or gal was born. Visit the Isn’t that Sweet … Read More...
New Release: Asian Stamps from Poppy
I love design with an Asian flair, the simplicity and colors really appeal to me. I just found some great new Asian themed stamps from Poppy Stamps, click here to check them out.
-Heather
Freebie: Dog Bone Gift Tote
Isn’t this the cutest darn thing?? Alex Maldonado shares a free down loadable pattern and instructions on how to make this adorable dog bone gift tote. Click here to visit her blog Fairy Blossoms and Life to get the pattern … Read More...
Freebie: Summer Fun Downloads
Click here to download a bunch of summer fun backyard, picnic and BBQ images from Lettering Delights for free this month only. Perfect for quick BBQ or picnic invites or scrapbook pages.
-Heather
Freebies and Ideas: Card Sketches
Visit the Two Sketches for You (2S4Y) blog for loads of wonderful free card sketches and lots of wonderful cards made with those sketches. Click here to visit the blog.
-Heather
Project: Card Holder
This cool project from Vanessa Spencer is a recipe holder but I think it would be a perfect way to hold and display your hand stamped greeting cards, don’t you? Click here for Vanessa’s instructions.
-Heather
A Brief History of Rubber Stamping
I recently came across this fun read about the history of rubber stamping on the Rubber Stamping Fun website and thought others would find it interesting too, click here to read.
-Heather
Video: How to use the Presto Punch
A few months ago I wrote about a new product coming out from Spellbinders called the Presto Punch, it uses cartridges to punch and emboss your images in one portable machine, much cheaper and easier to store than lots of … Read More...
Freebie: Drink Card Template
Click here to down load this drink card template for free from Paper Crafts.
-Heather
Technique: Pearlized Stamping Resist
Join Jennifer McGuire on the Hero Arts blog as she shares a technique video on how to do this lovely pearlized embossing technique. Click here for the video.
-Heather
Event: CHA Craft Supershow
CHA is a show for crafting retailers but during the show there is also an area open to the public for shopping, demos, workshops and more, visit the CHA Craft Supershow website to find out more details about the show … Read More...
Project: Shaker Flowers
How pretty are these shaker blooms by Jody Morrow?? Visit her cleverly named Confessions of a Ribbon Addict blog for her step by step directions on how to make these fun flowers.
-Heather
Technique Video: Stamp and Scrap with Close To My Heart
Watch the latest technique and project video from Close to My Heart and learn about stamping your own journaling boxes, ideas with chipboard die cuts and a fun stamped recipe box. Click here to watch the video.
-Heather
Technique Videos: Flower Soft Cards and Projects
If you’re not familiar with Flower Soft is really fun product that adds floral dimension and softness to your paper crafting projects, they even have coordinating stamps too. And now they have a brand new website were there will be … Read More...
New Release: Stamps of Life
The Stamps have Life have three new sweet clear stamp sets for June, a new alphabet, a pretty swirl set and a stamped for you set. Click here to check them out.
-Heather
New Release: Lynne Perrella Art Stamps
Lynne Perrella has always designed the most gorgeous art stamps with lots of great collage and vintage style to them and her latest release “Above and Beyond” is no exception, find these wonderful new wood mounted stamps by click here… Read More...
Freebie: Dress Card Pattern
Visit Alex Malonado’s blog Fairy Blossoms and Life and she’ll share her dress card pattern that she used to make this stunning card for one of Taylored Expressions new kits. Click here to down load the dress card pattern.
-Heather
Project and How To Video: Quilling Dies from Cuttlebug
Let Kathleen Green from New Zealand Scrapbook company show you how to use these super cool cool quilling dies from Cuttlebug. Click here to watch the video. I’ve found some of the dies for sale here at Create For Less.… Read More...
Technique: Alter Paper in Your Pasta Machine
I recently came across this fun little video on YouTube about using paper in your pasta machine. They show you how to cut perfectly even strips of paper and best of all how to emboss using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. … Read More...
Technique: Make Doilies from Paper Punches
Check out this fun and clever tutorial from Watermelon Sugar on making your own doilies using paper punches, these would not only be great on greeting cards but also scrapbook pages and party table settings! Click here for tutorial.
-Heather