Cut strips of co-ordinating pattern papers and weave them together for a pretty card, find out how over on the Moss Made blog.
-Heather
Tip: Add a Touch of Shimmer to Cards with H2O’s
The Whiff of Joy stamps blog has a tutorial teaching you how to color your stamped images using Twinkling H2O’s and a water brush, this adds a nice subtle shimmer to your designs. (note: be sure to hit the “translate” … Read More...
Tutorial: Paper Flower Accent
Turn a strip of paper into a pretty fringed flower embellishment, great for cards or gift tags. Find out how over on the All Things Paper blog.
-Heather
Project: Rolling Cat Card
How fun is this roller skating kitty cat card?! Find out how to make a neat rolling card over on the Penny Black Stamps blog.
-Heather
Tip: DIY Stencils
The Some Odd Girl Stamps blog has directions for turning your die cut images into custom stencils, click here to check it out.
-Heather
Technique: Sewing on Stamped Cards
Add a pretty touch to your stamped images by stitching around them. Pierce tiny holes around the edges and use embroidery thread to sew. Find more info over on the Paper Wings Productions blog.
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Technique: Melted Crayon Card
The Faber-Castell blog is sharing a card technique using melted Paper Crafter’s Crayons, click on the video link on their blog to learn how to add this fun background to your cards.
-Heather
Project: Baby Card with Quilling
The All Things Paper blog is sharing directions for making an adorable baby card with a sweet little qullied duck. If you’ve never tried paper quilling before this is a great easy design to start with.
-Heather
Technique: Coloring Stamps with Crayons and Oil
Here’s a cool technique for getting a soft blended look coloring your stamped images, use crayons and skidd oil, the All These Things I Love blog has all the details.
-Heather
Trends: Stitched Cards
Adding stitching and embroidery to your greeting cards adds such a wonderful touch! The Paper Crafter’s Library has a nice collection of stitched card ideas and products you can use to add some sewing on to your cards.
-Heather
Project: Stamped Tag
Visit Tracy Evans’ blog and she will show you how to use inks, stamps and stencils for a lovely house shaped stand up tag.
-Heather
Project: Stamped Gift Box for Baby Gift
Make a sweet and sparkly little gift box in the shape of a baby food jar, perfect to hold a small baby gift or for a treat bag at a shower. Find directions over on the Layers of Ink blog.… Read More...
Tip: Stamping with Painters Tape
The Great Impressions blog shows how to make a neat background using painters tape to stamp with, find out more on their blog.
-Heather
Project: Stamped and Quilted Notebook Cover
Here’s a pretty way to carry around a notebook, in a stamped and quilted carrying case. The Paper Artsy blog will teach you how to stitch and stamp on fabric, this idea could be used for many other types of … Read More...
Project: Double Slide Pull Out Card
The Whiff of Joy blog has detailed instructions for making a fun interactive double slide card, pull the ribbon on the sides and the message comes out.
-Heather
Technique: Stamped Clay Accent
Add an interesting touch to any card or scrapbooking layout with a stamped clay embellishment. Creating Keepsakes has all the details.
-Heather
Technique: Stenciled Glitter Paste for a Card Background
Find directions for making this beautiful card over on the Taylored Expressions blog. You’ll learn how to die cut a stencil and use glitter paste for a fun background technique.
-Heather
Project: Octopus Card with Stamps and Sprays
How awesome is this new clear stamp from Some Odd Girl called Mr. Octopus?! Visit their blog for loads of cute samples using him along with a video tutorial showing how to make this fun card using ink sprays. (Scroll … Read More...
Tips: Ink Sprays
Ink sprays are super hot and trendy right now! There are many different types and brands on the market, it’s hard to know which ones to try. The Ellen Hutson blog has a break down of many of the popular … Read More...
Project: Stamped and Die Cut Tags
I love this idea! The Power Poppy blog has a wonderful idea for taking a large stamped image and using die cuts to “cut” it into smaller tag shapes.
-Heather