Rhonda Palazzari has a great stamping technique for using Tim HoltzDistress Ink pads and a little water for a wonderful watercolor look. The mixed media canvas she made using this technique is just fabulous!
-Heather
Project: Message Clips Made From……
Seriously, some people’s creativity astounds me! These wonderful little message clips are made from of all things, mouse traps! Shelly Hickox made the ones shown above, she got her inspiration from Suzy’s Sitcom, her ideas are shown below. Click … Read More...
Techniques: Metal Foil Tape
Tim Holtz and Teresa Natividad share with you what you can do with Ranger’s adhesive backed Metal Foil Tape. You can ink it, stamp on it, die cut and emboss it, this stuff looks so cool! (I think I need … Read More...
Technique: Stamped Fabric Background for a Mini Quilt
This wonderful little mixed media art quilt was made Katarina Light. For the background she used scraps of suede fabric and stitched them together and then stamped on them, she shares her tips for this process on her blog Spring … Read More...
Project: Bird Tag
This amazingly beautiful collage art tag comes from Maria McGuire over on Donna Downey’s blog. Mixing watercolor crayons, paints, stencils, fabric, stamps and trims she shares her step by step process for making a this wonderful piece of art.… Read More...
Inspiration: Stamped Curio Box
All I can say about this is “WOW!” I spotted this amazing curio box of winged themed items on Suzanne’s Stamping spot and fell in love with it. Full of stamped images, die cut papers and found objects this is … Read More...
Inspiration: Mixed Media Frame
Angie Blom made this fantastic home decor project by repurposing an old wooden frame. She strung jute across it and hung stamped tags with crocheted embellishments, how lovely! Find more info and pictures on the Unity Stamp Company blog.
-Heather
Projects and Techniques: Stamping with Studio Paints
For the last four weeks Blockheads has been sharing different techniques combining stamping and Studio Paints from Claudine Helmuth. Each week features three projects with that technique, a basic card, an advanced card and a wall tile. The weekly pdf … Read More...
Artsy cross over bag
This quilted bag has definite cool factor. Picture yourself wearing this to your local cyber cafe to meet all your artsy friends for a coffee latte. Called The Amanda Bag, you can download the pattern for $9.00 USD at … Read More...
New Release: Lost Coast Stamps
Lost Coast stamps has some gorgeous new images, arts dolls, cats, birds, birds, maps, art nouveau, Gibson girls and more. Click here to see what’s new. They are also available at Blockheads.
-Heather
New Release: Lost Coast Stamps
Lost Cost Rubber Stamps carries wonderful vintage, artsy and nostalgic stamp images and their new releases are just wonderful, including several Alice in Wonderland stamps and some fun Mother Goose images too. Click here to see all that’s new.
-Heather
Inspiration: Stamped Mannequin Cards
Catherine Moore makes some of my favorite stamps, lots of cool collage images, birds, bees, dresses, doll and mannequin parts, etc. Visit the Stampington website for some really gorgeous cards made by Barbara Smith using some of Catherine’s stamps.
-Heather
Inspiration: Photo Stamps with Rosi Art
Photo realistic rubber stamps can sometime be intimidating to use, getting the right colors and backgrounds to make them look good is a little tricky. Well, Rosemary Reid is a stamper that really excels at this type of stamping! Visit … Read More...
Shop: Curious By Design
If you are looking for some gorgeous artsy style stamps then you must take a look at Curious by Design on Etsy, they offer unmounted and cling mounted rubber sets.
-Heather