Distress Stains
from Tim Holtz are like the other products in his Distress line in that they react with water so there are loads of different technique you can do like this water color technique from Heather Telford. She inked … Read More...
Freebie: Spring Flowers Image
This free Spring flowers in a vase printable from Dover Publications is great for kids (and adults) who like coloring pages or could be shrunken down for a card front. You can download this freebie here.
-Heather
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Tip: Quick Card Background
Need a colorful but quick and easy background for your cards? Try inking up a clear acrylic block (without a stamp attached) with different colored ink pads, spritz with a little water and then stamp it out. Voila, you’ve got … Read More...
Project: Vintage Cameo Card and Pin
Die cuts, stencils and embossing plates aren’t just for paper you can also use materials like this metal sheets for stunning results. This beautiful vintage style card is also a gift, the lovely cameo is a pin that can be … Read More...
Giveaway and Discount on Paper Pumpkin Monthly Card Kits!!
If my monthly reviews and giveaways of the Paper Pumpkin kits from Stampin’ Up have gotten you curious about trying a subscription for yourself well now is the time to give it a try! Starting Tuesday May 12th through June … Read More...
Tip: Getting a Blush Cheek on a Stamped Face
Want that pinch-able cheeks look? If you’ve used markers to color in rubber stamped faces you might want a softer look for the cheeks. To give your cute face a blush look try using chalks and adding highlights with a … Read More...
Freebie: Happy May the 4th!
It’s Star Wars Day! May the 4th Be With You! And to celebrate here are some fun FREE coloring pages to download. They would also make fun card fronts or scrapbook journaling cards too.
-Heather
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Stamping Technique: Shimmery Butterfly
Ellen Taylor created this stunning butterfly by adding fantasy film behind a die cut butterfly shape. This add such a lovely shimmery touch! Visit her blog The Serendipitous Stamper for all the details.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are … Read More...
Giveaway Reminder: Card Kit
Hurry, you still have a couple of days to enter to win a Paper Pumpkin card making kit from Stampin’ Up! Click here to visit the original post and enter there to win.
-Heather
Tutorial: Pinwheel Fold Card
Add a fun twist to your cards with this pinwheel fold. Dawn Olchefske has step by step directions and a video tutorial showing how to cut, score and fold this cool card design. Visit Splitcoast Stampers for all the details.… Read More...
Technique: Mono-printing with Stencils
Lee-Anne Cross is sharing a cool technique to get a mono-printed look using stencils. She uses Distress Ink applied over the stencil and then spritzed with water to make her colorful cards. Visit the Splitcoast Stampers site for step by … Read More...
Technique: Gilded Relief Card
This beautiful card looks like raised metal instead of paper! Mama Dini’s Stamperia has directions of using layers of black gesso, paints and metallic medium over intricately cut die cut paper shapes for this lovely gilded relief technique. Click for … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrunched Paper Flower Embellishments
Becca with Amazing Paper Grace is sharing a tutorial on how she makes these lovely scrunched paper flowers. Using water and ink sprays with simple paper punched flower shapes you can make a wonderful dimensional accent for your stamped cards. … Read More...
Techniques: Card with Inlaid Die Cuts and Water Coloring
The Simon Says blog has a video from Andrea Walford, she’ll teach you how to make a card with a cool inlaid die cut technique with a water color background using Twinkling H2O’s. Click here to watch.
-Heather
Tips: One Rubber Stamp, Many Different Ideas
Large background stamps can be some of the most versatile stamps in your stash. You can simply stamp the entire stamp in one color, you can ink it up with multiple colors using markers or ink pads, you can stamp … Read More...
Tip: Coloring Texture Paste
Texture paste is a great product to use with stencils, when applied with a pallet knife over the stencil it gives not only the shape of the stenciled design but also depth and texture. But this paste usually comes in … Read More...
Project: Elephant Thank You Card
Elephants don’t forget right? And this cute elephant won’t forget to tell you she’s busting to say how thankful she is. This adorable card was designed by Nichol Magouirk and she’s got a video on her blog showing how to … Read More...
Techniques: 10 Ways to Use Ink Sprays
Ink sprays and mists are so much fun to play with and they are so many techniques you can do with them, they can be used on cards, scrapbook pages, collage art and home decor projects using papers and fabrics.. … Read More...
Technique: 3 Fun Card Folds
Don’t cut your cardstock in half and then just simply fold it for your card base, add some pizzazz with a unique fold like a gatefold, zigzag or matchbook fold. Cardmaker Magazine had cutting and folding dimensions for all three … Read More...
Product Review: Chalk Inks from Stampin’ Up
The chalk ink pads made by Color Box and carried by Stampin’ Up are the perfect way to get that popular chalk board look. They pair wonderfully with Stampin’ Up’s Chalk Board paper for making greeting cards, scrapbook pages … Read More...