Jillian Vance Designs has directions for making a cute under water scene card. I love the use of twine for the kelp, so clever!
-Heather
Project: Z Fold Card
The Prickley Pear Stamps blog will show you how to turn one piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock into a cool Z Fold card using a scoring board, click here to see how.
-Heather
Review: A Muse Studio Stamps
The brand new A Muse Studio catalog is filled with fantastic new stamps, paper and embellishments!! The are many general themes like the beach and ocean, travel, birthday, sports, phrases and words, large background patterns, alphas and numbers and … Read More...
Tutorial: Die Cut Front Card
Die Cuts that co-ordinate with stamps can be used in a variety of ways, instead of just cutting out around the stamped image you can die cut the front of the card and stamp the matching design inside for a … 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
Freebie: Tarot Card Images
Dover Publications have several lovely Tarot Card images, like this Empress, to download for free, use them as coloring pages, shrink them for greeting cards or make your own Tarot deck. Click here to download (once there click the numbers … Read More...
Technique: Coloring on Dry Embossing
Kittie Kraft shares how she used Re-Inkers to color onto a dry embossed floral image for a wonderful card background.
-Heather
Freebie: Birthday Die Cut Files
Happy Birthday America!!
Download some fun birthday die cut files for free from 17 Turtles. Available in SVG, PNG, DXF and Studio formats.
-Heather
Tip: Stamping with Markers Instead of Ink
Nicole Magouirk has a video tutorial showing you how to color your stamps with Distress Markers
for a neat watercolor look.
-Heather
Product Review: Stampin’ Up!
This is my third review using products from the brand new Stampin’ Up Catalog. If you missed my first post with details about what’s in the catalog, along with project ideas you can check it out here and … Read More...
Card Making Project: Gate Fold Card (from a Stand Up Die)
It’s always great if you can find multiple uses for the same crafting tool! Stephanie over at the Stamps of Life will show you how to use her Sizzix Stand Up card die to make a Gatefold card using the … Read More...
Tip: Stamping on Acatate
Project: Travel Card
Send someone off in style with a cute travel card, find a video tutorial for making this one over on the Purple Onion stamps blog.
-Heather
10 ways to make your own stamps for Card Making and Paper crafts.
My favorite thing about stamping is the way virtually any found object can be used to create a stamp and add interesting textures. Household items like wine corks and yarn are classics, but there may be some items you … Read More...
Tutorial: Watercolor Stamps with Markers
The Power Poppy stamps blog has a video tutorial showing you how to water coloring your stamped images using Distress Markers. What a pretty soft look!
-Heather
Tutorial – Stamping and Ink Blending
Learn some stamping and blending and blending techniques, with this tutorial from Sweet Steph Card Designs. Make a card as shown above, or a background element for a scrapbook page.
Project: Accordian Fold Card with Box
The Scrap of Life blog has directions for making a beautiful Vintage style accordian folded card that slips into a handmade box. The box is made using an envelope punch board. Click here for more info.
-Heather
Freebie: Digital Owl Stamp
The Papierkleckse blog has an adorable digital owl stamp to download for free, click here to get it.
-Heather
Looking for more Owl themed papers, stamps and embellishments? Check these out on Scrapbook.com
Tutorial | Make Your Own Greeting Cards
You can easily make your own greeting cards using supplies from your scrapbooking stash. It’s a great way to use up scraps too. These two tutorials can give you some ideas for personalized cards you can make. First try the … Read More...