Using a sour cream container shaped die cut Vicky added some cute Easter bunnies, chicks and basket die cut shapes for 3 adorable Easter Treat Holders. Visit the Sizzix blog to watch her video tutorial.
-Heather
Technique: Card with Pastel Textured Background
Using Distress Ink over a stencil and then adding splashes of water Kelly Latevola made this fun pastel textured background for this pretty card. I love the dark bold sentiment over the top! Find more about this technique over on … Read More...
Project: Stamped Easter Egg Holders
Use your Easter and Spring stamps to make some adorable egg holders or napkin rings for Easter. Visit the Handmade by Heather blog for this idea as well as how to use your Distress Ink to dye faux eggs.
-Heather
Project: Framed 3D Cityscape
Wow, this dimensional cityscape framed home decor project is simply amazing! Jenny made is using die cuts and new Distress Ink from Tim Holtz. She’s got step by step project directions over on the Frilly and Funkie blog, click here … Read More...
Project: Framed Flower Bouquet Card
This stunning framed floral bouquet card comes from the queen of die cutting, Kittie Caracciolo. She’s sharing her techniques for using die cuts from Impression Obsession, it’s amazing how much detail, depth and dimension she gets. You can find … Read More...
Project: Card with Floral Stamped Die Cut Letters
How lovely is this card? It makes me ready for spring. Lydia Evans die cut several of the same letters from cardstock and glued them on top of each other for a thick look and on the top most layer … Read More...
Technique: Card with Nail Polish Marble Background
I love using house hold items in my card making and this idea from Lizzie with Paper Trey ink is such a neat idea. She used nail polish for a marble background on her card, how cool is that? I’m … Read More...
Download: Vintage Violet Frame Image
The Enchanted Place of Neli has this stunning vintage style violet frame to download for free. Use it on cards or as a frame for home decor or a scrapbook page. Click here to download it.
-Heather
Project: Secret Box
Here’s a fun way to give a little gift or two. It’s a box with a twist, a Secret Box that has more then one compartment inside. Martha from Trinity Rose Designs has cutting, scoring and assembling directions for make … Read More...
Projects: 7 Paper Crafting Projects Using Vintage Book Pages
I love using old book pages in my paper crafting, from cards to collage they had such a wonderful vintage touch. Somerset Place has 7 different project ideas using book pages, many of them include stamping, as well as loads … Read More...
Template: Teddy Bear Treat Box
Math teacher Mrs. Merwin assigned her students a project to make there own box out of a single sheet of paper, they needed to make a template and a finished creation. What a great way to combine math skills and … Read More...
Project: Mixed Media Dream Tag
Anne Rosenstiel combined rubber stamping, gesso, ink sprays and more to create this stunning mixed media tag. I particularly love how she colored her ribbon and flowers with the ink sprays, a great way to make all your components match! … Read More...
Technique: Rainbow Card Background
Allison Cope will teach you how to make a bright and colorful blended rainbow background for a card using inks, water and a stencil. It’s so pretty on it’s own you’ll only need to add a few stamped images in … Read More...
Tips: Keeping Track of Memories as they Happen w/ Planners, Journals and Scrapbooking
Jill from Close to My Heart has some great ideas for combining journaling, scrapbooking and planners to keep up with your memories as they happen. She shares her tips and tricks in a blog post and a video tutorial with … Read More...
Project: Quick and Easy Water Color Valentine Card
Looking for a quick Valentine card idea using only a few supplies? Grab some water color paints and washi or painters tape and block out some squares, add some pretty water color paints inside the blocks, add a simple stamp … Read More...
Project: Embossed Butterfly Journal Cover
Designer Autumn combined stamping and different embossing powder colors and added stamped butterflies to make the cover of this amazing journal. I really love the distress look she added with the torn cover and cheesecloth too. You can visit her … Read More...
Project: Flower Vase Card with Multiple Techniques
Pam Bray shares her directions for making this stunning dimensional card. She’ll show you how to using stamps, die cuts and pattern papers as well as how to make a cool background by adding paint to your embossing folder. Find … Read More...
Technique: Foil on Acetate Card
This lovely card was designed by Julia Stainton, she used gold foil with a stencil design over acetate for this really cool technique. Find out more about how she did it over on the Ellen Hudson blog.
-Heather
Project: Soda Can Card
Add a fun pop (soda pop that is) to your next card. Mercedes Weber has a clever idea for turning a jar die cut into a soda can. Visit her blog for a video tutorial.
-Heather
Project: Snowy Wall Hanging
Celebrate winter with a lovely snow scene mixed media plaque. Grab all your white products like white texture paste, white ink spray and white gel pen to create this project. Stampington and Co. has the directions.
-Heather