It’s never too early to start planning or even working on projects for the upcoming holiday season. Stampington and Company is here to help get you started with ideas, projects and inspiration in their new magazine, A Somerset Holiday.… Read More...
Project: Magnetic Book Marks
Keep track of your place in a book with adorable stamped magnetic book marks. Visit the Pretty Pink Posh blog for directions.
-Heather
Project: Small Tote made with Envelope Punch Board Tool
If you have one of those cool envelope punch boards you can make lots more then just envelopes with it. This project uses it to make an adorable little tote, perfect for storage or gift giving. Visit Splitcoast Stampers for … Read More...
Project: Tissue Box Card
Know someone who is sick? Cheer them up with this clever tissue box card, it folds flat for mailing but opens up to look like a box. So cute! You’ll find cutting, scoring and folding directions over on the Sweet … Read More...
Project: Super Hero Cuffs
Recycle plain old paper towel rolls into fun play time super hero cuffs. Add paint and rubber stamps for a fun summer day crafting project. Find out more over on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog.
-Heather
Review and Giveaway : Art Journaling Magazine
Art Journaling, published by Stampington and Company is a quarterly publication filled with pages from amazing artist who share their emotions, thoughts and passions from the pages of their own personal journals. Inside are pages using techniques like … Read More...
12 Pokemon Crafts, Activities and Ideas You Gotta Catch!
While Pokemon has been around for a long time, Pokemon GO is the new craze and I’m sure you’ve heard of it! If you are a pokemon fan, you’ll want to see these 12 projects that Brett from This Mama … Read More...
Inspiration: Embroidery Hoop Shaker
Here’s a super cool twist on a shaker! Shaker cards are really trendy right now and I’m always amazed to see how creative some stampers are coming up with such creative new ideas! Amy Rohl used an embroidery hoop for … Read More...
Stamping Technique: Perfect Pearls Shimmer Water Coloring
Add some sparkle to your next hand made card. Learn how to make your own shimmery water color paints using Perfect Pearls Powders and just water. This beautiful paint is perfect for coloring your stamped and heat embossed images on … Read More...
Technique: Sititching over Stamps
If you’ve got a stamp that consist of all straight lines you can use those as guide lines to stitch along for some amazing added dimension to your stamped images. This map design from Neat and Tangles stamps is perfect … Read More...
Projects: 9 Kids Summer Crafts
Are you tired of hearing your kids say “I’m bored!” this summer? Here are 9 kid friendly crafts, including several with stamps like a journal covers, book marks, wrapping paper, cards and more from the folks over at Stampington and … Read More...
Project: Long Birthday Banner Card
Sometimes you just need a really long card to include everything you want on your card. This fun 9″ x 7″ birthday birdy banner card from Kristina Werner fits inside a long business size envelope. Visit her blog for a … Read More...
Project: Stamped Journal Page
Jill Foster’s latest video will teach you how to make a stunning artistic journal page using some fabulous new stamps from Penny Black. Her techniques really give a wonderful hand painted look. Head over to the Penny Black Youtube channel … Read More...
Technique: Wet on Wet Watercoloring
Adding water to your water color paper before laying down your water colors makes for an easy to blend, movable color. It give a soft natural look to your stamped images. Learn more about this wet on wet technique from … Read More...
Project: Window Scene Card with Dies
Kittie Caracciolo will show you how to combine several different die cuts to make this fun window scene card. I love how much layer and depth this card has, so realistic! Find her step by step tutorial over to the … Read More...
Project: Stamped and Stitched Wall Hanging
This amazingly cute wall hanging was made with stamping, stenciling and stitching. Penny Nuttall will show you how to make a stencil with your stamps for inking on fabric, stamping over top and then sewing around for this wonderful mixed … Read More...
Project: Paper Kleenex Holder Box
Know someone who is feeling poorly? Grab some pretty patterned cardstock and make them a cheerful tissue box holder. You can find directions over on The Heart Desires blog.
-Heather
Technique: Paper Marbling
Dana Joy has directions for an easy marbling technique using Alcohol Ink refills and glossy type water color paper. These make wonderful backgrounds to stamp over top for cards, ATC’s, collage or any paper crafting project. Click here to visit … Read More...
Card Making Technique: Water Colored Stencil Stamping
I’m constantly amazed at how clever paper crafters are. I see a cool new technique and think, “Now, why didn’t I think of that?!”. This is one of those ideas, Nina-Maria applied ink pads directly to her plastic stencil, spritzed … Read More...
Technique: Salt Lifting
You can achieve a really cool speckled look using water colors and salt. This technique looks great on card backgrounds or for coloring stamped animals to give them a textured look. Find out more over on the Ellen Hudson Classroom … Read More...