If you’re spending time in the kitchen this holiday season why not do it in style with a stamped apron? The Serendipitous Stamper has all the details for making one.
-Heather
DIY: 20 Easy To Make Christmas Stockings
What a fun and darling idea in place of the traditional stocking for a everyone in the family and pets. These “20 Easy To Make Christmas Stockings DIY” comes from “Spoonful” a delightful site. The photo originally appeared in FamilyFun … Read More...
Freebie: Gift Tag
Turkey Crafts: Felt & Pom-pom turkeys
It would be so cute to have these little these “Pom-pom turkeys” at each of your guests plates for Thanksgiving dinner and to take home as a favor. I found these on a site called “All You” and I can’t … Read More...
Inspiration: Faux Snow Globe
By turning a large clear plastic container upside down and filling it with stamped images and die cut shapes Georgia from Paper Possibilities had made the most adorable faux snow globe, visit her blog for more pics and info.
-Heather
Freebie: Winter Scene SVG Cut File
SVG Cuts has a free snowy scene SVG cut file to download, this would make such a lovely card front! Click here to download it.
-Heather
Check out more SVG files and bundles over at Design Bundles
Cozy Fall Crafts: made with Covered DIY Buttons
Learn how to make covered buttons to create a fall craft that’s both cozy and easy. “Better Homes and Garden” made a fall wreath and show a neat video tutorial.
Magazine Review: GreenCraft
Stampington and Company publishes all of my favorite magazines from Somerset Studio, Take Ten, Stamper’s Sampler, Sew Somerset and many more, they are the leaders in crafting magazines! I’ve even been honored to be published in several myself, finding my … Read More...
Outdoor Halloween Decoration: Flying Bat Wreath tutorial
This awesome fun “Flying Bat Wreath” Halloween project is on HGTV’s web site with a complete tutorial. Easily craft this sculptural Halloween wreath that resembles bats taking flight with craft foam, floral wire, felt and yarn.
Project: Mixed Media Journal Page with Texture Paste
Anna-Karin at The Layers of Ink blog shares a stunning mixed media collage page using texture paste with stencils, stamps, paint paper and more.
-Heather
Technique: Stamping and Painting on Fabric
Here’s a fabulous idea to take your stamping off the paper and onto fabric! The Neelz Expressionz blog will teach you how to stamp and paint onto fabric with stunning results, click here for all the details.
-Heather
Book Review: Everyday Papercraft
Everyday Papercraft
(papercrafting projects for home and beyond) is a brand new book published by Vertical Press and distributed by Random House. The author Keiko Komatsubara will take you through 48 projects step by step, with full color photos of … Read More...
Project: Pumpkin Shirt
By combining two images in her Silhouette program, a pumpkin and hounds tooth pattern, and cutting it out of iron on vinyl McKenzie from Girl Loves Glam made this adorable shirt for her daughter. Click here for more details.… Read More...
Project: Fall Leaves Paper Candle Ring
Using some punches or die cut leaf shapes you can make a lovely candle ring, perfect for any fall table! Find more over on the Paper Pursuits blog.
-Heather
Project: Opening Fall Leaves Card
Wow! This amazing card made by Kathy Berger opens and closes like a lens to show the changing colors of the leaves. Using an aperture die cut shape on her Silhouette machine and some stamps she created this stunning card. … Read More...
Technqiue: Faux Suede
Give your paper a cool faux suede look with water, some crumpling and Perfect Pearls pigments. The Ranger site has directions, they even show you how to stamp with Perfect Pearl too.
-Heather
Tip: Dimensional Die Cuts
Betsy from Paper, Scissors and Super Heroes has a cool tip to add some dimension to your die cut shapes by using a scoring board, click here to check it out.
-Heather
Freebies and Project: Boo Box
Leave some sweet treats on someones doorstep with this cute boo box! The eighteen25 blog has directions as well as free printables for the label and note.
-Heather
Project: Paper Box Calendar
I love this little box calendar! You can stamp different headers for each month or season. Find directions for making one over on the C C Designs blog.
-Heather
Freebie: On-Line Holiday Idea Book
Echo Park has a free paper crafting Holiday Idea Book to download ( you’ll need to “check out” but it’s free) and it’s got 3 card ideas, 8 scrapbook pages and 7 altered projects. Click here to download.
-Heather… Read More...