I am in the mood to craft all sorts of winter things…since it is is around 100 degrees practically everywhere… maybe others will want to stay in the AC and craft up some cute penguins with their shipping boxes. Waddle … Read More...
Digital Scrapbooking Curved Letter Banner
Jenifer is sharing some tips on how to create a curved letter banner to add to your digital scrapbook pages. She’s got step by step directions over on the Digital Scrapbooker blog.
-Heather
Moon Landing Card
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing! So I thought this cool card from Cassie was perfect for today. She used Milky Way Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe for her awesome outer space background and ink blending for … Read More...
Frosty Treat Card Backgrounds
Lisa Spangler has some fun card background techniques for these yummy frosty treat cards. She used watercolors with salt, embossing powders and a straw blowing technique for a cool mix of textures, patterns and colors.
5 Sided Gift Box
Natalie O’Shea is on Splitcoast Stampers with a FREE template and directions for making this lovely 5 sided gift box. Use the template on cardstock, cutting with scissors or you could probably download it for an electronic die cutting machine … Read More...
Die Cut Parrot Card
Els deigned this bright and colorful Tropical Parrot card using new dies from Elizabeth Crafts. I love how she added extra dimension to her die cut shapes by inking the edges and curling them with a stylus tool. She’s sharing … Read More...
Clean way to play with paint
When I spotted this bag of paint I was wondering if you let the paint dry you could then peal off the plastic and you would have a colorful sheet of dry paint to maybe die cut or use in … Read More...
Unicorn Planner Pages
I love the tag shape of these Unicorn planner pages from Els. A simple but fun way to change the shape of a layout. And the elephant that she added the unicorn headband to is just too, too adorable! She’s … Read More...
Fairy Card Partial Inked Background
To create a sunset horizon on her sweet card Emelie masked off the bottom half of her card and inked just the top. This is an easy way to delineate areas of your card with out adding extra paper. I … Read More...
Interactive Floating Card
When you tip this adorable astronaut card he floats around on the card, how cool is that!? Bianca shares how to use washers from the hardware store to creating a fun interactive card. There are so many stamps you could … Read More...
Stamping Techniques – Extra Layered Stamping
Yana took stamp layering to a whole new level by not only color layering with different ink colors but also cutting her stamps into sections and using foam tape to layer them as well. This adds so much dimension and … Read More...
How to Make Large Paper Flowers
Learn How to Create Stunning Oversized Paper Flowers from Cardstock Using FREE SVG Files. Cut them by hand or with a Digital Die Cutting Machine. Kimberly will teach you everything from creating a flower center to making a sturdy base … Read More...
How to Watercolor with Ink Pads
Want the trendy watercolor look but don’t have any watercolors? No problem, use your dye based ink pads instead. I’ll show you how to watercolor with the Stampin’ Up Classic Ink Pads from Stampin Up using the new Free as … Read More...
Red, White and Blue Layout
Red, White and Blue is the perfect color combination for summer time scrapbook layouts. It doesn’t even have to be for the 4th of July or Memorial Day but of course it’s perfect for those pages too. Denise even added … Read More...
Light Up Layout
This wonderful layout from Wei Wei actually lights up, how cool is that?! She placed tiny lights from Chibitronics behind her moon die cut and vellum for a neat glow. She’s sharing a tutorial video over on their blog.
How To Use Yupo Paper In A New Way
Roni Johnson uses Yupo paper in a new and creative way to make this lovely Fern Green card.
She’s sharing step by step directions over on the Imagine Crafts blog.
-Heather
Alligator Beach Polaroid Card
Oh my goodness, how cute is this little alligator enjoying the beach? Angie created it with new stamps from Hello Sweetums. I love how she framed it to look like a Polaroid picture! She’s sharing a how to video over … Read More...
Watercolor and Stamped Journal Page
I love how Carisa added her flowing handwritten journaling along the shape of the wavy watercolor background she painted on her art journal page. She also added stamped hearts and girls faces to finish it off. She’s sharing photos and … Read More...
Summer Stars Traveler’s Notebook Layout
Sara shares how she filled in the open spaces of her star die cut and placed it in the page protector of a Traveler’s Notebook. It makes a fun and colorful divider between photo pages. I like that it’s not … Read More...
How to Use Texture Paste
Texture paste is a great way to add dimension and of course texture to your scrapbook layouts. It works great with stencils to add pattern and can be colored using watercolors, reinkers, glitter, paint and more. The Close to My … Read More...