How clever, turn a paper bag into a card! Vaneesa Spencer with Stampington and Co. shows you how.
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Project: Standing Stamped Canvas
By combining stamps, paper and trims onto a canvas and adding spool “legs”, Shelley, for Maya Roa, has created a gorgeous home decor project. Find more details here on their blog.
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Project: Snow Globes
Adding a pretty stamped silhouette image, some fake snow and glitter inside a jar makes a wonderful snow globe. Find more info on this cool project on the Red Lead blog.
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Technique: Peeled Paint
Learn how to do a really cool peeled paint technique, perfect for card backgrounds, collage art and more. Watch the instructional video from Scrap Time.
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Technique: Glittery Embossed Letters
How pretty and sparkly are these letters? Shelley from Stamptramp shares how to use chipboard, glitter glue and ultra thick embossing powder (UTEE) to make them.
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Giveaway: Shrine Kit
Retro Cafe Art is giving away a cool shrine kit on their blog. Click here to enter, hurry contest ends 11/13.
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Ta Dah!: Deb’s Word Challenge Quilt | Texture
This fabulous quilt is Deb’s entry in the Fiberactions Word Challenge: Texture. On her blog Cold Feet Quilter, she explains her process in choosing contrasting feeling fabrics (satin and wool). Click HERE to see the nine blocks up close… Read More...
Inspiration: Creativity Wall Hanging
This wall hanging using Tim Holtz products is absolutely stunning! For more pics and a list of products used visit Annette’s Creative Journey.
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Online Workshop | Über*Media PanPastels
Nathalie Kalbach of Nathalie’s Studio has launched a new series of online workshops called Über*Media. The first in the series of workshops is PanPastels. More info from Nathalie:
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Wedding Card Tutorial
Here’s a tutorial for a mixed media piece that uses Fimo clay to make the embellishment on this stylish wedding card. The link is directly to a PDF hosted on Fimo’s site. Have a peek!
Inspiration: Industrial Tag
How amazing is this tag? This cool industrial grunge style tag using stamps, die cuts, paints and more was made by Shelly of Stamptramp (I love that blog name too!) Find more info about this cool project here on her … Read More...
Technique: Stamped Grid Background
Jump on over to the Banana Frog blog and find out how Francine used masking tape, colored spray and stamps to make this super cool background.
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Tutorial | Gift Tags for Men
Mel from Mel Designs, shows how she used mixed media techniques to create some masculine themed gift tags. Click here to go to the tutorial
Project: Stamped Heart Hanger
Visit the Whiff of Joy blog for an instructional video on how to make one of these pretty stamped hangers, they even include a free heart template for you to download!
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Technique: Mixed Media Stamping
Donna Downey is one of my favorite mixed media artist! I love how she incorporates stamping into a lot of her art. In a recent video she shares her process for one of her art journaling pages that includes lots … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a Stamp from Gelatin
I’ve seen all kinds of objects and materials used to make stamps but this is something I’ve actually never seen before. Chantal Vincent shares her directions for using gelatin to make your own stamp. Her bottle and glass images turned … Read More...
Technique: Embossed Fabric
This card and technique just blows me away! Mel from Mel Stampz used fabric in her embossing machine and also added color to the fabric as well for an amazing technique. Click here to find out how she did.… Read More...
Project: 3D Carnival Card
This 3D carnival booth card just blows me away! Leigh S B Designs shares step by step how she made this wonderful mixed media creation, click here to visit her blog.
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Freebie: Vintage Ephemera
Design Team Call: Gauche Alchemy
Gauche Alchemy is looking for new design team members. Here’s what they have to say “Gauche Alchemy, purveyor of original vintage ephemera and delightful found object for mixed media and paper arts, is looking for FIVE team members. We are … Read More...