Jenny over at CraftTestDummies (love that name!) called my attention to what she was up to with clay and a Cricut ! Turns out she has a cute tutorial for using your die cut machine with baked clay sheets. You … Read More...
Tutorial | Masking Tape Flowers
Pooi from the American Crafts Contributing Design Team shares this tutorial for making paper flowers using decorative masking tapes.
Click here to go to the tutorial.
Giveaway | 1 Spot in Learn Something New Every Day
Melissa Stinson aka the scrappyjedi, is giving away one spot in Shimelle Laine’s online class ” Learn Something New Every Day”. Entries close Saturday August 27th 2011 at midnight CST. Click here to go to the giveaway.
New Release: Cricut and Close To My Heart
Two of my favorite paper crafting companies have teamed up, Close to My Heart and Cricut! The brand new Art Philosophy Cricut Collection includes three CTMH stamp sets that coordinate with images from the cartridge. Plus CTMH has included lots … Read More...
Freebie: Girl Digital Stamp
My Sugar Paper has a sweet girl digi stamp for free on their blog, click here to download.
-Heather
Finding the right marker for colouring skin can be exceptionally hard, with 36 different skin color shades, these skin-toned markers … Read More...
Review & Giveaway | Bubblewriting Idea Book
Jill at a Matter of Memories has posted a review of the book How to be the Best Bubblewriter in the World Ever by Linda Scott. The book addresses hand lettering techniques and is great for scrapbookers or the … Read More...
Tutorial | Masks and Stencils from Die Cuts
Melissa Thiesse from Bursts of Creativity shares how you can use your die cutting system to create masks and stencils to use with paint and other media. She shows a similar method using punches too!. Click here to go to … Read More...
Tutorial | Basic Photo Editing
This tutorial over at A Piece of Lisa, shows how you can do some basic photo editing using Photoshop. Click here to go to the tutorial.
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:
… Read More...The course is six weeks long and the first five
Tutorial | Altered Metal Flowers
Mel from Mel Designs shows how she made some older embellishments new again. She turned plain metal flowers into these shabby chic prize ribbon embellishments. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tip: Die Cut Around Stamps
Alice over at the Whiff of Joy blog shares a wonderful techique for diecutting around a stamped image, how cool is that?! Click here to learn this fun tip.
-Heather
Freebie | Kewpie Doll Labels
Cinti at My Poppet created this sheet of Kewpie doll labels that you can download for free. Click here to go to the download.
Tutorial | Glimmer Mist and Mistables Card
Melissa Samuels shares how she made this card using Mistables products from Pink Paisleee, and Glimmer Mists. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Freebie | Butterfly Dingbat Fonts
Get links to download two free butterfly dingbat fonts, as well as examples how to use them over at iDiY. The suggestions are for weddings but the ideas are definitely applicable to scrapbooking. Click here to see more.
Did you … Read More...
Freebie: Sketch Doodlebat
For a limited time you can download a free sketch doodlebat “font” with 26 fun images from Scrap N Fonts, click here to download.
-Heather
Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com
Tutorial | No-sew Muslin Flower
Melissa Samuels shares how she made the no-sew muslin flower shown above using muslin Mistables from Pink Paislee. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial | Bottle Cap Calendar
Learn how to make this charming altered bottle cap calendar from Irit Shalom. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Giveaway | American Crafts Campy Trails
Jill at A Matter of Memories is giving away another set of products from the Campy Trails collection by American Crafts. The prize package includes:
12 patterned papers
2 sets of chipboard thickers
1 stamp set
3 packages of various … Read More...
Freebie | Library Card Printables
Here’s another option for journaling: library cards! This freebie comes to you from Linda Tieu of torta gialla. Click here to go to the download.
Tutorial | Photoshop Elements
Erin from Texas Chicks shares some of her most used tools in Photoshop Elements, and her favourite settings for these tools. This article might help you to demystify what some of the tools do. Click here to go to the … Read More...