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Techniques: 5 Ways to Use New Distress Oxide Inks

April 22, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Techniques: 5 Ways to Use Distress Oxide Inks

The newDistress Ink pads from Tim Holtz are a big hit. I’m seeing them all over the web and finding lots of cool techniques for them. They work similar to regular Distress Inks in reacting with water but they … Read More...

Project: Super Girl Action Card

April 22, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Super Girl Action Card

Let someone know how super you think they are with this fun action hero girl card, the image in the center in on a “wobbler” spring so she moves and bounces. Sadilla will show you how she colored this card … Read More...

Download: Mouse House Digital Stamp

April 21, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Download: Mouse House Digital Stamp

This cute little mouse has her watering can house all ready for spring! You can download a black and white printable of this adorable digital stamp for FREE over on the Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps blog.

-Heather

Looking for more … Read More...

Tip: Adding Shading to Stamps

April 20, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Adding Shading to Stamps

You can add shading to a solid stamp but inking the image with a light shade of ink and then re-inking just a section of the stamp in a slightly darker tone of ink. Ardyth used this technique on the … Read More...

Project: Stack of Cats Card

April 19, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Stack of Cats Card

How cute are these kitties!?! Eloise will show you how to do a resist embossing technique with a water color background with a stack of the cutest cats over top for this adorable stamped card. Visit the Greeting Farm Stamps … Read More...

Tutorial: DIY Hand Carved Flower Stamps

April 18, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Tutorial: DIY Hand Carved Flower Stamps

Don’t have the perfect flower stamp for your spring cards? Not to worry, you can carve your very own rubber stamps. Draw or find some simple printable designs and carve them out on erasers. The Paris en Rose blog has … Read More...

Project: Washi Frame Card

April 17, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Washi Frame Card

This lovely card combines, die cutting, stamping, dry embossing and a pretty framed border made with washi tape. Visit the Spellbinders blog for step by step card making directions from Becca Feeken.

-Heather

Happy Easter

April 16, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Happy Easter

Have a wonderful Easter!

-Heather

(card made by me using products from Stampin’ Up)

Project: Spring Fairy Mixed Media Canvas

April 15, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Spring Fairy Mixed Media Canvas

Using stamps, stencils, paints, paste and more Milagros Rivera made this wonderful mixed media Spring fairy girl canvas art. I love the use of leaves for the fairy girls wings! You can find directions for this project over on the … Read More...

Download: Thank You Die Cut File

April 14, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

 

Download: Thank You Die Cut File

Large script die cut phrases are very popular right now, add them over stamped backgrounds as a focal point on your cards. Here’s a lovely “Thank You” cut file that’s FREE to download from SVG Cuts. They say “all … Read More...

Project: Easter Bunny Pull Tab Slider Card

April 13, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Easter Bunny Pull Tab Slider Card

This sweet Easter card has a tab that you pull and a bunny comes up out of the grass, how cute is that?! You can find a video tutorial with complete directions for this pull tab slider card over on … Read More...

Project: Kitty Cat Birthday Card

April 13, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Kitty Cat Birthday Card

Combining cute cat stamps and die cuts Stephanie made this adorable kitty birthday card. Hop on over to The Stamps of Life site and watch her tutorial video.

-Heather

DIY Carved Cursive Stamps for Tiles & Journaling

April 12, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Learn how to carve your own DIY cursive stamps in various sayings to use for craft projects! This way you can have your favorite phrases to use over and over again for titles or journaling on scrapbook pages..

The best … Read More...

Tip: Multi Uses for Striped Background Stamp

April 11, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Multi Uses for Striped Background Stamp

I love a stamp that I feel like I can get a lot of use out of! Many large background stamps are like this, like a striped background for instance. The Sugar Pea Stamps blog has 4 different card ideas … Read More...

Project: Easter Treat Box

April 11, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Easter Treat Box

Use a tiny pillow box template or die cut and make some fun little boxes, add some stamped spring images, fill with candy and you’ve got adorable little treat holders for Easter. Visit the Your Next Stamp blog for a … Read More...

Project: Bold and Bright Spring Card

April 10, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Bold and Bright Spring Card

Pam Bray combined stamps, dies, ribbon and bright pattern papers for this pretty Springtime card. Visit her blog Scrapbook Flair for step by step directions.

-Heather

Project: Stamped Chipboard Necklace

April 9, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Stamped Chipboard Necklace

You’d never guess this lovely pendent is made from chipboard! Paint and stamps were used to make this lovely necklace accessory. Visit Postcards from the Attic for the details.

-Heather

Technique: Card with Pastel Textured Background

April 8, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Card with Pastel Textured Background

Using Distress Ink over a stencil and then adding splashes of water Kelly Latevola made this fun pastel textured background for this pretty card. I love the dark bold sentiment over the top! Find more about this technique over on … Read More...

Project and Tips: Tri-Fold Cards and Coloring with Pencils and Gamsol

April 8, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Tri-Fold Cards and Coloring with Pencils and Gamsol

Using the most adorable stamps and dies from Art Impressions Sandy Allnock made 8 different tri- fold cards. She’s got a video showing how to put them together as well as how to color them with Spectrum Noir colored pencils… Read More...

Project: Queen Bee Mixed Media Box

April 7, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Queen Bee Mixed Media Box

Using lots of mixed media like rubber stamps, ink pads, ink sprays, glitter glue, a wooden box and more Katy Leitch designed this wonderful Queen Bee Box project. You can find her complete direction over on the Mixed Up Magazine … Read More...

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