Get the look of metal embellishments on your cards and scrapbook pages by covering die cut shapes with metallic embossing powders. This look is perfect for fall themes! Find complete directions for this technique from Jennifer McGuire.
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Projects: 2 Halloween Dog Cards
Lawn Fawn stamps has recently released some awesome new Halloween stamps, dies and papers. A recent blog post has tons of Halloween and Fall card ideas as well as a video tutorial with complete directions for two cute dog cards, … Read More...
Project: Halloween Felt Hoop made with Dies
Take your die cutting a step further by using materials like fabric and felt, it doesn’t always have to be paper. There are some fun dies that work well with fabrics because they have built “cuts” for stitching. Lizzie Jones … Read More...
Project: Decorated Jumbo Clothes Pin
Keep track of important notes in an adorable way with this jumbo clothes pin covered in stamped images. Find out more about this project over on Candy’s Creations blog.
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Projects: 8 Light Up Card Ideas
My Favorite Things stamps had 4 days full of ideas, tips, tricks and inspirations using Chibitronics products to make 8 different light up cards. You’ll find cards with Jack o’ Lanterns, birthday candles, holiday lights and more. Click here for … Read More...
Project: Metallic Coasters
Add a touch of metallic elegance to your home with some DIY coasters using alcohol inks and die cut metal shapes. These would make wonderful holiday gifts! You can find complete project directions Spellbinders
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Technique: Add Quick Texture to Alcohol Marker Coloring
The Marker Geek has an interesting way to add texture to your stamped images that have been colored with alcohol markers such as Copics. She applies a blender pen to textured fabric (in this case aida cloth, used for cross … Read More...
Project: Tissue Box Card
Know someone who is sick? Cheer them up with this clever tissue box card, it folds flat for mailing but opens up to look like a box. So cute! You’ll find cutting, scoring and folding directions over on the Sweet … Read More...
Project: Holiday Card with Critters and Ombre’ Colors
A gradient of color, also known as ombre’, is a really popular look right now. There are ombre’ ink pads or you can use you own color combos to get this cool look. Hero Arts has a fun holiday card … Read More...
Project: Witch Legs Halloween Treat Box
Betsy Veldman has designed one of the cutest treat boxes I’ve ever seen! This adorable Halloween box was made with a match box die, adding straws for legs, shoes made with felt using another die and stamped and die cut … Read More...
Project: Snowglobe Gift Tags
It’s never too early to start working on holiday projects, right? If you’re making your own gift wrap this year here’s an adorable gift tag idea for you. Lindsay Amrhein used snowglobe stamps to make these cute little tags, perfect … Read More...
Project: Pumpkin Shaped Card
It’s about time to start working on Fall and Halloween projects! I’m in love with pumpkin shaped card designed by Katie Sims! She used a pumpkin shaped die to die cut lots of different patterned papers and stitched them together, … Read More...
Project: Fairy Shaker Card
Know someone who loves fairies? Visit the Greeting Farm stamps blog for a video tutorial on making this adorable fairy shaker card. It’s so cute you could hang it on the wall as art!
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Project: Colorful Friend Card
I love the wonderful bright colors on this card! By stamping with white ink on kraft cardstock and then using bright colored pencils to color in it gives such a great bold look. I also love the raised die cut … Read More...
Project: Flip Flop Coasters
Add some summer fun to your next pool party. Adhere beachy patterned paper, ribbon and some stamped shrinky dink charms to a coaster for this super fun flip flop coasters project. Find complete directions over on The Cat’s Pajamas stamps … Read More...
Project and Freebie: Halloween Fairy Cage
Shelly Hickox has info on a cool new tool from Sizzix call the Twist and Style. It twists wire so you can make projects like her amazing mixed media Halloween Fairy Cage. Shelly will show you how she made it … Read More...
Technique: Rubber Stamping with Bleach
This lovely white card design was made not with ink pads but with bleach! Apply bleach with a brush to a rubber stamp and stamp it on cardstcok and watch the magic happen as the color fades away and leaves … Read More...
Project: Light Up Dragon Birthday Card
How adorable is this birthday card? The amazing thing about it is when you push the dragon’s tummy the candles light up!! Using tiny lights from Chibitronics and stamps from My Favorite Things Jennifer McGuire will show you how to … Read More...
Freebie: Grumpy Cat Paper Doll
The Grumpy Cat coloring page I posted last month was a big hit. So, for all you Grumpy Cat fans out there here’s an awesome Grumpy Cat paper doll set you can also download for free. It includes Grumpy and … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for August
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If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought … Read More...