Dana Joy has directions for an easy marbling technique using Alcohol Ink refills and glossy type water color paper. These make wonderful backgrounds to stamp over top for cards, ATC’s, collage or any paper crafting project. Click here to visit … Read More...
Project: Graduation Cap Gift Card Holder Box
It’s graduation time! Grab your scoring board and some card stock and make this fun graduation cap box, it’s the perfect size to hold a gift card or money or even a few Graduation treats like cupcakes or chocolates. Designer … Read More...
Project: Block Printed Napkins with Carved Stamps
Add a rustic look to your home with cool custom stamped table linens. You can find some tips and tricks for sketching, carving and blocking print on fabric with your own hand carved stamps over on the Sugar and Charm … Read More...
Project: Unicorn Glitter Bomb Card
Surprise someone with a super fun (albiet a little messy :)) glitter bomb card! This cute unicorn card was designed by Amador for The Greeting Farm stamps and in his video tutorial he’ll show you how to make a card … Read More...
Freebie: Dolphin Digital Stamp
How cute is this little dolphin!? Use him for summer themed cards or scrapbook pages. He available to download for free from Miss Ranch Digital Stamps. To purchase more of Miss Ranch’s digis be sure to check out her adorable … Read More...
Technique: Multi Coloring Foiling with Stamps
The very popular look of foiling can be achieved in a couple of different ways, there are machines and there are also foil sheets you use with sticky heat embossing and stamps. With the second technique you can get multi … Read More...
Project: Stamped Shoes
Ever heard the phrase if it doesn’t move stamp on it? Well, here’s a fantastic stamping project that does move (when you wear them) and you can stamp on it, it’s shoes! This clever idea from Jen Matott can be … Read More...
Technique: Adding Color to Your Embossing Folder Images
Here a great way to get more from your embossing folders, emboss them and then add color. You can use chalks, markers or ink pads with sponge dauber like on this pretty card from Card Maker Magazine. Visit their blog … Read More...
Freebie: Grandpa or Dad Digital Stamps
With Father’s Day coming up you might need an image or idea for cards. Aren’t masculine cards always a little harder to design then feminine cards? They are for me 🙂 Anyway, Dearie Dolls is here to help with a … Read More...
Freebie: Cross Stitched Card Patterns
There are several die cuts and embossing folders on the market that are made for stitching and sewing. Marianne Designs is sharing 4 pretty cross stitch patterns so you can sew up some sweet cards. Grab a needle and some … Read More...
Project: Baby Card Box
Busy new mothers might need to send out lots of thank you cards for all the gifts and help they’ve received but they probably don’t have time to make or buy cards. Gift them a set of cards you make … Read More...
Project: Grad Gift Card Holders
Cindy Shuster has directions for making 2 different gift card holder cards along with instructions for making a tassel from twine, perfect for making Graduation cards. Visit her blog Nutmeg Creations for all the details.
-Heather
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Project: Bee Tag Card
A great way to use tiny stamps on a card is to repeat them on panels or tags. Like with these bees and flowers on this pretty spring card designed by Christiana Reuling for Newton’s Nook stamps. Click here for … Read More...
Project: Stamped Elephant T-Shirt
Here’s a great way to get more use out of your stamps, turn a boring ol’ t-shirt into a wearable piece of art! Using large stamps, stencils and lovely bright fabric paints The Pampered Stamper designed this fun colorful shirt. … Read More...
Project: Handmade Graduation Card
Show someone how proud you are of them for graduating with a fun stamped and die cut card. Visit Hero Arts for a video tutorial on this paper layered star card.
-Heather
Looking for more Graduation themed papers, stamps and … Read More...
Project: Stamped and Painted Journal Cover
If you have a plain fabric journal, notebook, scrapbook or organizer dress it up with some paints and stamps like Lea did. She painted the cover of a denim notebook with gesso, using stencils and paint for the sea and … Read More...
Project: Glitter Sunshine Tag
The fun sparkly background on this clear acrylic tag was made using a masking stencil and glitter on an adhesive sheet. Wendy Price added cute stamped images over top her background to complete the tag. Find out her tips for … Read More...
Project and Technique: Wild Flower Garden Handmade Card
This stunning wild flower card has so much depth. Mary Prasad got this look by using Ink Potion No. 9 solution over paper and then stamping the flowers using markers colored directly on stamps, this along with second generation stamping … Read More...
Technique: Water Colored Die Cut Cards
Virginia Lu will teach you how to add Distress Ink using a watercolor technique to die cut flowers for a series of stunning Lily and Butterfly cards. Visit the Penny Black stamps blog for her step by step instructions.
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Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for April
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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...