Add a special touch to your next party or get together by stamping up your party decorations like these cute straw tags. Using stamps, punches and die cuts to make them Mariana Grigsby shares all the details on her blog… Read More...
Trend: Watercolor Markers
Water coloring your stamped images will give them a soft painterly look. One big new trend is Water Color markers. You can color directly on your stamped images with the markers and then you can blend and soften the look … Read More...
Project: Vellum Balloon Card
vellum is a thin transparent paper and you can get a wonderful look of layered images by stamping on the front and back side like in this balloon card. The Altenew Stamps blog has directions for making this card with … Read More...
Tip: Stamping with Tape
Here’s a neat stamping technique with something everyone has around the house, masking tape (or painters tape)! Ink up the sticky side of the tape on an ink pad and then press it on your project. You’ll get a cool … Read More...
Freebie: Chevron Apple Digital Stamp
Working on Back to School projects? This free apple digital stamp can help you with that. Download it for free from My Grafico.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to … Read More...
Projects: Three Distress Ink Cards
Distress Ink from Tim Holtz are really versatile, not you can you color and stamp like normal with them but they also react with water so there’s a bunch of cool techniques you can do with them. Marina’s Craft Space … Read More...
Project: Shaker Card Using the Fuse Tool
The Fuse Tool is a heated tool that looks a bit like a wood burning tool that can be used to make pockets and flaps from plastic page protectors for your scrapbook but you can also use it on your … Read More...
Project: Stamped Book Cover
Combine rubber stamps and stencils to make this fabulous book cover. This little book would be perfect to carry around for notes and lists or fill it with photos for a brag book. The Faber Castell blog has all the … Read More...
Tip: Die Cut Card Border
Take your die cut shapes and turn them into a border for your cards by only cutting out part of the dies. The Top Dog Dies blog shows you how to get more use from your die cut shapes with … Read More...
Project: Tropical Card with Blended Gelato Coloring Technique
This tropical Toucan and flowers card is sure to brighten up anyone’s day! The Waffle Flower blog is sharing a video tutorial showing how to color your stamped images in using Gelatos and a blending sponge, no water needed to … Read More...
Project: Christmas in July Poinsettia Card
July is almost over, have you been working on Christmas in July projects? It’s a good time to get a jump on those greeting cards! Here’s some inspiration to get you in an early holiday mood, you can find a … Read More...
Review: A Muse Studio Stamps Part 3
I’m back with one last inspiration post for A Muse Studio stamps. If you missed my first review click here to check it out and my second one can be found here.
The brand new A Muse Studio 2015-16 Catalog … Read More...
Tip: Embellishments with a Faux Burlap Look
The rustic look of burlap is really trendy right now and you can achieve a similar look on paper and acrylic accents by using a scarp of burlap to “stamp” the pattern with. The Paper Ink and Smile blog has … Read More...
Project: Trifold Card
I love cards that have a different fold than a traditional side or top fold, they are so much fun to make. The Craftsy blog has directions for making a fun trifold card, click here for complete directions.
-Heather
Projects: 9 Metal Stamping Projects and Inspiration
Stamping on metal is a quite a bit different than stamping on paper but it opens up your crafting to lots of new ideas, techniques and mediums and you can also mix the two ideas. Stampington and Company has gathered … Read More...
Giveaway Reminder: Card Kit from Stampin’ Up
Hurry! There’s still time to enter the card kit giveaway from Stampin’ Up’s Paper Pumpkin. Click here to go to the original post to enter.
Good luck!
Heather
Project: Christmas in July Gift Tags
Are you working on holiday projects for Christmas in July? Grab your heat tool and some gold embossing powder and stamp up some elegant white and gold holiday gift tags. You can keep these for yourself or package them up … Read More...
Giveaway and Review: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for July
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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...
Product Review: Custom Stamps from Standard Stamp
Custom stamps are perfect for your home, office, business and crafting needs. For things like addressing envelopes, wedding announcements, personalizing the backs of your hand made cards, gift tags, stationary, marketing your business and more. If you’re looking for … Read More...
Project: Ocean Shaker Card
This is a great twist on a shaker card, using a food saver pouch and filling it with water glycerin, sequins and glitter Larissa created this fun ocean card. She’s got more info on how to make one over on … Read More...