Have someone special you want to make a really unique card for this Christmas? Why not try a shaker card? This neat cards contain tiny things like sequins or confetti and add a fun dimension to your card designs. Visit … Read More...
Tutorial: Handmade Holiday Boxes
Don’t have the right size gift box for a present? No problem, make one your self in just the size you need. Using a punch board you can turn a sheet of cardstock into a box, add some stamping to … Read More...
Project: Stamped Christmas Salt Dough Ornaments
Spice up your Christmas tree this year with some hand made stamped ornaments. Visit the Domestically Blissful blog for an easy salt dough recipe you can make and roll out, cut with cookie cutters and then stamp on a design. … Read More...
Tip: Stamping on a Round Surface (like an ornament)
Sometimes you might have something you’d like to stamp on that isn’t exactly flat, like say a round ornament. If you’ve got clear or cling mounted stamps then you can still easily stamp on that curved surface. The Clear Snap … Read More...
Freebie and Project: Silhouette Candle Holder
Here’s a pretty way to decorate your mantle or table this holiday season with a lovely candle holder made using a mason jar with hand cut paper silhouette border. The Shabby Art Boutique blog has not only directions on how … Read More...
Project: Felt Ornament
Doesn’t this cute fuzzy ornament look like it was made from a sweater? Shelley Hickox actually made this by stamping onto a die cut piece of felt. She shares her process over on her blog, The Stamp Tramp (which is … Read More...
Tip: Coloring and Stamping on Vellum Paper
If you’re not familiar with vellum it’s a semi-transparent paper that can add a really beautiful look to any stamped card but since it’s a non porous, slick surface you’ve got to use the right inks to stamp with and … Read More...
Tip: Specialty Folds for Card
Why just fold your cards over once, there are loads of fun folds to make really unique cards. Vamp Stamp News Magazine has collected a bunch of different folds all in one handy download, click here to get it and … Read More...
Tutorial: Water Colored Poinsettia Card
This stunning card was made by Jill Foster using stamps from Penny Black. Jill used a Christmas tree stamp in a different way by using is as a subtle background image instead of the focal point, this is a great … Read More...
Project: Santa Ornament from Scrapbook Supplies
Paper crafting items don’t always have to go on scrapbook pages and cards use those stamped images, embellishments, stickers, die cuts and ribbon to make other items like ornaments for your Christmas tree. Graphics 45 is sharing a tutorial on … Read More...
Tutorial: Tab Card
If you need a sweet card to tuck a gift card inside for the holidays make a tab card. The Capture the Moment blog has a video tutorial to show you how. Christmas doesn’t always have to be red and … Read More...
Project: Christmas Cat Card
Have a cat lover on your Christmas card list? Make them an adorable card with a cute kitty like this one from K Werner, she’s got a video tutorial on her blog and she’ll show you how to make one.… Read More...
Card Making Technique: Water Coloring on Rubber Stamps
Stamp like an artists. You can watercolor your stamped images but did you know you can also add water colors
directly to the rubber of your stamp and stamp it on water color paper for a neat artsy look? The … Read More...
Project: Chalkboard Christmas Card
This fun chalkboard style Chrismtas card would be perfect to give to a teacher or student this holiday season. I love the addition of the bold color on the black ‘chalkboard”. Find directions for making it over on the Hampton … Read More...
Project and Technique: Falling Snow Card
If your making a holiday card with a winter scene you’ve got to have falling snow, right? Heather Telford will show you how to splatter masking fluid and then ink over top for a cool falling snow background technique that … Read More...
Tutorial | Wintery Gift Tags
With some basic scrapbooking and craft supplies you can make all of your gift tags in one afternoon suing these techniques from prone to wander. Go through your stash and get some tags, white paint, snowflake or winter embellishments and … Read More...
Project: Santa Collage
Add some holiday cheer to your walls this Christmas with a fun and festive mixed media collage. Dar’s Crafty Creations made this collage using loads of different Santa Claus digital stamps and images. Click here for a tutorial on how … Read More...
Project: Holiday Christmas Shaker Card
Shake it up this holiday season by making some fun shaker cards to send to friends and family. The Paper Crafts Library has a video tutorial showing how to make a simple shaker card made with precut die cut shapes, … Read More...
Tip: Holiday Card with Digital Papers
If you don’t have just the right pattern paper for your holiday cards you can always use digital papers and print your own. Lots of places have them for sale, one of my favorites is Crafty Secrets or you can … Read More...
DIY Stamped Holiday Envelopes
Julee Dyer at Warm Hot Chocolate shares how she carved a rubber stamp to make a star to match her Holiday cards. She then used the stamp to add a custom touch to her envelopes that coordinate beautifully with her … Read More...