Here’s a great tip from Danielle Flanders to get a water colored looked using solid stamped images. She stamped her designs with dye based ink pads and then lightly blended the ink with a water brush. This is such a … Read More...
Tips: Making Stamps with the Scan N Cut Machine
If you’ve got a Scan and Cut electronic die cut machine then you can make your very own custom stamps! The Balzer Designs blog will show you how to use the machine to cut stamp material, with tips on how … Read More...
Tips: Fixing Heat Embossing Mistakes
Yana Smakula has a video tutorial on Hero Art showing how to make this lovely inked and heat embossed card plus she shares a couple of really helpful tips to fix mistakes that can happen when you heat emboss. Click … Read More...
Technique: Sponged Stamping
If you’d like to add more then one color to a solid image stamp try this easy sponging technique. You can blend and get gradient colors by adding inks one at a time to your stamp with a sponge. Click … Read More...
Project: Clay Jewelry with Metal Stamps
Usually metal stamps are used for stamping into metal but Sahana has a great idea to use these tiny little stamp designs on clay. She’s got a tutorial on her blog showing how to cut and stamp the clay, add … Read More...
Technique: Overlapping Striped Stamped Card Background
Using just a long a single solid stripe stamp Jennifer McGuire created this lovely overlapping background pattern with different ink colors. The possibilities with this idea are endless, change the color combos, use different widths of stamps, only cover part … Read More...
Tips: Adding Stamping to Your Scrapbook Pages
Over on the Hero Arts bog guest artist Kathleen Graumuller shares some wonderful ideas on how to incorporate stamping onto your scrapbook pages. Stamps can be used to make great borders, all over backgrounds, tiny accents and focal images on … Read More...
Tutorial: Get a Hand Sketched Look with Rubber Stamps
Do you feel like you can’t sketch or draw very well (I know I do) but love that look? Here’s a fantastic technique from Melanie Muenchinger using rubber stamps with Colored Pencils on sketch paper to achieve that wonderful hand … Read More...
Inspiration: Owl Step Card
Doesn’t this card make you want to hoot “How cute!”? This stunning step card covered in adorable owls was made by Marisa Job, she’s got more photos and info on how she made this card over on her blog, Designs … Read More...
Project: Stamped Mixed Media Tag
Wow, isn’t this tag simple stunning? Penny Black stamps guest designer Ranji Chawla made this using stamps from Penny Black, die cuts, Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, ink sprays, Distress Ink and more. You can find more info on her amazing … Read More...
Project: Heart Shaped Skunk Card
How adorable is this little skunk?! I love the heart shape of this card and it’s actually pretty easy to do, place a large heart shaped die just over the edge of your card fold (so it doesn’t cut the … Read More...
Technique: Adding Color to Projects with Color Burst Inks
Stampington and Company has information on how to use Color Burst inks for a lovely water color background or to use in combinations with stamps for colorful mixed media style collage art and cards. Click here to check it out.… Read More...
Tips: Detialed Copic Marker Coloring for Dog Stamps
Wow, I’m always amazed to see such amazing coloring skill like those from Crafty Ellen! These dog look so realistic! She got step by step, tips and the Copic marker colors she used on her blog. Follow along and … Read More...
Project: Water Colored Deer Card
The Understand Blue blog has a quick video tutorial showing you how to mask and water color this lovely deer scene, click here to watch.
-Heather
Project: Woodland Animal Birthday Card
Find directions for making this sweet woodland animal birthday card over on the Made by G3 blog. You’ll learn how to ink up the background, add an embossed tree and stamp and color the cute forest animals. Click here to … Read More...
Project: Floral Stamped Card with Tips on Masking Technique
Yana Smaluka is sharing a video tutorial on her blog showing how to make a lovely card by masking out a pretty all over floral pattern using flower stamps in a set that have an outline and a solid center … Read More...
Technique: Wall and Floor Background for Stamped Images
The Copic Marker Europe blog has a simple way to add an indoor background for your stamped images. Stamp your subject and then draw 2 lines behind and using a circular pattern and speckle technique with your makers make a … Read More...
Technique: Water Coloring with Markers
Kristina Werner has a cool coloring technique on her blog that she’s calling a Dry Palette Marker Watercolor Technique. By scribbling your water based markers onto watercolor paper you can make palette that you can then use to pick up … Read More...
Tip: Die Cutting Custom Stamps from Foam
Do you have a die that you wish you also had as a stamp? Well, here’s nifty way to do just that, by die cutting your shapes from thin sheets of fun foam you can create your own custom stamps … Read More...
Technique: Paper Casting with Stamps
Make your own paper embellishments with this paper casting technique that uses rubber stamps and toilet paper, yes, toilet paper! 🙂 Find directions for this quick and easy idea over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.
-Heather