This uber cool card made from a paper bag comes from DebNeerman. I love the colors and the use of hard metals and soft flowers, it’s a wonderful combination and a great way to recycle!

-Heather

The Daily Marker blog shares a great tutorial video for using a blender pen and markers for a beautiful soft watercolor effect for your stamped images. Click here to watch.

-Heather

This stamped work of art is simply amazing! Karen Motz made this terrific piece with stamps, pattern papers, felt and die cuts. See more of this inspiring work over on her blog Paper Playhouse.

-Heather

These little box are so sweet and perfect for Valentine’s Day candy or any small gift. Sarah over at THinkING STAMPS shares how to use paper, a scoring board and some die cuts for these cute window boxes.

-Heather

How lovely are these metal leaves and flower? Tammy Tutterow took plain metal embellishments and added color and shine by melting embossing powers on them, cool huh? Or should I say hot? Click here to find out how she did it.

-Heather

I love Maya Road for ribbons and trims and they are now expanding their stamp line too! A sneak peek from this weekends CHA reveals nine new stamp sets with themes like frames, butterflies, birds backgrounds and vintage images.

-Heather

PoC, pop of color. I keep hearing this term pop up a lot , especially in fashion and now in stamping. Making a black and white card and adding a bold dash of color makes it very visually interesting. Catherine Pooler uses stamping, die cutting and embossing for a fun birthday with a splash of red. Click to watch her video tutorial.

-Heather

Julie Korber made this pretty in pink floral card by stamping overtop cardstock that had grid lines dry embossed on it with a scoring board. This makes for a really cool tile looking effect! See more about her project on her blog Out to Impress. And the original instructions from Scorpal can be found here.

-Heather

This card from Theresa Momber is simply lovely! She used mirror image stamping and a sponged background to create this beauty, find step by step instructions here on her blog Crafting the Web.

-Heather

No it’s not time for Halloween just yet But Betsy Veldman has a really neat technique to share called Ghost Stamping. Using masking and second generation stamping she shows how to make a single layer card that has loads of interest and dimension. Visit the Capture the Moment blog to watch the video tutorial.

-Heather

Kim Howard made a wonderful home decor framed project using the brand new quote2love stamp from Stamps of Life. Click here to find her directions on their blog. And be sure to check out the two other new sets from Stamps of Life, created4you and hope4us.

-Heather

Tim Holtz has teamed up with the Sizzix Eclipse electronic die cutting machine for his latest line to debut soon at CHA called Stamp2Cut. With this amazing new system you’ll be able to use the machine to die cut around intricate stamped images as well as cutting layers and shadows as well, how cool is that?!  Tim shares a video on his blog with all the details.

-Heather

How cute and clever is this Travelocity Gnome card?! Lisa Young from Add Ink and Stamp shows how she used different punches to make this adorable card. Click here for her detailed step by step instructions.

-Heather

Lisa’s Craft Blog has a fun tutorial for carving your own Valentine’s Day stamps from erasers, click here for her details instructions.

-Heather

Since just about everyone sends cards but not everyone makes their own cards (shocking, I know!) making a gift of handmade cards is a great idea. The Rubber Cafe has directions for make an interesting box to put your cards inside. Find instructions here on their blog.

-Heather