Technique: Coloring Stamps with Ink Pads

Annie Rose sure makes pretty cards! And over on Annie Rose Makes Things she’ll show you how to color in your stamped images using Distress Inks and a Blender Pen for a soft watercolor look.

-Heather…

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Project: Shrink Plastic Jewelry

These little stamped jewelry pieces are totally adorable! Using digital stamps and printable shrink plastic the Some Odd Girl stamps blog will show you how to make some cuteness you can wear.

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Tip: Embossing on Buttons

Dress up those plain old buttons with some stamping and heat embossing, Your Next Stamp will show you how.

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Tips: Cutting Detailed Dies

I’m seeing more and more intricate and detailed dies for paper crafting and sometimes it can be a little hard to get a perfect cut with them. Christine at Card Maker Connections has several useful tips like using wax paper under the die for …

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Technique: Stamp Doodling

Does anyone else sit and doddle like I do? If I’ve got a pen and paper in front of me you’ll see me drawing little flowers, stars and spirals, I can’t help myself. If you also like to doodle here’s a …

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Techniaue: stamp with distress paints

Wow, these cards are real works of art! Jill Foster used Distress Paints from Tim Holtz  instead of stamping ink directly on her rubber stamps to get this fabulous effect. Find out more on her blog Inspired By.

-Heather…

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Project: Summer Swimsuit Card

I am so glad that spring is finally here and before you know it summer will be too. Get ready for it with this cute swimsuit girl card from Elizabeth Allan’s Art Studio. She’s got step by step directions for

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Project: Twine Wrapped Frame Card

Twine has been and still is a trendy item to use on your cards. By wrapping twine around a frame May, from Mayholic in Crafts, made a neat display card. I love the tiny clothes pins to hold the images.…

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technique: resist with dies

Here’s another cool way to use your die cuts that I can’t resist, use them as a resist for a card background. The All in an Inch blog has details on how to do this technique along with a lots …

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project: paper bits collage

I love seeing how people utilize there scraps of pattern papers. I, like many of you, have so many little pretty pieces I had to throw away! The My Mind’s Eye blog has a terrific idea for using some of …

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The Lifestyle Crafts blog has a really cool idea for using detailed die cuts, use them as a stencil instead of a die cut. Using a pen you can trace the design instead of cut it out, how clever!

technique: stenciling with dies

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Project: Shaker Card

I love shaker cards with cute little bits of stuff that move around when you shake the a card. The Lawn Fawn blog has a video tutorial for making a mason jar shaker card. The little lighting bugs remind me of catching them in the …

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Technique: Recessed Stamping

Lots of stamp companies are now offering matching dies to go with their stamp images so you don’t have to cut around it out, just die cut it. The My Favorite Things blog has another way to use these same …

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Technique: Embossed Paper Edges

Add just a touch of heat embossing to the edges of your paper for a unique card look, Maile Belles at Simply Stamped will show you how.

-Heather…

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Project: Circle Card

The Spellbinders website has directions for making this stunning circle shaped card. I especially love the die cut 3D flower, so pretty!

-Heather…

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