Foiling is a popular way to add some terrific metallic shimmer and shine to any paper crafting project. There are machines, adhesives and foil sheets that can help you get this trendy look. Tombo has some great ideas for using … Read More ...
Template: Slider Card
How cute is this train sliding card? Perfect for a baby card! Marianne Designs has a template on how to cut, score and fold to make your own slider card. Add whatever stamps or die cuts that would look fun … Read More ...
Tip: Sewing Over Stamped Images
If you know how to make simple stitches and french knots you can add some amazing accents to your stamped images. This wonderful mixed media project was made by stamping and painting on canvas and then adding some easy sewing … Read More ...
Project: Frog Easel Card
“Ribbit, Ribbit”, that’s frog for how cute is this card? The Cut @ Home blog has directions for making this adorable frog themed easel card. So cute to sit on someone’s desk! Click here for the video tutorial.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Paper Easter Basket
Using just a 12 x 12 pieces of paper and a few strips from another paper you can make this wonderful slatted style basket, perfect for Easter. I think you could also leave the handle off and would make a … 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 ...
Project: Altered Lamp Shade
Add a cool artistic flare to your home decor with an altered lamp shade. This awesome mixed media shade, designed by Debi Adams, was made with paint, stamps, die cut shapes, book pages, paste and more. Get all the info … Read More ...
Tip: Cards made from Coloring Pages
The coloring book craze is still going strong, it’s just so relaxing to sit down and color. But what do you do with the pages after you’re done coloring? One idea is to take them out of the book and … Read More ...
Project: Easter Window Card
I love cards that have more then just a sentiment inside, this fun card has a scene inside that you can catch a peep through the die cut window. Hop on over to the Lawn Fawn blog for a video … Read More ...
Project: Easter Bunny Banner
You might not have a bunny rabbit die cut but you might have some circle and a leaf or flower petal shape. That’s exactly what designer Jessica Williams used, she combined several basic shapes to make a bunny for this … Read More ...
Project: Water Color Eggs Easter Card
This bright and cheery Easter card sure has some pretty water colored eggs. Punch, die cut or cut some egg shapes from cardstock and use water color pencils to add a lovely splash of color to them. For complete direction … Read More ...
Project: Easter Shaker Card
Shaker card are so much fun so why not double the fun with a double frame shaker card! You can find more info on this adorable card over on the Nina Marie Design blog.
-Heather
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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: Stamped Easter Eggs
Here’s a quick and easy way to decorate some eggs this Easter. Use your tiny alphabet stamps and spell out words or names. Be sure to boil the eggs first 🙂 Here’s more about this cute project from The Beauty … 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 ...