If you’re still wrapping or trimming the tree Hero Arts has gathered a collection of festive wrapping, gift tag and ornament ideas made with paper to help you finish getting ready for the holidays.
Fairy Cards with Off the Edge Technique
I love fairies and growing up mice were my favorite animals so of course I fell in love with these amazing cards! Add some extra special interest to your cards with this off the edge technique from Jennifer McGuire. She’ll … Read More ...
Colorful Stenciled Wreath Cards
I love how bold and vibrate these wreath cards from Erica are, very modern too! She made a donut shaped mask and inked over top a trendy Mandala style stencil to create her wreaths.
Penguin Gift Tag
How sweet is this little penguin stamp from MFT? Sandy Allnock used him on a Christmas tag. He’s sure to bring a smile to anyone unwrapping a gift this year.
Visit her blog to see how she water colored this … Read More ...
Snow Globe Gift Tags
You can turn just about any stamped image into a fun winter scene by adding it inside a snow globe. Eloise added lots of fun stamped images from Lawn Fawn inside a snow globe stamp to make the most adorable … Read More ...
Three Winter Belly Band Cards
Simon Hurley created these festive gatefold cards and added a “belly” band that slips over to keep them closed. These bands are such a fun additional element on a card! He’s sharing 3 different belly band cards with winter themes … Read More ...
DIY Snowy Fox Card
Art Impressions has many stamps that give a hand drawn look especially when using watercoloring techniques. Kate shares how she used markers to watercolor this sweet fox sleeping on a snowy bench card.
Visit their blog for her tutorial.
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Easy Holiday Gift Bags
You can easily transform simple brown paper bags into colorful presents with some quick stamping. Sandy Allnock stamped some cute winter owls and added just a touch of red to their hats of scarves with a few white snowflakes for … Read More ...
Christmas Artist Trading Coins
Have you heard of Artist Trading Coins? They are similar in idea to Artist Trading Cards (ATC’s) in that you make them and trade with other crafters but instead of baseball card sized they are round but still fit inside … Read More ...
Stenciled Snowflakes Card
I love using non traditional colors for holiday or winter cards. I think the pink behind the snowflakes on the sweet card from Maureen gives it a bit of a cool retro look. She’ll show you how she used die … Read More ...
Silver Star Christmas Card
Short on time or making tons of cards this Christmas? Try assembly line stamping. Lisa Foster has some tips on making multiple cards at once along with an easy but stunning silver star card you can make in batches.
5 Different Cards from One Kit
Paper crafting kits are perfect for making lovely cards, scrapbook pages or home decor projects without spending a lot of time and around the holidays this is a must. Most include everything you need to create many different paper crafting … Read More ...
Winter Wedding Card
Many couples choose to get married around the holidays so why not use that as an inspiration for their wedding card. Like with this sweet owl couple card from Stephanie. She used a winter stamp set for her design. I … Read More ...
Shabby Chic Winter Girl Card
By roughing up the edges on her pattern paper and adding cheesecloth over top Rachel got a great shabby chic look on this cozy card. I love the punny sentiment too!
Visit The Greeting Farm stamps blog for a closer … Read More ...
Christmas Deer Scene Cards
I love the intense inked backgrounds with snow and the glittering hill and trees on these lovely scene cards from Angelica. Using the same design but changing the sentiments and background from blue to pink has added a whole other … Read More ...