Stencils work so well with so many different mediums like gesso, ink, paint and pastes and can be incorporated into so many different creative ideas, especially paper crafting projects. From cards to scrapbooking, mixed media and collage, stenciling can add … Read More ...
Giveaway and Review: Paper Pumpkin Kit for July 2018
If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought to you by the folks at Stampin’ Up.… Read More ...
Garden Bunny Card
Using some of the new adorable stamps from the Best Bunny set from Stampin’ Up I created this fun bunny in a garden card. I’ll show you some alternative ideas for using dies, like turning a flower die into a … Read More ...
Send Birthday Wishes and Puppy Dog Kisses
Imagine Crafts color of the month is Golden Glow. Gold is an excellent choice for July a month filled with bright sunshine and sparkle! In this tutorial, Elina create this sweet birthday card theme with two puppies that are colored … Read More ...
Subtle Embossed Card Sentiments
Lydia used alphabet dies with an embossing pad to add subtle embossed sentiments to her cards. The pops of color in the layering stamped flowers adds a nice touch to these elegant cards.
You can find her card tutorial over … Read More ...
No Line Coloring with Fade Out Ink
The Ink on 3 Fade Out ink pad takes some of the hassle out of no line coloring. No need to hunt around for light ink pads that might not work, this hybrid ink pad is made specifically for the … Read More ...
How To Make Pop Up Slider Cards
These awesome Pop Up Slider card pop up to reveal either sentiment or gift card, how fun are they?! Using stamps and dies from Sunny Studio Jennifer McGuire shares her tutorial for making several styles of these cool cards.
“Coloring” Your Stamps with Bleach
This cool bleaching technique is sort of anti-coloring. Stamp your image and then using a paint brush with bleach to “color” inside your image to remove the papers color for a neat white out effect. I’ve done this technique on … Read More ...
Learn to Make a Tassel
Learn how to make your own tassel using Bakers Twine, it’s perfect for bookmarks or accents on cards or other paper crafting projects. Stephanie added hers to this fun cross stitched bookmark made using dies from My Favorite Things.
Tiger Lily Layering Stamps Cards
Layering stamps give such a realistic look like with this Tiger Lily set from Hero Arts. The flowers just really pop right out. Designer Yana has some color suggestions to use with these stamps on a few different cards.
Mitered Frame Paper Ornament
Betty Traciak took a quilting technique and applied it to pattern paper for this pretty mitered frame ornament. Add some stamped images and you’ve got a great embellishment that also works on cards and scrapbook pages too.
She’ll take you … Read More ...
Embossing with Dies
Kerin Sylvester used a large cutting die with an embossing mat to emboss (instead of cut) this card background and colored the sections with Copic markers for a really lovely card. And a great way to get more from your … Read More ...
Mermaid Cards Inspiration
I adore Mermaids! I’m so happy to see so many great mermaid stamps lately. The Greeting Farm has just released a sweet set of tiny mermaids and also a bottle set that makes fun scenes with them. Their design team … Read More ...
Accordion Book Box Gift Card Holder
This fun Accordion Book Box holds a gift card inside and would make a great gift to give to a teacher or someone heading off to collage. It’s made with a digital die cut set frm Lori Whitlock and designer … Read More ...
How to Make Stencils Using Your Dies
Melissa Phillips has a great way to get more from your dies. She used larger background dies as stencils for some pretty inked patterns on her cards.
She’s sharing a tutorial video on this great tip to stretch your die … Read More ...