Each month A Muse Studio offers a special selection of products, the monthly collections are small, curated collections that typically include 3-4 stamp sets, some dies, custom paper packs and other accessories. For the month of November it’s all about… Read More ...
Freebie and Techniques: Stamping Technique Cards
Have you ever seen a cool stamping technique on-line or been to a card class and then later thought, how do I do that again? 🙂 Well Technique Cards are a great way to keep track of those “how to” … Read More ...
Book Review: Paper Cutting: 20 Projects for Friends to Make
The new book Paper Cutting: 20 Projects for Friends to Make
by Amy Phipps and Claire Culley has DIY paper cutting projects for making 3D items, greeting cards, photo props, a mobile, cake topper, lamp shade and more that are … Read More ...
Inspiration and Technique: Fresh Ideas from a Young Stamper
I love guys who stamp, I love teens who stamp so I’m in love with Simon Hurley! 🙂 I recently stumbled across his awesome blog thinking what cute cards were on the blog and then got a present surprise … Read More ...
Freebie: Raking Leaves Digital Stamp
Ah, it’s that time of year, time to start raking up all those falling leaves! Here’s a cute digital stamp perfect for this season. Download this cute raking girl for free over on the Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps blog.
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Project: Easel Box Card
Wow, isn’t this card stunning? It’s an easel card that stands up but also has a little extra with a small drawer underneath so you can tuck a little gift inside. You’ll find direction for how to make the basic … Read More ...
Project: Fall Leaves Embossed Cards
Using embossing folders and Distress Ink Sharon Harnist made these two beautiful falling leaves cards. You can find directions and more info over at the Taylored Expressions blog.
Heather
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Projects: Holiday Gift Tags using Die Cuts
Designer Laurie Schmidlin has some tips for turning die cut shapes into gift tags for the holidays. By folding over cardstock and not die cutting the top of a bulb die you can make an easy shaped tag. You can … Read More ...
Project and Technique: Digital Stamped Shirt
Do you have an awesome digital stamp that you’d like to wear on a shirt instead of just making cards with it? Well, you can with this tutorial from Lilibet, she’ll show you how to use transfer paper to … Read More ...
Tips: Embossing Paste Techniques
Embossing paste works well with stencils to add depth and texture to your paper crafting projects. You can use it straight from the container or you can take it up a notch with some of these great tips from the … Read More ...
Project and Technique: Gilded Stamped Ornament
Neil from Neelz Expressions has an awesome technique for using pretty metallic gilding flakes 
with stamps. He used glue to “ink” up a large background stamp onto an MDF ornament shape and then applied the flakes over top. Then added … Read More ...
Project: Holiday Paper Banner
This wonderfully festive banner is perfect to decorate your mantle for the holidays! It has such a great retro vibe. The October Afternoon blog will show you step by step how to make paper rosettes, add trims, chipboard letters and … Read More ...
Project: Pop Up Gift Christmas Card Holder
I love getting and giving gift cards for the holidays! He’s a fun interactive way to present a gift card, in a pop up card holder. Vicki G. shares a video and directions for folding scoring and assembling this cute … Read More ...
Project: Uplifting Card
Here’s a neat twist on an accordion card! Designer Tamara Tripodi turned the small accordion folded card on it’s side so it pulls up and added it to a larger card base for this fantastic uplifting card. You can find … Read More ...
Review: Close to My Heart Holiday Catalog Part 3
I’m back with one last look at the Holiday Expressions mini catalog from Close to My Heart which is all about the upcoming holiday seasons. It’s filled with items for card making, gift packaging, scrapbooking and jewelry making with clear … Read More ...