Mandala coloring pages for adults are the big trend right now! Here’s a stunning one featuring bees and flowers that you can download for free, print and color from Dover Publications. Click here to download and then when you’re at … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Party Straws
Add a special touch to your next party or get together by stamping up your party decorations like these cute straw tags. Using stamps, punches and die cuts to make them Mariana Grigsby shares all the details on her blog… Read More ...
Project: Baby Shaker Card
Know someone expecting a new baby? Make them a special shaker card to welcome the special new addition. Visit the Chouxchoux Paper Art blog for a video tutorial.
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Trend: Watercolor Markers
Water coloring your stamped images will give them a soft painterly look. One big new trend is Water Color markers. You can color directly on your stamped images with the markers and then you can blend and soften the look … Read More ...
Trend: Burlap Die Cut
Burlap is really hot and trendy right now, it’showing up on all sorts of home decor and crafting projects, including cards. It can be a bit tricky to incorporate on your cards, it’ stiff, a bit hard to cut and … Read More ...
Project: Vellum Balloon Card
vellum is a thin transparent paper and you can get a wonderful look of layered images by stamping on the front and back side like in this balloon card. The Altenew Stamps blog has directions for making this card with … Read More ...
Tip: Stamping with Tape
Here’s a neat stamping technique with something everyone has around the house, masking tape (or painters tape)! Ink up the sticky side of the tape on an ink pad and then press it on your project. You’ll get a cool … Read More ...
Freebie: Chevron Apple Digital Stamp
Working on Back to School projects? This free apple digital stamp can help you with that. Download it for free from My Grafico.
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Projects: Three Distress Ink Cards
Distress Ink from Tim Holtz are really versatile, not you can you color and stamp like normal with them but they also react with water so there’s a bunch of cool techniques you can do with them. Marina’s Craft Space … Read More ...
Project: Shaker Card Using the Fuse Tool
The Fuse Tool is a heated tool that looks a bit like a wood burning tool that can be used to make pockets and flaps from plastic page protectors for your scrapbook but you can also use it on your … Read More ...
Project: Bright Floral Card
This bright and brilliant card was made with Chameleon markers, these unique markers fade as you color so you go from intense to a more muted color, perfect for shading your stamped images! This tutorial will show you how to … Read More ...
Freebie: Sea Turtle Coloring Page
This beautiful coloring page full of sea turtles is free to download from Dover Publications. Perfect for adults who love to color or kids who like a challenging coloring page. Click here to get it.
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Project: Stamped Book Cover
Combine rubber stamps and stencils to make this fabulous book cover. This little book would be perfect to carry around for notes and lists or fill it with photos for a brag book. The Faber Castell blog has all the … Read More ...
Project: Glitter Sunset Card
Create a stunning shimmering sunset background for your cards by using sheets of double sided adhesive or tape behind a large die cut and adding rows of different colors of glitter. The 21st Century Pilow Book blog will teach you … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Card Border
Take your die cut shapes and turn them into a border for your cards by only cutting out part of the dies. The Top Dog Dies blog shows you how to get more use from your die cut shapes with … Read More ...