Using stencils, paste, ink sprays and stamps you can make a wonderful fabric panel wall hanging. Finish it off with ribbon, flowers and embellishments. Learn all the techniques for this mixed media art piece from Tammy Tutterow over on the … Read More ...
Project: Milk Carton Treat Box
Send the kids back to school in style with a treat inside on of these adorable milk carton boxes. The Cardmaker blog has scoring and folding directions for making them. Add a fun chalkboard stamped label on the outside to … Read More ...
Technique: Masking Over a Stamped Sentiment
Find out how to stamp out a sentiment (or image) and still add a stamped background over it by using a masking technique. Details can be found over on the Lost in Paper blog.
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Freebie and Tutorial: Minc Foil Machine
Foiling is all the rage right now! This popular look can be achieved with the Minc Foil machine from Heidi Swapp. Using a laser printer to print your image, lay the foil sheet over top, run it through the machine … Read More ...
Project: Winter Snowflakes Shaker Card
Get a jump on making your holiday cards with this pretty snowflake shaker card. Justine Hovey will show you how to die cut the window openings, how to emboss your sentiment on acetate and how to put the card together. … Read More ...
Project: Floral Die Cut Card
Combine a large sentiment stamp along with pretty die cut flowers and scrolls for a bright and beautiful card. The Spellbinders blog has a video tutorial, click here to watch.
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Upcoming Event: A Muse Studio Holiday Catalog
The countdown has begun over at A Muse Studio for the release of their new Holiday catalog coming out on Sept 1st. Check out their blog for a giveaway and sneak peeks leading up to the release. And check back … Read More ...
Project: Mermaid Card with Copic Coloring
To me summer makes me think of the beach, the ocean and mermaids, I love them! Color up this stunning mermaid card with a pretty moonlight backdrop. The Craftybits blog has a video tutorial with detailed Copic marker coloring tips.… Read More ...
And the winner is………….
Karey! Congrats, you’ve won the August Paper Pumpkin Kit giveaway from Stampin’ Up! Please respond to my e-mail.
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Template: Paper Basket
Create a lovely centerpiece full of flowers that will never wilt. The Craftwork Cards Blog has a template and directions for turning a piece of patterned cardstock into a basket that you call fill with die cut or punches 3-D … Read More ...
Technique: Ghosting Stamping with Distress Inks
Since Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink react with water there are loads of different stamping techniques you can do with them. Here’s a fun one called ghosting, ink your background with Distress Ink, stamp your image in a darker color and … Read More ...
Technique: No Line vs. Line Stamping
You can get two different looks from your stamped images by just changing the ink pad color you stamp with. Using a light color that barely shows and then coloring in is called the “no-line coloring technique” and looks more … Read More ...
Tip: Hot Glue Stencil
Stencils can be use for some many paper crafting projects and they work perfectly with colored ink sprays. If you don’t have the exact shape you need for your project you can actually make your own using a hot glue … Read More ...
Giveaway Reminder: Stampin’ Up Card Kit
Hurry up…….you’ve got one more day to enter to win the August giveaway for the Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin kit.
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Tip: Card with Stitched Flowers
Take a close look at the sweet little flowers on this card, they are actually stitched onto the card! How cute! Kathy Tanner has a tutorial over on the Your Next Stamp blog to show you how sew some cute … Read More ...