Kristina Werner has a video tutorial on her blog showing how to achieve a soft ink blended background for your stamped cards using ink pads and a blending tool along with complete directions for making this lovely owl wreath card,… Read More ...
Project: Tropical Card with Blended Gelato Coloring Technique
This tropical Toucan and flowers card is sure to brighten up anyone’s day! The Waffle Flower blog is sharing a video tutorial showing how to color your stamped images in using Gelatos and a blending sponge, no water needed to … Read More ...
Freebie: Sassy Girl Digital Stamp
This cute girl has a bit of a sassy attitude, don’t ya’ think? 🙂 You can download a black and white version of this digital stamp for free over on the Cuttlebug Cuties blog.
-Heather
Finding the right marker … Read More ...
Project: Christmas in July Poinsettia Card
July is almost over, have you been working on Christmas in July projects? It’s a good time to get a jump on those greeting cards! Here’s some inspiration to get you in an early holiday mood, you can find a … Read More ...
Project: Pirate Bottle
Ahoy Mateys! This fun pirate themed bottle could be used instead of a card as a wonderful invitation to a pirate themed party or for a birthday card for your favorite swash buckler! You could also change it up and … Read More ...
Review: A Muse Studio Stamps Part 3
I’m back with one last inspiration post for A Muse Studio stamps. If you missed my first review click here to check it out and my second one can be found here.
The brand new A Muse Studio 2015-16 Catalog … Read More ...
Project: Faux Pewter Card Accent
Head to your pantry instead of your craft stash to make cool metallic accents for your cards with a faux pewter embellishment made of tin foil. The All Free Paper Crafts site has a template and instructions for making a … Read More ...
Trend: Clipsters
Clipsters are cute paper clip embellishments that are popping up on cards and scrapbook pages. These fun little accents are perfect to make using left over scraps of pattern papers. This easy embellishments are made by cutting or punching out … Read More ...
Tip: Embellishments with a Faux Burlap Look
The rustic look of burlap is really trendy right now and you can achieve a similar look on paper and acrylic accents by using a scarp of burlap to “stamp” the pattern with. The Paper Ink and Smile blog has … Read More ...
And the winner is……….
Congrats Earlene McGuire, you’ve won the July Paper Pumpkin Kit giveaway from Stampin’ Up! Please respond to my e-mail.
If you weren’t the winner check back next month, we giveaway one kit each month to a lucky Craft Gossip reader!… Read More ...
Project: Trifold Card
I love cards that have a different fold than a traditional side or top fold, they are so much fun to make. The Craftsy blog has directions for making a fun trifold card, click here for complete directions.
-Heather… Read More ...
Freebie: Solar System Download
Poor Pluto, so much fuss about him recently but he’s still not a planet 🙁 But you can download all the “true” planets and the sun over at the Crafty Chicks, this free download is great for kids projects or … Read More ...
Tips: Layering Papers
Do you hoard papers like I do? I have several stashes of scrapbooking paper that I really don’t want to cut up and use on projects because it’s just too pretty to use! Or sometimes I have pattern papers that … Read More ...
Project: Mermaid Card
I love mermaids and anything to do with the ocean! This stunning card from Lyn’s Paper Petunia uses a stencil and Gelatos for the background with a beautiful mermaid stamp from Stampendous. She’s sharing her card making details on her … Read More ...
Projects: 9 Metal Stamping Projects and Inspiration
Stamping on metal is a quite a bit different than stamping on paper but it opens up your crafting to lots of new ideas, techniques and mediums and you can also mix the two ideas. Stampington and Company has gathered … Read More ...