A gift card to their favorite craft store is a great gift for a crafty friend and he’s a fun way to gift it, in a cute tag with a pocket in the back. You can find photos, direction and … Read More ...
Technique: Glitter Covered Card
Why add just a touch of glitter to your cards when you can take it to the max and cover the entire card with glitter? The Paper Truffles blog has a video tutorial showing how to stamp your card and … Read More ...
Freebie: Happy May the 4th!
It’s Star Wars Day! May the 4th Be With You! And to celebrate here are some fun FREE coloring pages to download. They would also make fun card fronts or scrapbook journaling cards too.
-Heather
Coloring in sheets are a … Read More ...
And the Winner is………..
Karey! Congrats, you’ve won this months Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin Card Kit giveaway, please respond to the e-mail I’ve sent you.
And if you didn’t win, please check back in a few weeks for the next monthly Paper Pumpkin kit … Read More ...
Freebie: Gnome Digital Stamp
I love garden gnomes, I have several around my yard. The Dearie Dolls blog has this sweet girl holding a gnome digital stamp to download for free, you can get a color version or black and white to color yourself, … Read More ...
Project: Journal Card
Small single sided cards are perfect for journaling, scrapbooking, to use as artist trading cards or project life books. Tammy Tutterow has directions for making this pretty card using embossing, ink pads, stamping , embellishments and more. Visit her blog … Read More ...
Stamping Technique: Shimmery Butterfly
Ellen Taylor created this stunning butterfly by adding fantasy film behind a die cut butterfly shape. This add such a lovely shimmery touch! Visit her blog The Serendipitous Stamper for all the details.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep … Read More ...
Project: Fish Bowl Shaker Card
The My Favorite Things blog has a video tutorial showing how to make this cute fish bowl shaped shaker card made with die cut shapes and filled with tiny beads and sequins. Click here to watch.
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Inspiration and Freebie: African Scene
Holy cow! How amazing is this African campsite scene? Laura Carson made this fantastic diorama using images from collage sheets along with small paper mache’ boxes and tins for the trunks. She’s got lots of photos on her blog along … Read More ...
Giveaway Reminder: Card Kit
Hurry, you still have a couple of days to enter to win a Paper Pumpkin card making kit from Stampin’ Up! Click here to visit the original post and enter there to win.
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Project: Mother’s Day Card
Show Mom how much she means to you this year with a hand made card. Using a combination of stencils and rubber stamps Michael Trent made this bright and cheerful Mother’s Day card. You can visit his blog World of … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pinwheel Fold Card
Add a fun twist to your cards with this pinwheel fold. Dawn Olchefske has step by step directions and a video tutorial showing how to cut, score and fold this cool card design. Visit Splitcoast Stampers for all the details.… Read More ...
Product Review: NUGreen Energy Efficient LED Desk Lamp
Like most crafters I need good lighting when I’m stamping and crafting. I have a simple goose neck desk lamp from the office supply store but with a regular bulb it wasn’t giving me very good lighting so I went … Read More ...
Project: Paper Purse Card Holder
A set of hand made greeting cards makes a terrific gift and of course you need something cute to put them in, right? How about this adorable paper purse? Linda Bauwin will show you how to make one using just … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Background
Add some interest with die cuts. Melissa Phillips shows how to make a beautiful background design for tags and greeting cards using various die cut borders cut from different pattern papers. Visit her blog LilyBean Paperie for more info.… Read More ...