News, techniques and inspirations
The Cardmaking Artists blog has a cute spotted owl digi stamp to download for free.
Be sure to check their blog often as they frequently offer other free digital stamp designs for limited times.
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The All Things Paper blog is sharing directions for making an adorable baby card with a sweet little qullied duck. If you’ve never tried paper quilling before this is a great easy design to start with.
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Here’s a great graduation card from the folks over at Spellbinders, visit there blog to see how to make the cool faux wood grain background..
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Stamp and heat your stamps with clear embossing powder then apply ink over top for a neat resist stamping technique, find out more over on the PaperLilies and Ink blog.
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I’m thrilled to bring you a look at some fun and exciting new products coming out soon from Imagine Craft and Tsukineko!
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Pop a wheelie! Download this fun boy and his dog riding a bike digi stamp for free over at the Dearie Dolls blog, you can grab a color or black and white version.
-Heather
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Here’s a really great way to get more use from your clear stamps, trying inking the backside of the stamp for a solid image. Jennifer McGuire used the back of a long word stamp to make candle and then flipped … Read More ...
Here’s a cool technique for getting a soft blended look coloring your stamped images, use crayons and skidd oil, the All These Things I Love blog has all the details.
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Learn to color a birdhouse stamp to achieve a weathered wood look using Copic markers in a video tutorial over on the Gina K blog.
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Adding stitching and embroidery to your greeting cards adds such a wonderful touch! The Paper Crafter’s Library has a nice collection of stitched card ideas and products you can use to add some sewing on to your cards.
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The Inkspired Treasure blog has direction for making this sweet kitty card, I love the punched notched in the cardstock for wrapping the ribbon!
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The C C Designs Stamp blog has a free template and directions using a scoring board for making a cute cupcake box, yummy!
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Visit Tracy Evans’ blog and she will show you how to use inks, stamps and stencils for a lovely house shaped stand up tag.
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You can make a lovely flower embellishment for your cards or any paper crafting project by die cutting layers of tulle. Find a video tutorial over on the Papercrafts Connection blog. What a pretty feminine embellishment that makes!
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The Creativity is Contagious blog has directions for making this beautiful stamped mixed media canvas. I love the use of dolls hair, it add such a realistic touch!
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