Share your love with a special handmade book. Heather Nichols created this sweet Valentine’s Day mini book using envelopes. Inside each pocket she added a heart shaped photo. She’ll take you through the steps of how to put one together … Read More ...
Valentine Match Box
This lovely little mixed media match box project pulls open to reveal a sentiment inside. It could be used as an ornament or tuck a tiny present inside for a gift box.
Find the directions for making one over on … Read More ...
Tip: Crafty New Years Resolutions
The Papertrey ink team has gathered together some wonderful New Years resolutions for us crafty types. With ideas like create your own journal/planner and send out one hand made card a week there’s many ideas to get your creative juices … Read More ...
Technique: Heart Shaped Stamping
Not too long ago I shared a post from May Park about how she used a Christmas tree shape and filled them in with small stamps and different colored inks to created a lovely holiday card. She’s back with more … Read More ...
Tutorials: Four Cards Using One Stamp Set
Designer Jill Foster used one Penny Black clear stamp set and make four totally different and totally adorable cards with one stamp set. She’s posted her cards as well as video tutorials for each card on their blog. To get … Read More ...
Tip: Reuse Gift Wrap for Cards
Don’t throw away all those pretty scraps of wrapping paper, bags, ribbon or gift tags from the holidays. Many can be reused on your next greeting card. Nina-Marie has some wonderful ideas to upcycle your wrapping leftovers for some fabulous … Read More ...
Project Thank You Card
Say “Thanks” for the awesome holiday gift you got with a wonderful thank you card using brand new Letter It products from Ranger Ink. Kelli Cool shares directions for this pretty two tone Thank you card over on their blog, … Read More ...
Project: Thank You Tags
Now’s the time to thank everyone for all those wonderful holiday gifts. Make a bunch of these lovely Thank You tags to pass out and say “Thanks!”. Amanda with Waffle Flower will show you how to make these cheerful tags … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring Embossed Images with Alcohol Inks
Wow, how bright and vibrant the colors are on this stunning card from Jess! She’ll show you how to use alcohol inks to color heat embossed images to get this look. Visit her blog All The Sparkle for a video … Read More ...
Project: Winter Wonderland Shaker Card
The Imagine Crafts blog has a tutorial for a stunning winter wonderland shaker bubble card using several of their innovative products like puffy Amplify and shimmery Brilliance ink. Click here for the complete tutorial.
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Project: Funny Holiday Card with a Mirror Image Technique
Justine Hovey made this funny and snarky holiday card with a mirror image stamping technique. If you’ve got a stamp you’d like to face the other direction or have two images facing each other(or away from each other) then mirror … Read More ...
Project: 3D Star Card
Wow, how amazing is this 3D star shaped card? It even folds flat for mailing! You’ll find complete measurements, cutting, scoring and folding directions over on the Stempeleinmaleins blog.
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Project: Snowman Card with 3D Garland
Vicky will show you how to stamp and color this happy snowman and how to add embossing to wooden letter for a fun little 3D word garland for him to hold. Visit her blog Clips N Cuts for a video … Read More ...
Project: Bottle Gift Tag
Giving a bottle of something special this holiday season? Dress it up with a fun bottle tag. Using stamps and dies from Your Next Stamp Ashley Abelson designed this fun hanger to go over the neck of a bottle, click … Read More ...
Technique: Shaped Background Stamping Christmas Card
This adorable image isn’t one stamp, it’s many put together in a shape. By drawing a triangle and filling it in with different stamped images and different colored inks May Park created this wonderful tree shape for her card. She … Read More ...