Kristina Werner has a cool coloring technique on her blog that she’s calling a Dry Palette Marker Watercolor Technique. By scribbling your water based markers onto watercolor paper you can make palette that you can then use to pick up … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cutting Custom Stamps from Foam
Do you have a die that you wish you also had as a stamp? Well, here’s nifty way to do just that, by die cutting your shapes from thin sheets of fun foam you can create your own custom stamps … Read More ...
Technique: Colored Stencil Embossing
By mixing embossing paste and Distress Ink pads and applying over stencils Laura Bassen created some lovely card backgrounds. Visit her blog Double Stick Heaven for more about this fun and colorful technique.
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Project: Diamond Shaker Card
This brilliant window shaker card is sure to dazzle anyone on your Valentine list! Hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp blog for more about this card including a link to a tutorial video over on Youtube.
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Project: Mixed Media Tag
Tammy Tutterow has directions for making this wonderful tag using rubber stamps, die cuts and ink stains on fabric and paper and how to add texture to vellum with embossing. I love the little envelope on the tag, perfect for … Read More ...
Project: Winter Themed Birthday Card
Don’t put those Christmas stamp away just yet! Get more from your holiday stamp by using them to make winter themed cards like birthday and thank you cards. This lovely cardinal card uses a holiday stamp set for a winter … Read More ...
Project: Thank You Snowman Card
Don’t forget to send thank you card for all the great holiday gifts you received. Use your holiday or winter themed stamps for Thank You cards, they’re perfect this time of year and a great way to get more use … Read More ...
Project: Sewn Paper Hearts
There are lots of die cuts that have dashes and holes around the edges, they give a nice faux stitched look to your paper projects or you can actually pick up a needle and thread and sew them together. Just … Read More ...
Project: Hippo Birdie Card
Kendra from Kendra’s Card Company has a step by step coloring tutorial for making this cute Hippo Birdie thank you card, perfect for saying thanks for the birthday gift. She uses Copic Markers and has even got a great tip … Read More ...
Project: Vellum Gift Bag and Tag
Still wrapping holiday gifts? Need a gift bag idea? Then pop on over to Nicole Magourik’s blog and find out how to die cut and assemble an adorable goodie bag from a single piece of vellum paper, add a stamped … Read More ...
Project: Cat and Dog Shaker Gift Tags
The Just a Pigment of My Imagination blog will show you how to die cut and assemble these adorable shaker gift tags, add some cute pet stamps to finish them off. Click here for directions.
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Project: Shaker Gift Card Holder
This amazing gift card holder is made with all the current trendy supplies, it’s got sequins, acetate, vellum and twine and it’s also a shaker! Find directions for making this fun card over on the Hero Arts blog.
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Project: Stamped Christmas Cookie Ornaments
These fun stamped holiday cookies aren’t for eating they’re for hanging on the tree! The Imagine Crafts blog has a dough recipe and directions for stamping and adding color to these festive cookie Christmas ornaments, click here for all the … Read More ...
Project: Sequin Wreath Card
Sequins are still all the rage in paper crafting, there’s so much you can do with them! Here’s a clever idea using sequins from Kristina Werner, she arranged her sequins into a wreath shape and added a stamped sentiment on … Read More ...
Project: Christmas Cookies Card
Christy Gets Crafty has a video tutorial showing how she stamped, colored, die cut and assembled this adorable holiday card. I think that cute puppy might get to those cookies before Santa arrives! Click here for Christy’s video tutorial.
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