If your looking for a new background technique for your card making give this salt technique a try. Spray a colored Ink Spritz onto cardstock, sprinkle on salt, which will absorb the ink color and make a cool pattern, let … Read More ...
Freebie: Vintage Girl Digital Stamp
The Crafty Secrets blog is sharing this sweet vintage girl and bird digital stamp for free on their blog as well as a pretty green leaf printable paper to download. You can click here to download them. Doesn’t this image … Read More ...
Project and Freebie: Vintage Style Box with Matching Card
Here’s a lovely matching gift set of a card and box for a special lady that like a vintage style. The Waltzing Mouse blog shares how to use a die cut strip to make the rosettes on the card and … Read More ...
Technique: Using Copic Markers on Kraft Paper
Kraft paper is a nice alternative for card making, stamping and coloring then white or cream cardstock and can give you a totally different look, I think it has a more vintage feel. The Copic Marker Europe blog has tips … Read More ...
Project: Embossed Easter Card
Heather from Parker and Molly is sharing a video tutorial making this sweet Easter card. She heat embossed her stamped image and colored it in using a water color technique using Distress Ink , click here to learn all about … Read More ...
Project: Sticky Note Holder and Pen
How cute is this sticky note box and pen? Cathy from My Creative Space has a tutorial showing how to cut, score and fold up the box with an easel on the back so you can add a fun stamped … Read More ...
Project: Easter Treat Holder
These adorable Bunny treats were made by sandwiching a piece of candy between two die cut rabbits, the front rabbits face and words have been stamped. These would be great to hide around the house for the kids for Easter … Read More ...
Project: Easter Shadow Box Card
The Cut at Home blog has a video tutorial showing how to use lovely pattern papers, stamping inks and stamps to make a pretty Easter shadow box card. It includes directions for Silhouette owners but also has a link to … Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Easter Card
Here’s a sweet Easter card made with die cuts from Poppy Stamps. Liquid Pearls was used to add pattern and dimension to the eggs. Like Ilona Zbieg did with this card one of my favorite things to do when using … Read More ...
Technique: Stencil Masking
Good day sunshine! Stencil are so popular, they are inexpensive and work great with all your other paper crafting items. And they are so many different techniques you can do with stencils. Jennifer McGuire will teach you a masking technique … Read More ...
Card Technique: Stained Glass Look
Sandy Allnock achieved this beautiful stained glass look by repeatly stamping and heat embossing a butterfly stamp, coloring it with markers and spritzing it with water and then covering the entire panel with a layer of clear embossing. This is … Read More ...
Project: Tool Organizer
This project combines two of my favorite things, recycling and storage ideas. Can you believe this amazing tool organizer is made from 12 empty toilet paper tubes?! Anne’s Paper Creations is sharing a video tutorial on how to paint, cover … Read More ...
Project: Collage Art Bird House
I’m in love with this amazing mixed media bird house project! The Layers of Ink blog has step by step photos to show you how to alter a plain wooden bird house using paints, inks, showing how to add color … Read More ...
Project: Easter Bag
Add some die cut paper shapes and some stamped images to a plain cotton bag and you can make an adorable bag for Easter. This is a fun alternative to an Easter Basket. The Chameleon Markers blog has the details.… Read More ...
Project: Upcycled Gardening Tool
Terry from Terry’s Work in Progress had an old rusty gardening tool sitting around and by covering it with crackle paint and adding stamped images she totally transformed an old bulb planter into a work of art. This is recycling … Read More ...