Happy Halloween! This is my favorite holiday, I love making art and cards and decorating for Halloween!
Drop on over to my own personal blog, P is for Paper and I’ll give you details on how I made this collage … Read More ...
Project: Artsy Kitty Card
Need to make a card for someone in your life who is artistic? This adorable card from Asia King combines stamps and stencils for a fun card with an artsy flare. I adore the cat in the beret stamp from … Read More ...
Technique: Stenciled Woodland Deer Card
The popularity of stencils continues to grow, they combine so nicely with so many other paper crafting products and there are so many techniques to use to achieve different looks. This stunning forest scene card is made with nothing but … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Treat Box
Still need to pack up some treats for those little ghoulies and ghosties? Die cut some pillow boxes from pattern paper and embellish with some cool stamped Halloween images on a accordion folded medallion, fill with candy and you won’t … Read More ...
Project: Day of the Dead Card
Dia De Los Muertos or Day of the Dead is coming up this weekend. Remember and celebrate those loved ones who have passed with a traditional style sugar skull card. The (th)Ink Positive blog has directions to make this brought … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Necklace
Need a last minute accessory for Halloween? Check out this spooky necklace using a stamped image and glitter inside a shadow box pendant and some charms stained with Staz- On ink. I love the touch of the hand painted spider … Read More ...
Project: Framed Rustic Christmas Tree
Sharon Harnist made this lovely rustic tree Christmas design by die cutting intricate words and adding them onto strips of scrap paper and using a corner chomper punch for the edges. The background is stamped and colored, I love the … Read More ...
Technique: Painted and Stamped Christmas Tags
Turn a plain manila tag into a wonderful card embellishment using acrylic paints. The white paint adds the perfect snowy texture. And you can even stamp right over top of the paint once it’s dries. The Sideoats and Scribbles blog … Read More ...
Project: Simple and Quick Christmas Card
If you don’t have a lot of time to make cards this holiday season try to keep it simple. A one layer card helps reduce the amount of paper you need to cut and also doesn’t add a lot of … Read More ...
Project: Elegant Embossed Christmas Card
This elegant Christmas tree card from Yana Smakula is simply stunning! On her blog she shares a video tutorial teaching you how to emboss with gold embossing powder on black paper and add a sentiment using a bright white ink … Read More ...
Tip: Angel Card with Detailed Die Cut
Kittie Caracciolo always makes the most amazing cards using die cuts! And this angel card she made is simply stunning! As she mentions in her blog post is sometimes really difficult to adhere thinly cut detailed dies to your cards, … Read More ...
Project: Winter Bird Card
Here’s a great technique for adding multiple colors to a solid stamp image. Try stamping with one color of Distress Ink and then dipping a water brush onto other ink pads too apply additional colors, since Distress Inks react with … Read More ...
Project: Pumpkin Centerpiece
Can you believe the pumpkin in this amazing Halloween display is made with a ball of string!? The plain white ball of string has been colored with ink sprays and is surrounded by stamped, embossed and die cut images. The … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Pumpkin Home Decor
I’m sure you’ve seen those blank carve-able pumpkins at the craft store. There so much more you can do with those then just carving on a face. Tim Hotz cut one open and filled it with stamped images, die cuts, … Read More ...
Project: Skeleton Halloween Card
This wonderful dancing skeleton card would be great to give for either Halloween or Day of the Dead (Nov. 1st). Blend colorful inks over top of an embossed background, add the happy stamped skeleton and then add some elements, gold … Read More ...