Tyra from Craft Swag picked up a large acrylic sheet at the hardware store for less then $2 dollars and found some great ways to use it in her paper crafting. These sheets are perfect for mounting large clear or … Read More ...
Tutorial: Copic Marker Hair Coloring
Today we’re going to learn how to color our hair with Copic markers, ok, not really *our* own hair but the hair on our stamped images 🙂 The My Favorite Things blog has a wonderful tutorial showing how to get … Read More ...
Technique: Masking Stamps for Movement
Chrissie with Harvest Moon Papiere shares how to use a masking technique to show movement with your stamped images. This leaping bunny is so cute!
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Project: Paper Easter Bonnet
How is some people can look at poster board and crepe paper and come up with something as amazing as this Easter Bonnet? That’s way too much talent for me 🙂 Shelly Hickox shares on her blog how a trip … Read More ...
Tip: How to Align Dies and Stamps
Lots of stamp companies are now introducing dies that match their stamps, it makes it so much easier to get a clean cut around your stamps without having to “fussy cut” with scissors. But it can be a little tricky … Read More ...
Techniques: Dry Embossing Ideas
Irat Shalom shares two really cool dry embossing techniques using paints and inks. I particularly love the embossed foil sheets, it’s a great look for masculine and steampunk projects!
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Technique: Wedding Card with Airbrushing
Tobi Crawford will show you how to get a pretty and soft colored edge on your cards using an air brush system, click here to visit the Stampendous blog for more info.
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Project: Travel Card with Ribbon Accent
Karen at Dreaming and Creating shares how she made this lovely travel themed card with instructions for making a pretty gathered ribbon embellishment.
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Technique: Water Coloring with Alcohol Markers
Here’s a wonderful way to get even more out of your alcohol markers, try water coloring with them. By rubbing the markers on a non porous surface, like glass or plastic you can use a water brush or wet … Read More ...
Project: Paper Nest
Claudine Hellmuth has a terrific idea for using up shredded scraps of papers, she turned them into wonderful little paper birds nests! I can picture using all kinds of colorful pattern paper shreds to make some really fun nests for … Read More ...
Tutorial: Zip Open Envelope
This is a neat idea I’ve not seen before, the Whiff of Joy stamps blog has directions for making your own zip open envelope. Very cool!
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Tutorial: Alphabet Banners for Cards
Combine your alphabet stamps and tiny scraps of paper to make fun tiles and banners for your cards and scrapbook pages. Hero Arts has a video showing you how.
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Quick Project: Folded Paper Post It Note Holder
The Lawnscaping Challenge blog has direction for making a fun folded post it note holder. Click here for this quick and simple, but totally cute, project.
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Tips: Using Background Stamps
Jenn with Penny Black stamps shares a video tutorial showing how to use large background stamps. She’ll show you what inks work well and how to get a good impression. Then she turned her backgrounds into lovely ATC’s (artist trading … Read More ...
Project and Tip: Neon Card
Add a bright pop of neon color to your cards! Britta Swiderski has a great video tutorial for mixing Hero Arts neon ink pad colors. This card only used two colors, pink and blue but by layering them she got … Read More ...