Purple Onion stamps has just released the most adorable new line of images from designer Stacey Yacula called The Sweetest Day. With cute bunnies, a funky frog, a tweet bird and the cutest snail you’ve ever seen, these are truely … Read More ...
Blog Hop: Digistamps4Joy
Digistamps4Joy is under new ownership and they’re celebrating with a hop.
Here’s what Margy has to say: “The South African Digistamps4Joy company is under new management! We have a new blog, website, shop, and CDAC group! Come and see all … Read More ...
Inspiration and Tutorial: Book Card for Mother’s Day
Lisa from Wishcraft shares the stunning book card she’s made for Mother’s Day. For the base she followed a tutorial from I Wanna Build a Memory, which can be found here.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Floss Flower
The Pixie Cottage has directions for using Scrappers Floss (which is made from paper , holds it’s shape and is a great substitute for embroidery floss ) to make a pretty flowers for card embellishments.
-heather
… Read More ...Technique: Enlarge a Stamped Image
Kathy from the Daily Marker wanted a large version of the mushroom stamp she has so her little gnome would have a big house to live in, so clever girl that she is, she used her projector to enlarge the … Read More ...
Tips: Using the New Distress Markers
I’ve seen a lot of buzz on-line lately about the new Distress Markers from Tim Holtz and Ranger. I love the idea that they work with water just like Distress Inks do and that they color match the ink … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Tag with Confetti
Kelley Marie from Lawn Fawn stamps shares a fun project video making a couple of stamped tags with confetti made from punches added. I love her easy faux stitching idea on the pennant tag too!
-Heather
You can find … Read More ...
New Release and Projects: Heartfelt Creations Stamps
Each time Heartfelt Creations releases new stamp designs their design team comes up with tons of wonderful projects. Their latest release “Western Elements” is available now and on the blog you’ll find over 2 dozen terrific stamped cards, scrapbook pages … Read More ...
Technique: Stain and Bleach Background
Hetty over on the Craft Chaos blog has directions for a cool coloring technique using Distress Stains and bleach. This idea would be perfect for large detailed stamps you might not want to spend all day coloring in 🙂
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Freebie: Bird Digital Stamp
Pink Gem has a cute bird freebie on their blog, you can download an outline or already colored, click here. And you can find their adorable Etsy shop here.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love … Read More ...
Tip: Inking Bold Solid Stamps
Solid stamps can sometimes be a challenge, how do you get multiple colors onto one stamp? Catherine Pooler has some great tips for using ink pads and also markers to get a perfect crisp image and several different colors onto … Read More ...
Technique: Generational Stamping
Generational stamping is a simple technique that allows you to get lighter, softer colors just by stamping again and again without re-inking your stamp. It’s an easy (and cheap :)) way to get more colors from your inks! Find a … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Bobby Pin
Valerie Wilson shares how she added a stamped image onto a large faux flower and attached it to a bobby pin for a fun and funky hair accessory.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Round Shaped Card
Why not step outside the box from boring square cards and make shaped cards?! Shari Carroll with Hero Arts has a wonderful video showing how to combine shapes cut on a Silhouette die cutting machine (one of my personal favorite … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make Your Own Pretty Stick Pin Embellishments
The stick pin accents on this card are so pretty and delicate looking, I love them! Candice over at the There She Goes blog shows how quick and easy it is to make your own trendy stick pin embellishments for … Read More ...