(image by Samantha Kira Harding and Stampington)
Click here to watch a great video by Samantha Kira Harding, she’ll teach you how to alter a cigar box with paints, gesso, ribbon, stamps, embellishments and more.
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Tutorial: Make Your Own Embossing Plate
Click here to watch a great video from Margaret’s Crafts on how to make your own embossing texture plates for your Cuttlebug using punches and chipboard.
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Freebie: Online Stamping Magazine
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Click here to download the latest issue of Stampavie Creations, the FREE online stamping magazine. It’s got lots of lovely stamped cards, projects and techniques.
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Tutorial: Stamp a Doily
(image by Btesy Veldman)
Visit the Paper, Scissors and Superheros blog and learn how to stamp out your own doily shapes using circles and scalloped stamps.
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Project: Real Flower Card
(image by Michele)
Isn’t this a simply lovely card? Visit the I am Derby blog to see how she made them.
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Sketches, Challenges, Giveaways: Mojo Monday
Card Sketches are a great place to start when you’re short on ideas. Mojo Monday offers a new sketch for free each Monday with great ideas using the sketch along with a chance to win great … Read More ...
Project: Ice Cream Party Set
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Click here to learn how to make this fun ice cream party set using stamps and die cuts.
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Project and Techniques: Close to My Heart Stamp and Scrap Video
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Visit Close to My Heart for another informative stamping and scrapbooking video featuring techniques for masking sentiment stamps, making your own paper embellishments with a circle punch, clear card tips and much more. Click … Read More ...
Technique: Embossing Metal with Cuttlebug
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Visit the Blockheads blog to learn how to emboss metal sheets in your Cuttlebug. You can make some really stunning card embellishments and frames, very cool! Click here for the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Black and White with Copic Markers
(image by Rachel Schneider)
Visit The Paper Crafting Place blog to learn a fun technique using copic markers for a vintage black and white look for your stamped images.
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Technique: Painting with Bleach
Join Tresa Black aka the Stamping Goddess for another great video, this time she shows you how you can paint with bleach on your stamped cards, very cool!! Click here to watch and learn.
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Technique: Creating a Digital Background Paper
Don’t have the perfect paper for your stamped card? Don’t worry, visit Hero Arts and let Lucy Abrams show you how to make your own digital background papers. She printed both the blue and green polka dot papers for her … Read More ...
Technique: Painting with Embossing Powders
Visit the Stampendous blog for instructions on how to achieve these gorgeous results on your stamped card by “painting with powder” using embossing powders.
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Project: Stamped Envelope Book
Making your own small books can be so much fun! Join Lisa Spangler on the Hero Arts blog to learn how to make this lovely stamped envelope book. Perfect for keeping track of notes, receipts, small photos, etc. Click here… Read More ...
Technique: Burnt Paper with Markers
Check out this wonderful technique on the Sweet Designs by Cherly blog. Giving the look of burnt paper but instead of lighting a match it’s done with Copic markers, how cool, or should I say how “hot” is that?! Click … Read More ...