Click here to visit the Flourishes blog for a wonderful article on using your stamps and patterned papers for paper pieced cards, really lovely stuff!
-Heather
Technique: Embossing with Unusual Items
Textured embossing plates are so much fun to use, they add a great dimension to your paper crafts but have you ever thought of using something else, something different? Well, Papertrey has and they’ve made a fun video about embossing … Read More ...
Project: Canvas Book
Visit the Stampington and Co. website for instructions from Shona Cole on how she made this totally stunning mixed media canvas book using canvas sheets, ribbons and stamps.
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Technique: Glitter Puzzle Stamped Card
Beate Johns has a wonderful video tutorial on her blog Fresh and Fun, she’ll share with you how she made this gorgeous glitter puzzle butterfly card.
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Inspiration and Freebie: The Sweet Shop Card Sketches
Stop by The Sweet Shop every week for a new free card sketch and loads of wonderful samples, you can even play along by submitting your own ideas using their sketches as inspiration. Click here to get your sweet tooth … Read More ...
Tips: Building a Better Card
Join Michelle Wooderson on her blog Mish Mash for some wonderful basic tips on building a better card. Perfect for anyone new to stamping and card making or if you’re feeling a little rusty or need a creative jump start!… Read More ...
Inspiration: Embellished Easter Eggs
Visit the Paper Crafts Connections blog and let Susan Opel inspire you to decorate Easter Eggs with scrapbooking and paper craft supplies that I bet you already have laying around in your craft room. Wonderful last minute projects for the … Read More ...
Free Card Sketch and Contest from Creative Imaginations
Here’s a free sketch and a challenge from Creative Imaginations. You can create a card using at least 80% Creative Imaginations products and upload it to their card sketch gallery by the end of the month and each month one … Read More ...
Projects and Technique Video: Close to My Heart
In Close To My Hearts most current technique and project video you can learn how to use chalks, Versmark ink and stamps for a chalk popping technique, make cards and scrapbook layouts using *only* cardstock and a find out some … Read More ...
Inspiration: Felt Shapes from Stamps
I came across this totally wonderful card on the Hero Arts stamping blog, it was submitted (and won:)) to one of their monthly contests. It was made by mi kasa (Donna) on Flickr and she used a Hero Arts … Read More ...
New Book by Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz has a brand new book “A Compendium of Curiosities” and it’s filled with all his cool techniques, projects, tips and ideas that capture his unique style of stamping and art work but Tim says this about his new … Read More ...
Projects and Technique: Chip Art with Metal Stamps
Not all stamps are made of rubber or polymer some are made from metal and they can be hammered into different mediums such as thin metal or chipboard. Visit the Stampington and Co. website for some really awesome chip art … Read More ...
Inspiration: Stamped Mannequin Cards
Catherine Moore makes some of my favorite stamps, lots of cool collage images, birds, bees, dresses, doll and mannequin parts, etc. Visit the Stampington website for some really gorgeous cards made by Barbara Smith using some of Catherine’s stamps.
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New Release: Elizabeth Bell Stamps
If you like sweet, darling stamp images than you’ll probably love Elizabeth Bell stamps, they are simply lovely! Click here to see the latest designs and then click here at Suzanne Dean’s blog Scrap Bitz for a blog hop featuring … Read More ...
Technique: Stamped Cookies
Yes, you read that right, stamping on cookies! Visit Trish Saliuch’s blog Stamping Til the Cows Come Home for instructions on how to use food markers and food coloring to stamp on cookies. How Yummy!!
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