I love the combination of stamping and die cutting on this card, it give it so much dimension! Find a how to video from Shari Carroll over at the Hero Arts website.
-Heather
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Project: Stamped and Die Cut Card
One of my favorite things to do on my cards lately is combine stamping with die cutting, it opens up worlds of possibilities of mixing and matching. Shari Carroll shares a beautiful card on the Hero Arts website combining … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Around Stamps
Alice over at the Whiff of Joy blog shares a wonderful techique for diecutting around a stamped image, how cool is that?! Click here to learn this fun tip.
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Review: Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary Edition
We are giving away a brand new machine to one lucky CraftGossip reader. Read on here for the review and make sure to enter the giveaway here. *Please note this contest is now CLOSED*
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Technique: Stamping with Hero Arts Digi Dies
Did you know Hero Arts offers digital die cuts that co-ordinate with their stamps? You can use your die cutting machine, like a Silhouette and die cut your images and then stamp inside for perfect cut outs each time, how … Read More ...
Tip: Lining Up Stamps and Dies
Several companies offer stamps with matching dies, these save loads of time, no cutting out and perfect edges every time. But some of the smaller stamps can be hard to line up with the dies. Catered Crop shares a helpful … Read More ...
New Release: Hero Arts Digital Die Cuts and Printables
Hero Arts has just released a new line of digital die cuts available in the following formats: AI, JPG, PNG, DXF, SVG, GSD and Studio. These die cuts work with digital die cutting machines and co-ordinate with many of Hero … Read More ...
Review: L Letterpress from Lifestyle Crafts
I recently got the opportunity to try out a super cool kit from Lifestyle Crafts called the L Letterpress. Letter pressing is the act of inking and debossing paper at the same time, it gives a wonderful clean crisp … Read More ...
New Release: Cricut Magazine
Die cuts can be the perfect accents, embellishments or even focal points for your stamp cards and projects, they work so well together. Scrapbook Trends is announcing a brand new magazine devoted to Cricut die cutting and they are offering … Read More ...
Product Review: The Stampmaker
Ever since the latest CHA the stamping bulletin boards and blogs have been buzzing about a new machine called the Stampmaker so of course I was excited to be given a chance to try it out for myself!
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Blog: Nichol Magouirk
After I got my wonderful new Silhouette die cutting machine I searched around for websites and blogs that featured ideas using the Silhouette and I came across Nichol Magouirk’s wonderful blog. It’s my new favorite! I’ve been visiting alot lately … Read More ...
Inspiration: Silhouette Die Cut Projects
(image by Heather Holbrook)
I recently shared my review of the Silhouette digital cutting tool, if you haven’t read it please go check it out here. In that post I shared my first Silhouette project, an Alice in … Read More ...
Product Review And Giveaway (competition closed) – Silhouette Digital Cutting Tool
UPDATED: We are giving you the chance to win your very own Silhouette Machine. Go to the bottom of this post to see how you can win
I’ve been wanting a digital die cutting machine for awhile now so … Read More ...
New Release: Die-namics from MFT
My Favorite Things (MFT) has announced a brand new product , die cuts! The new Die-namics are an American made line of quality steel dies that will work in most major brads of table top die cutting machines, they’ll cut … Read More ...
Sneak Peek: New Products from Papertrey Ink
Papertrey ink has always brought you some of the best clear stamps around and more recently starting branching out into coordinating products like ink pads, buttons and ribbon in their exclusive color palate and now they are branching out even … Read More ...