I love mermaids and so must Sandy Allnock, she recently devoted an entire week on her blog to nothing but mermaid cards. This card with mermaids inside a glass dome was one of my favorites. Visit her blog and watch … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Tile Coasters
Dress up a room and protect your table at the same time with some elegant stamped tumbled tile drink coaster. Use stamp designs and colors that match your personal decor. Stamp TV has a video tutorial, click here to watch.… Read More ...
Freebie and Tutorial: DIY Shopkins Stamp with Silhouette
If you have young kids you are no doubt familiar with the hugely popular line of tiny toys called Shopkins. Their images are on everything from backpacks to clothes but I don’t think they have rubber stamps? Well, here’s great … Read More ...
Project: Layered Stamping Flamingo Card
There are lots of cool layering stamps on the market. These are stamp sets that contain pieces of an image that you stamp in layers in different colors for a very realistic look. Sandy Allnock shares a video tutorial on … Read More ...
Project: Sparkle and Shine Glitter Card
Tell someone how much they sparkle and shine with this fun glitter card. Use adhesive sheets, die cuts and glitter for a super duper sparkly card. The Ellen Hudson Classroom blog has all the details.
-Heather
… Read More ...Card Making Technique: Water Color Lifting
Wendy Cranford has a cool stamping technique called water color lifting over on Splitcoast Stampers. She colored water color paper with markers, stamped over top and heat embossed the images, then removed some of the marker color with water for … Read More ...
Tip: Stamped Scarf using Rubber Bands
I love stamping ideas using items we all have laying around the house! Like this fabulous scarf from Anna Spathari, she used rubber bands to make her own rubber stamp to make a couple of lovely scarves. Click here to … Read More ...
Congrats to………..
Linda Cee (who said: “Oh, what beautiful things I could create with this machine. Thanks for the chance to be lucky, for once!!”), and she *is* the lucky winner of the Spellbinder Platinum Die Cutting Machine!
Linda Cee please respond … Read More ...
Project: Elephant Art Journal Page
Visit the Clips and Cuts blog and Vicky Papaioannou will show you how she created this wonderful art journal page using large foam stamps and mixed media paint techniques. Click here to watch.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Fruit Slice Cards
Cool off from the heat with these fun fruit sliced cards. The Stampington and Co blog has directions for carving your own fruit slice rubber stamps and using ink sprays to stamp with them for some quick and easy summer … Read More ...
Technique: Bright Colorful Card Background with Distress Inks
Designer Kelley Latevola will teach you how to use a couple of masking techniques (one using masking fluid) to cover your stamped images to then add a bright colorful and vibrant card background using Distress Ink pad refills. Click here … Read More ...
Technique: Cards with Gesso Stenciled & Water Colored Backgrounds
The Lilybean Paperie blog has some lovely cards whose backgrounds were made by applying gesso to a stencil, letting it dry and then water coloring over top. Add some stamped designs and you’ve got a beautiful card. Find more info … Read More ...
Tutorial: Water Coloring Stamps with Shimmerz Paints
Jill Foster has a lovely card on the Penny Black blog that she water colored with Shimmerz Creamez Paints. She’ll show you how to use these paints to add color and a touch of shimmer to your stamped images. Click … Read More ...
Review: Stampin’ Up Thoughtful Branches August Stamp and Die Special Release
For the month of August Stampin’ Up has an exclusive stamp set with coordinating dies called Thoughtful Branches and it’s available only from August 2nd through the 31st.
I’m really excited to bring you a look at this special … Read More ...
Review and Giveaway: Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
Today I’m super excited to bring you a look at the new Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine. This machine works with emboss folders and any style of die but it’s specialty is powerful pressure. Using Contour Steel … Read More ...