Add some extra pop to your holiday cards this year with a fun preset pop up card. Julie Davison has directions for folding, scoring and cutting the inside of a card to make a fun stack of present that pop … Read More ...
Technique: Make Your Own Custom Ink Pad from Baby Wipes
If you have a solid stamp and you want to add multiple colors to it here’s a fantastic technique from Song of My Heart Stampers. Add drops of different colored inks from Re-Inkers (normally used to refill your dried ink … Read More ...
Project: Reindeer Holiday Gift Tags
Vary your gifts tags this holiday season by die cutting or punching a bunch of different tag shapes and adding embellishments like sequins and ribbon and strips of pattern paper. Stamp out all your focal images at once (like these … Read More ...
Project: Spirograph Cards
Oh my gosh, does anyone else remember Spirograph?! I loved it when I was a kid! The Instructables blog has some great ideas for making some greeting cards with a retro feel using a vintage Spirograph set. I love the … Read More ...
8 more Stamped Christmas Gift Tags
The Christmas season is a time of giving, and what better way to show someone that you care than by creating a handmade gift or card. Handmade items are unique and special, and they demonstrate that you have put a … Read More ...
Technique: Holiday Card with White Washed Wood Look
The Gina K blog has a video showing how to make this elegant holiday card including die cutting and a technique using inks for a faux white washed wood look. Click here to watch.
-Heather
… Read More ...Techniques: Masking, Stenciling and Splattering Card
Crafty Ellen H has a video tutorial on her blog showing how to using a couple of masking techniques to stamp and also to make a stencil for a colorful splatter background on her sweet sleepy kitty card. Click here … Read More ...
Project and Tip: Coloring Book Page Canvas
Coloring books are the hottest thing right now but don’t spend all that time coloring your pages only to leave them closed up in a book where you can’t enjoy seeing them. You can cut out elements or use the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stamped and Embossed Gift Wrap
There’s no need to buy wrapping paper if you’ve got rubber stamps! Purchase some inexpensive brown butcher paper and stamp away. You can also add some dimension by heat embossing the images. This paper used Distress Ink for even more … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Wood Ornaments
The rustic woodland look is very popular this year and you can bring that to your own Christmas tree this year with these stamped wood ornaments. Jennifer McGuire has a tutorial on her blog showing you how to stamp … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make Your Own Custom Stencils
You can create your own stencils with stencil material (or thin plastic acetate sheets) and die cuts and punches just like Alma did for this lovely star card. She’s sharing a tutorial over on the Cat’s Pajamas Stamps blog making … Read More ...
Technique: Letterpress Note Cards with Dies
Letterpressing is a very old technique and it reminds me a bit of reversed embossing. Usually, you need special machines to do traditional letter press but you can achieve a very similar look by embossing die cut letters and images … Read More ...
Technique: Foiling Digital Stamps
Foiling is super trendy and hot right now! There are machines, glues and tools for foiling as well as pre-foiled papers and embellishments. So there are many different way to achieve a foiled look. You can even foil your digital … Read More ...
Project: Winter Cottage Card with Snowy Background Tutorial
Purple Onion stamps has just release some fabulous new stamps designed by Stacey Yacula and they have lots of card ideas on their blog along with a video tutorial for this sweet woodsy little cottage in the falling snow. Julia … Read More ...
Product Review: A Muse Studio November Collection
Each month A Muse Studio offers a special selection of products, the monthly collections are small, curated collections that typically include 3-4 stamp sets, some dies, custom paper packs and other accessories. For the month of November it’s all about… Read More ...