Kraft paper is a nice alternative for card making, stamping and coloring then white or cream cardstock and can give you a totally different look, I think it has a more vintage feel. The Copic Marker Europe blog has tips … Read More ...
Project: Embossed Easter Card
Heather from Parker and Molly is sharing a video tutorial making this sweet Easter card. She heat embossed her stamped image and colored it in using a water color technique using Distress Ink , click here to learn all about … Read More ...
Project: Die Cut Easter Card
Here’s a sweet Easter card made with die cuts from Poppy Stamps. Liquid Pearls was used to add pattern and dimension to the eggs. Like Ilona Zbieg did with this card one of my favorite things to do when using … Read More ...
Technique: Stencil Masking
Good day sunshine! Stencil are so popular, they are inexpensive and work great with all your other paper crafting items. And they are so many different techniques you can do with stencils. Jennifer McGuire will teach you a masking technique … Read More ...
Card Technique: Stained Glass Look
Sandy Allnock achieved this beautiful stained glass look by repeatly stamping and heat embossing a butterfly stamp, coloring it with markers and spritzing it with water and then covering the entire panel with a layer of clear embossing. This is … Read More ...
Project: Collage Art Bird House
I’m in love with this amazing mixed media bird house project! The Layers of Ink blog has step by step photos to show you how to alter a plain wooden bird house using paints, inks, showing how to add color … Read More ...
Project: Upcycled Gardening Tool
Terry from Terry’s Work in Progress had an old rusty gardening tool sitting around and by covering it with crackle paint and adding stamped images she totally transformed an old bulb planter into a work of art. This is recycling … Read More ...
New Product: Magic Stamp
Do you have something with texture that you think would make a great stamp? Well there’s a cool tool just for that! It’s called the Magic Stamp and it’s a large foam block that you heat up and soften with … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Banner
Do you need a banner for your blog? Don’t purchase one, make your own. The Crafty Individuals blog shares step by step photo directions from Coco for a large mixed media scene banner. She used a combination of stencils, paste, … Read More ...
Project: Bunny Rabbit Card
This super sweet bunny rabbit card would be perfect for an Easter card or any Spring occasion. Heather Campbell has a video tutorial making this card using die cutting , rubber stamps and she’ll show you how to heat emboss … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Art with Stamp Pads
Ink pads aren’t just for inking up your stamps, you can also use them to add a vintage stained look to paper and also color plain ribbons and trims. The Simon Says Stamp blog has a step by step tutorial … Read More ...
Card Making Project: Spring Flower Water Color Card
In this card tutorial Tammy Tutterow will show you how to water down acrylic paints to paint a background and stamped images on water color paper for a lovely spring flower card. You can also use the same watered down … Read More ...
Tip: Coloring Cat Stamps
The Stampendous stamps blog has a video tutorial showing you how to color a cat stamp so that it looks like your own cat (or a friends cat). Fran Seiford uses colored pencils and acrylic paints to color in the … Read More ...
Project: Watercolor Envelopes
We spend so much time making beautiful cards to give to our loved ones why put them into a plain old boring envelope? Kristina Werner will show you not only how to make a lovely personalized envelope using Distress Ink … Read More ...
Technique: Stamped Color Blocking
If you want to add colorful blocks to your scrapbook pages or cards with out layers of paper you can mask off areas using sticky notes, add inks directly to the paper and then stamp and remove the sticky note … Read More ...