If you want to add some snow to the background of your holiday cards try using some paste and a stencil, this technique adds a really nice texture and dimension. Combine this with some die cuts and stamping and you’ve … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Christmas Salt Dough Ornaments
Spice up your Christmas tree this year with some hand made stamped ornaments. Visit the Domestically Blissful blog for an easy salt dough recipe you can make and roll out, cut with cookie cutters and then stamp on a design. … Read More ...
Tip: Stamping on a Round Surface (like an ornament)
Sometimes you might have something you’d like to stamp on that isn’t exactly flat, like say a round ornament. If you’ve got clear or cling mounted stamps then you can still easily stamp on that curved surface. The Clear Snap … Read More ...
Tip: Coloring and Stamping on Vellum Paper
If you’re not familiar with vellum it’s a semi-transparent paper that can add a really beautiful look to any stamped card but since it’s a non porous, slick surface you’ve got to use the right inks to stamp with and … Read More ...
Tip: Specialty Folds for Card
Why just fold your cards over once, there are loads of fun folds to make really unique cards. Vamp Stamp News Magazine has collected a bunch of different folds all in one handy download, click here to get it and … Read More ...
Freebie: Snowflake Die Cut
If you have an electronic die cutting machine you can download this pretty snowflake die for free from SVG Cuts. File is in a Zip format and includes the .svg files that works with Sure Cuts A Lot, Make-The-Cut, Silhouette … Read More ...
Tutorial: Water Colored Poinsettia Card
This stunning card was made by Jill Foster using stamps from Penny Black. Jill used a Christmas tree stamp in a different way by using is as a subtle background image instead of the focal point, this is a great … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Coloring on Rubber Stamps
Stamp like an artists. You can watercolor your stamped images but did you know you can also add water colors
directly to the rubber of your stamp and stamp it on water color paper for a neat artsy look? The … Read More ...
Project: Bronze Paper Ornament
Take the die cutting off the page and make a lovely ornament for your tree. The Spellbinders blog has directions for combining strips of die cut and embossed metalic foil scrapbooking paper and adding embellishments to make this wonderful ornament, … Read More ...
Project and Technique: Falling Snow Card
If your making a holiday card with a winter scene you’ve got to have falling snow, right? Heather Telford will show you how to splatter masking fluid and then ink over top for a cool falling snow background technique that … Read More ...
Tips: Digital Stamping 101
Even though digital stamps, also known as digis, have been around for awhile not everyone knows how to use them or even what they are. The simple answer is a digital stamp is a black and white line image that … Read More ...
Review: RE:MARKS Custom Stamp
If your looking for a personalized way to add your name to the back of your hand made cards, wanting a trendy address stamp for envelopes, needing a label for home baked goodies or want to add your own monogram … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring with Ink Sprays
Ink sprays are perfect to use with stencils and to get a cool splatter effect by spraying them but did you know you can also use them like watercolors? Spray some ink on a non porous surface , like an … Read More ...
Project: Woodland Deer Holiday Card
How sweet is this deer card? I love using a woodland theme for winter and holiday cards. This card has lots of great stamping techniques like heat embossing, coloring with alcohol markers using a glitter pen, die cutting and more. … Read More ...
Technique: Water Colored Christmas Card
This wonderful holiday card looks more like an artists painting then a stamped card doesn’t it? Joy from the Simple by Design blog shares a video tutorial showing how she achieved this look using watercolors with her Penny Black stamped … Read More ...