This mixed media altered frame from Tim Holtz is stunning! Tim shares how he used printed tissue papers, stencils, glitter, embellishments and die cuts to make this lovely art piece on top of a plain picture frame. I love how … Read More ...
Technique: Stamp Etching
Using a fine tipped marker learn to add depth, shading and dimension to a stamped image with a technique called Stamp Etching. Lydia Fiedler shares her step by step tutorial as well as a video of this cool technique over … Read More ...
Technique: Stamped and Watered Colored Holiday Tree Card
The rage over Ink Sprays is still going strong, probably because there is so much you can do with them, from simple splatter backgrounds, to filling in stencil patterns and even using them as water colors. Hero Arts stamps has … Read More ...
Project: Card and Notebook Teacher Gift
Learn how to heat emboss your stamps and add some white ink to black cardstock for a fun chalkboard look. The Simon Says Stamp blog has a video tutorial showing this technique using die cuts and stamping to make a … Read More ...
Technique: Watercoloring Stamped Images for a Realistic Look
Head over to the W Plus 9 Stamps blog and learn how to turn your stamped images into works of water color art. Using a light colored ink pad to stamp and then coloring over the images with water colors … Read More ...
Project: Neon and Glitter Bird Card
Neon colors are really hot and trendy right now. Several stamping companies have released bright new neon colored ink pads recently like these Radiant Neon Inks from Imagine Crafts. The Serendipitous Stampers used these cool inks and mixed in loads … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Halloween Wreath
It might seem early but rubber stamp companies are starting to release their holiday images so you’ll be seeing Halloween and Fall projects beginning to pop up already like this wonderful tombstone wreath from Paper, Ink and Smiles blog using … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Tag Accents
Add some ink, texture spackle and stamps to chipboard pieces to make some fun tags for card or scrapbook pages. October Afternoon as all the details to make these quick and simple embellishments.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Stamped Mini Heart Pillow
The Simon Says Stamp blog has directions for making a lovely stamped and stuffed fabric heart. I love the hand dyed ribbon using stamping ink!
-Heather
… Read More ...Tips: Marker Coloring Tips
The Some Odd Girl stamps blog has 4 quick tips for coloring animal fur with markers, click here to check them out. -Heather
… Read More ...Freebie: Stamping 101 On-Line Class
Craftsy is offering a free online stamping mini class sponsored by Inkadinkado stamps. This class is perfect for newbies and beginners, learn the basics, like which inks to use and also some great techniques like stamping on vellum. Click here … Read More ...
Project: Altered Plant Pot
Turn a plain old terracotta pot into a work of art using stamps, stencils and ink on tissue paper. Find complete directions over at A Vintage Journey.
-Heather
… Read More ...Tutorial: Card Bordering using Die Cuts
Turn shaped dies into fun edge borders for your cards, the Capture the Moment blog has a video tutorial to show you how. This cool ideas will work with so many different dies but this fun apple card is perfect … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Witch Card
It might a bit early for Halloween ( it’s never too early for me:)) but the stamp companies are beginning to release their holiday stamp lines so you’ll be seeing fall and winter ideas start to pop up like this … Read More ...
Technique: Faux Letter Press Card
Did you know you can add ink directly to your plastic embossing plates for a cool faux letter press look? The October Afternoon blog has the how to.
-Heather
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