Dina Kowal got a super cool stained glass look by stamping over her image with a mosaic patterned stamp (she also provides a printable pattern if you don’t have the right stamp design), colored the sections and then layered embossed … Read More ...
Technique: Image Transfer for a DIY Card Background
If you don’t have exactly the right background designs for your card you can use a printed pattern with a transfer technique. Kristina Werner shows how she made this honeycomb background with a pencil transfer for this adorable stamped bee … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Card with Distress Ink Coloring and Backgrounds
Amy Rysavy used Distress Ink not only for a fun splatter and water color look backgrounds on these cards but she also used them to water color her stamped images. Hop on over to her blog, Prairie Paper and Ink … Read More ...
Tip: Using Spring Stamps for Fall
I love seeing stampers think outside the box and use stamps for occasions they maybe weren’t intended for. Like this great fall foliage card from Nina-Marie. She used some spring floral stamps and by changing the ink colors and adding … Read More ...
Project: Christmas Wreath Card with Sentiment Masking
Sometimes you’d like to stamp a lot of words or sentiments on a card but they might not fit or they may look jumbled together so Clare Prezzia has an easy solution. She used washi tape to mask off just … Read More ...
Product Review: 5 x 7 Fab File Craft Room Storage
The Medium 5″ x 7″ Fab File organizer from Totally Tiffany is perfect for storing and organizing smaller flat craft items. Just like all the sizes of Fab Files it’s made from sturdy clear plastic, it has a flap … Read More ...
Techniques: Pumpkin Cards Multiple Masking Techniques
Jennifer McGuire shares several different masking techniques using dies, masking paper and Post It tape to make a few different pumpkin cards, perfect for Fall, Thanksgiving or Halloween. I love the layered pumpkin stamps she used and I love this … Read More ...
Technique: Dry Embossing with Stencils
I love embossing folders, they add such a nice textured look to cards. But did you know there are other easy ways to get that same look? Debby Hughes will show you how to get the dry embossed look but … Read More ...
Project: Vertical Step Card
Robin Tharaldson has provided a FREE printable template to make it easy to make this fun vertical pop up step card. She’s also got directions and a video too, all over on Splitcoast Stampers. To get the template and follow … Read More ...
Product Review: Buddy Bag Craft Room Storage
The Buddy Bags from Totally Tiffany are the perfect solution for storing and organizing your crafting products. The “Gail” size Buddy Bag is great for tall items like ink sprays and spritzers, bottles of acrylic paint, ink pads … Read More ...
Tip: Quick and Easy Letter Press Card Background
Add color and texture to your next card background and get more from your embossing folders with this easy Letter Press look. By inking them up and then embossing you’ll get a unique card background. Find out more about this … Read More ...
Product Review: Jumbo 12″ x 18″ Fab File from Totally Tiffany
The Jumbo 12″ x 18″ Fab File paper organizer from Totally Tiffany is perfect for storing and organizing larger papers. Just like all the sizes of Fab Files it’s made from sturdy clear plastic, it has a flap closure with … Read More ...
Tip: Comparing Ink Blending Tools
Ink blending and direct to paper techniques are really popular right now, with the release of lots of inks, like Tim Holtz’s oxide Oxide Inks that work well for this type f technique. And there are lots of blending and … Read More ...
Project: Mermaid Spinner and Shaker Card
Yup, another mermaid card post! I’ll be posting them until summer is over (and maybe even after, I’m thinking mermaid Christmas cards! :)). Combing two popular card styles, shaker and spinner, this adorable mermaid card does double duty. Swim on … Read More ...
Review: WeR Stitch Happy Sewing Machine
The new WeR Stitch Happy sewing machine sews fabric like a regular sewing machine but it also has special components that make it perfect for sewing paper as well. So you can easily add stitching to your cards, scrapbook pages … Read More ...