Add easy color, texture and pattern to your stamped designs by using a paper piecing technique. Stamp your images on pattern papers that has tiny designs and then cut them out and piece them together, like a jigsaw puzzle. You … Read More ...
Tip: Design Principles for Easier Card Layouts
If you have trouble coming up with your own card designs or need an easy and eye appealing way to lay out your cards trying using some basic design principles. Like the rule of three, using odd numbers of images … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Stamped Flower Tag
Using unusual items like dry wall tape and water coloring over a light stamped images for a hand painted look Jen Engle designed this cool mixed media flower tag and shares a video tutorial on her blog Mixed Media Jenn.… Read More ...
Technique: Faux Calico Fabric with Stamps
These pretty cards look like they were made with calico fabric but they were actually stamped! Using small rubber stamps , various ink colors and a stencil Roni Johnson designs these little beauties. Grab some tiny stamps, your fave stencil … Read More ...
Tip: Transfer Technique for Digital Images and Stamps
Wondering what else to do with digital images and stamps other then make cards? How about home decor items! Here’s a great set of upcycled vintage canisters made with a transfer technique and free digital nautical images. Visit the Altered … Read More ...
Project: White on White Wedding Card
It’s a nice day for a white wedding! 🙂 Wedding season is upon us so that means making lovely romantic cards. This stunning card with a white on white look was made by cutting and layering a large white die … Read More ...
Project: Ink Cube Card Background
Do you have lots of those small little ink pad cubes? I have a whole Tupperware container full myself 🙂 They are a great way to have many ink colors without the cost or storage of larger pads. Plus you … Read More ...
Technique: Mirror Image Stamping
If you’ve got a stamp but you’d like it facing the opposite direction then this technique is for you. Jennifer McGuire has a couple of different ways to use a MISTI stamping tool and a large clear stamp for an … Read More ...
Tip: Change the Look of Your Stamp
Change things up and get a more artistic look from your stamped images by going over the design drawing sketchy lines using a fine tip marker. This fun tip is from Lisa over at Sugar Pea Designs blog, click here … Read More ...
Project: Duck Slider Card
Slider cards are really trendy right now! You can buy dies to make the sliding channel but you can also use your paper trimmer like Emily Cupley did on this adorable duck slider card. She also added a cool twist … Read More ...
Review: Stampin’ Up 2016 Catalog
I’m so excited to bring you some peeks into the brand new Stampin’ Up catalog! Just released this new catalog runs from June 1st 2016 to May 31st 2017 and contains loads of new wood mount, cling mount and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stamping on Vegan Leather
SnapPap paper is made of paper and synthetics but has the look and feel of leather. This cool product out of Germany can be used to make all sorts of projects and is perfect for vegans, vegetarians or those who … Read More ...
Project: Pull Tab Slider Card
Designer Sandy Allnock has a video for making a fun pull tab slider card. In her video she’ll show you step by step how to cut and assemble the card. As well as some tips on water coloring and putting … Read More ...
Project: Treat Bag with a Window
You can find direction on how to add a die cut see though window to a gift bag over on the Rain Puddle Blog. Add some stamped images and a fun Pom-Pom made from bakers twine to finish it … Read More ...
Tutorial: Realistic Coloring for a Bunny Stamp
Marika is an expert at coloring stamped images for a realistic look. For this adorable bunny rabbit she combined Copic markers and Colored Pencils for an amazing look. It looks like you could reach out and pet the bunnies fur! … Read More ...