Need a colorful but quick and easy background for your cards? Try inking up a clear acrylic block (without a stamp attached) with different colored ink pads, spritz with a little water and then stamp it out. Voila, you’ve got … Read More ...
Technique: Making Temporary Tattoos with Stamps
Take your stamps off the paper and put them on your arm or your kids arms with temporary tattoos. This fun and easy project is something the kids will enjoy helping with and then showing off. Find directions over on … Read More ...
Tip: Masking off Stencils
If you have a large pattern stencil you can mask off sections of it and make your own shapes and designs. Just like Amy from Stamp -N- Paradise did. Using a low tack tape like blue painters tap is a … Read More ...
Tip: Wood Burning with Rubber Stamps
Think outside the box (or maybe I should say paper :)) and take your stamping into other crafting areas but using them as a template. For instance stamped images can be sewn over for embroidery designs or used as a … Read More ...
Tip: Getting Started with Digital Stamps
Are you a little unsure about digital stamps, wondering how you even purchase them, print them or use them? This helpful video from Jen Young will answer all those questions with a demonstration of purchasing digi stamps from The Greeting … Read More ...
Technique: Inked Embossing Folder
Did you know you can add color to your embossing folders by inking them before embossing? This add a whole new layer to using those folders! Kristine over at Stamping and Scrapping in California will show you how to make … Read More ...
Project: Recycled Coaster Art
Do you have any chipboard coaster laying around, I have a huge stack I use for parties. You can recycle those coasters into art buy die cutting a shaped hole in them, layering them and making a niche’, add some … Read More ...
Tip: Doodled Flower Card Accents
The Spectrum Noir blog has a great card embellishment idea using flower die cut shapes. Color them with markers and then use a fine tip black marker to doodle around the edge of the shape and add a pearl or … Read More ...
Tip: Getting a Blush Cheek on a Stamped Face
Want that pinch-able cheeks look? If you’ve used markers to color in rubber stamped faces you might want a softer look for the cheeks. To give your cute face a blush look try using chalks and adding highlights with a … Read More ...
Project: Mother’s Day Card
Show Mom how much she means to you this year with a hand made card. Using a combination of stencils and rubber stamps Michael Trent made this bright and cheerful Mother’s Day card. You can visit his blog World of … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Background
Add some interest with die cuts. Melissa Phillips shows how to make a beautiful background design for tags and greeting cards using various die cut borders cut from different pattern papers. Visit her blog LilyBean Paperie for more info.… Read More ...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up April Paper Pumpkin Kit
If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought to you by the folks at Stampin’ Up. … Read More ...
Tip: Using Sequins on Your Cards
Sequins are a really trendy embellishment in paper crafting right now. The Some Odd Girl stamps blog has three ways to add sequins to your stamped cards, use them randomly, in a shaker card or behind die cut out shapes … Read More ...
Techniques: Stamped Tags with Tim Holtz Products
Each month Tim Holtz shares a different tag with lots of different paper crafting products, ideas and techniques. This month his tag is all about srping flowers. Using Distress Ink Markers Tim will show you a couple of different techniques, … Read More ...
Tips: One Rubber Stamp, Many Different Ideas
Large background stamps can be some of the most versatile stamps in your stash. You can simply stamp the entire stamp in one color, you can ink it up with multiple colors using markers or ink pads, you can stamp … Read More ...