Make a holiday card with lots of glitz and glimmer using Goosebumps and Shimmer Spritz products from Imagine Crafts. Isha Gupta shares her directions for making this cute Santa Panda card with a shimmery, snowy background. He also has fun … Read More ...
Technique: Stamped Watercolor Look with Markers
This stunning pink peony flower card doesn’t even look like it’s stamped but it actually is! Stamping on water color paper using water soluble markers (like the Tim Holtz Distress Ink markers
) instead of ink pads you can go … Read More ...
Tip: Handwriting on Cards
If you don’t have the perfect saying or sentiment to add to a card why not write it yourself? I know many of us, myself included, don’t particularly like our own handwriting but with a little practice and the right … Read More ...
Technique: Water Color Card Using Re-Inkers
The tiny bottles of ink used to refill a dried up ink pad can be use for more then just re-inking those pads, they can also be mixed with water and used as watercolors. The Paperfections blog shares how to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Felt Flower Card Embellishment
Metal die cuts are just for paper, you can also use them cut fabric , thin sheets of metal, felt thin chipboard and lots more. Using a pretty little flower and leaf die cut Betsy Veldman made a pretty little … Read More ...
Project: Stenciled Fabric Flower Card
Stencils are super popular right now, there’s so much you can do with them. Like add color and texture to paper and fabric for the perfect accent to any greeting card. The Simon Says Stamp blog is sharing a tutorial … Read More ...
Tips: Stamping with House Hold Items
If your looking to stamp some interesting backgrounds you might not need to go buy a brand new rubber stamp, you can stamp with items found around your house. Heather Greenwood will show you how to add some ink or … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Home Decor
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 ...
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 ...
Inspiration: Progressive Cards
Here’s a fun idea from Marie-Anne, instead of sending someone one card why not send them a set of progressive cards, with a matching theme, when lined up they complete your message. I adore her Alice in Wonderland themed cards, … 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 ...
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 ...