Here’s another gorgeous mixed media creation from Donna Downey. This time she uses Gelatos from Faber-Castell with stamps for a dreamy watercolor look, how pretty! Click here to watch a video of her creative process.
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Tip: Die Cut Around Stamps
Alice over at the Whiff of Joy blog shares a wonderful techique for diecutting around a stamped image, how cool is that?! Click here to learn this fun tip.
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Card Making Techniques: Watercolor Backgrounds
Sally Traidman shares a great video on the Hero Arts blog about using watercolors for fun and easy backgrounds for your cards, click here to watch.
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Product Release: Art Grip Colored Pencils
Faber-Catell introduced a brand new line of colored pencils at CHA this year, Art Grip Colored Pencils. Hop on over to their blog for a video showing how nice, smooth and blendable this new pencils are. I love using colored … Read More ...
Tip: Aligning Large Stamps
Elizabeth Allen’s Art Studio blog shares a great tip for stamping and aligning large background stamps. I adore the card sample she made, the background and card edge are so cool!
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Tip: Bazzil Paper Matching
Sometimes it can be really frustrating when making a card and matching up your pretty patterned papers to the right color of cardstock. Well, Bazzil has come up with really helpful website called Bazzill Matchmaker. They pair up their cardstock … Read More ...
Technique: Embedded Embossing
This is a really cool technique I’ve never seen before, embedding one embossed image into another embossed image. Learn this fun technique over at Splitcoast Stampers, Holly McMillen shares a great instruction how to video.
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Tip: Easy Banner
Here’s a clever tip from Maria at the Joyful Stamper blog, turn a star die cut or punch into a banner! Banner are so trendy right now and if you don’t have a stamp or punch for one this … Read More ...
Tutorial: DIY Foam Stamps
Here’s a very nifty idea, use fun foam to die cut your own stamps! Melissa Samuels shares directions over on her blog.
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Project: Treat Bag
The More than Favors blog shares a video tutorial on how to use a scoring board and a piece of cardstock to make a fun little treat bag, just add some die cuts or stamping and you’re all set!
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Project: Stamped Banner Pendant
How adorable is this necklace?! Jump over to the Pink Persimmon blog and learn how to use some stamps and shrink plastic to make a fun pendant. This could be easily personalize and what a great gift it would make!… Read More ...
Technique: Shadow Stamping
Adding a subtle shadow to your stamped images can add alot of dimension, depth and realism. Visit Jeanette Lyntons’ blog as she shows you how to cast a shadow.
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Technique: Stamping with Hero Arts Digi Dies
Did you know Hero Arts offers digital die cuts that co-ordinate with their stamps? You can use your die cutting machine, like a Silhouette and die cut your images and then stamp inside for perfect cut outs each time, how … Read More ...
Tutorial: Zipper Flower
I love hand made embellishments! There are tons of embellishments on the market but why not make your own, it’s usually less expensive and you can easily co-ordinate them perfectly with your project. The Joyful Stamper blog shares the directions … Read More ...
Tutorial: Foam Stamps w/ Handle
The Crafted blog shares a great tutorial for using foam and elastic to make your own cute stamps with an easy to use handle. This would be a perfect craft to keep the kids busy this summer!
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