Jeromina Juan of Paper, Plate and Plane shares a wonderful tutorial on the Craft blog using silicone to make your own stamps, no carving of rubber required here! Click here for her full instructions.
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Tip: Lining Up Stamps and Dies
Several companies offer stamps with matching dies, these save loads of time, no cutting out and perfect edges every time. But some of the smaller stamps can be hard to line up with the dies. Catered Crop shares a helpful … Read More ...
Technique: Two Step Masking
Visit Nichole Heady’s blog as she shares a terrific video tutorial on a two step masking technique. This is really perfect for when you want to add a lot of dimension without a lot of bulk.
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Tutorial: Scrapbook Stamping
Nicole Magourik shares a great tutorial video about stamping on your scrapbook pages over on Two Peas in a Bucket. Click here to watch.
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Technique: Add a Spring to Your Card
Want to make your stamped images jump around on your card? How about adding a spring? Learn a fun technique for making a “springy thingy” over at the Whimsey Unlimited blog.
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Technique: Embossed Fabric
This card and technique just blows me away! Mel from Mel Stampz used fabric in her embossing machine and also added color to the fabric as well for an amazing technique. Click here to find out how she did.… Read More ...
Tip: Nicer Cut Edges
Sometimes it can be difficult when cutting out your stamped images to cut a nice looking cut edge. Here’s helpful tip from Paper Crafts by Candice for getting a cleaner looking edge. Click here for her tip.
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Tip: Refilling Copics
Copic markers are still super hot for coloring stamped images. One of the things people love most about Copics is that you are able to refill them. Here’s a helpful video from Prairie Paper and Ink on how to refill … Read More ...
Technique: Distress Letterpress
Visit Gina K. Designs for a wonderful video teaching you how to ink and emboss with your Cuttlebug for a great distress letterpress background.
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Review: Embossing Machines
With all the many, many machines out on the market that can emboss it can be a bit confussing choosing the right one for you. Find a very helpful video at Above Rubies Studio about some of the most popular … Read More ...
Technique: Masking
Simply Stamped shows how to use the masking technique to add flowers inside of a vase and for a really pretty card.
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Technique: Cracked Glass Effect
At Nicol Heady’s blog Heather Nichols shares a cool cracked glass technique, perfect for adding an interesting touch to any stamped card. Her samples are just stunning! Click here for her video.
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Technique: Make Your Own Baker’s Twine
Baker’s twine is super hot right now, you’ll see it popping up on all sorts of crafts, especially cards and scrapbook pages. You can of course buy it from many on-line shops but it’s always better to make something yourself … Read More ...
Technique: Stamped Pebble Embellishment
Stop by the JudiKins website and learn how to add a stamped image to the back of a glass pebble for a very pretty card embellishment.
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Tips: Coloring with Copics
One of my favorite stamps from Penny Black are those adorable hedgehogs! Finds some tips on how to get great results coloring them with Copic markers over at the Daily Marker blog.
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