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 ...
Project: Inchie Card
Inchie are fun little stamps that measure 1″x1″, they make great accents for any paper crafting project or group them together for a main focal point like in this card from A*Muse Studio. Click here for video instructions on … Read More ...
Blog: Colour Q
If your looking for inspiration for a stamping project color is a great place to start. The Colour Q blog is a challenge blog that focuses on color, click here to visit for some great color combinations, card ideas and … Read More ...
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: Stamping on Washi Tape
Visit the Hambly Screen Prints blog and learn how to stamp on washi tape to add cool texture and design to your cards.
-Heather
… Read More ...Tip: Smooch Inks
Visit Catherine Pooler’s blog for a quick video tutorial showing how to use Smooch Ink to add shimmer to your stamped images for a pretty floral card.
-Heather
… Read More ...Technique: Spray Masking
Paper sprays, such as Glimmmer Mist, are super popular right now, they make great backgrounds for cards and scrapbook pages. Stencils are a traditional way to use masks but Michelle at the Pink Paislee blog used what she had … Read More ...
Project: Tissue Tape Flower
Visit Tim Holtz’s blog and learn some cool techniques to do with his Tissue Tape, including inking and a video on how to make this pretty flower embellishment.
-Heather
… Read More ...Technique: Impress Embossing
Bees are very trendy right now! Visit the Paper, Scissors and Superheros blog and learn how to make these stunning embossed silver bees by pressing the stamp into the melted embossing powder.
-Heather
… Read More ...Tip: Adding Ruffled Ribbon
I love all the different ways to use ribbons on cards! I think of all embellishments I use ribbon most of all. Here’s a fun and easy way to add a ruffled ribbon look to your cards from As the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Add Stitching To Cards
Stitching on your paper crafts is a very popular trend but it can be a little intimidating. Let Hero Arts give you some tips in this great video and use your sewing machine to add a little something extra to … Read More ...
Project: Ribbon Rosette
These beautiful ribbon rosettes are a perfect embellishment for a card or scrapbook page but they’d also be great as a label pin or hear accessory. Learn how to make them over at the Created By You blog.
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Projects, Techniques and Giveaways: Tim’s Tags
Each year the amazing Tim Holtz does his 12 Tags of Christmas, showing wonderful stamping and embellisment ideas and techniques for each tag. I look forward to them every year! He’s right in the middle of his tags, join him … Read More ...
Tip: Setting Flocking Powder
Have you tried flocking powder yet? Really? Why not? It’s fun and easy and adds a wonderful fuzzy feeling to any paper craft project. But it does have one draw back, it can be a little messy and hard to … Read More ...
Inspiration and New Product: Paper Zippers
How cool is this pocket card from Hero Arts? Sally Traidman used an actual zipper for the pocket but not just any zipper, it’s got paper instead of fabric where you would normal sew the zipper down. So it’s … Read More ...