Add a unique layer to your cards with this camouflaged letter technique from Power Poppy stamps. Stamp your main image, die cut out letters and then die cut multiples of the same letters, stack and glue them together, adding the … Read More ...
Project: Crackle Heart Ornament Hangers
Instead of carving your love into a tree turn a plain wooden heart shape into a sweet piece of art to hang. The Ain’t That Artsy Farty blog has directions for using crackle medium, paint and stamping to make these … Read More ...
Project: Birthday in a Box
Dawn from Dawn’s Stamping Studio has the most adorable birthday gift idea! She’ll teach you how to cut, score, fold and decorate this fun little box and fill it with a decorated tea light and match book. I love using … Read More ...
Project: Fantasy Card
Like fun, fantasy and fairies? Then check out this wonderful card from Crafty Ellen over at the Some Odd Girl stamps blog. She’s got a video tutorial showing you how to make this sort of accordion fold in card with … Read More ...
Freebie and Tutorial: Owl Coloring Page
Chameleon Pens has a fun owl detailed coloring page to download for free along with a video tutorial on how to color him using their unique markers. Click here to watch the video and to download your own black and … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Scene Card
Here’s a fun Halloween card from Nichol Magouirk, she’s sharing a video showing how to stamp up some cute new Lawn Fawn stamps, how to color them with Zig Clean Color Brush markers and how to make a dark and … Read More ...
Technique: Cards with a Batik Look
Using stamping embossing resist and direct to paper techniques Heather Nichols made these lovely cards with a Batik style. Check out her blog Pine is Here for more info and lots of beautiful card samples.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Mixed Media Fabric Panel
Using stencils, paste, ink sprays and stamps you can make a wonderful fabric panel wall hanging. Finish it off with ribbon, flowers and embellishments. Learn all the techniques for this mixed media art piece from Tammy Tutterow over on the … Read More ...
Project: Milk Carton Treat Box
Send the kids back to school in style with a treat inside on of these adorable milk carton boxes. The Cardmaker blog has scoring and folding directions for making them. Add a fun chalkboard stamped label on the outside to … Read More ...
Technique: Masking Over a Stamped Sentiment
Find out how to stamp out a sentiment (or image) and still add a stamped background over it by using a masking technique. Details can be found over on the Lost in Paper blog.
-Heather
… Read More ...Freebie and Tutorial: Minc Foil Machine
Foiling is all the rage right now! This popular look can be achieved with the Minc Foil machine from Heidi Swapp. Using a laser printer to print your image, lay the foil sheet over top, run it through the … Read More ...
Project: Winter Snowflakes Shaker Card
Get a jump on making your holiday cards with this pretty snowflake shaker card. Justine Hovey will show you how to die cut the window openings, how to emboss your sentiment on acetate and how to put the card together. … Read More ...
Project: Floral Die Cut Card
Combine a large sentiment stamp along with pretty die cut flowers and scrolls for a bright and beautiful card. The Spellbinders blog has a video tutorial, click here to watch.
-Heather
… Read More ...Project: Mermaid Card with Copic Coloring
To me summer makes me think of the beach, the ocean and mermaids, I love them! Color up this stunning mermaid card with a pretty moonlight backdrop. The Craftybits blog has a video tutorial with detailed Copic marker coloring tips.… Read More ...
Technique: No Line vs. Line Stamping
You can get two different looks from your stamped images by just changing the ink pad color you stamp with. Using a light color that barely shows and then coloring in is called the “no-line coloring technique” and looks more … Read More ...