The Whiff of Joy blog shares directions for making a sweet pocket card, perfect for tucking in a little cocoa packet, gift card, etc. These make great simple holiday gifts for teachers or co-workers.
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Project: Winter Branch Card
W Plus 9 Designs shares a video tutorial for making this winter branch card. I love the “faux snow” using Glossy Accents and glitter, it makes the perfect sparkly touch!
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Project: Mini Pocket Calendar
How sweet is this?! The Simply Stamped blog has directions for making the cutest little pocket calendars! Click here to find out how to die cut and stamp some for yourself. These would make perfect gifts!
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Project: Snowman Dress Up Tin
Erin Lincoln shares an adorable project on her blog, it’s a magnetic snowman tin. It’s like paper dolls but with a snowman, how clever is that? This would be a fun car trip toy for the kids on that long … Read More ...
Project: Four-Sided Stamped Ornaments
Learn how to diecut and stamp some cute 4- sided holiday ornaments for your tree. Instructions and tips are on the Blockheads Blog.
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Project: Stamped Tote Bag
Looking for a cute tote bag to take your books to the library or carry home your groceries? Why not stamp one! Find instructions for this cute tote bag over at the Stampington and Co. site.
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Technique: Embossed and Brayer Background
Betsy Veldman teaches how to add a big pop of color to your dry embossed paper images using stamping ink and a brayer. Watch her technique video over on the Capture the Moment blog.
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Freebie: Online Papercrafting Magazine
The fall issue of the free on-line magazine Scrapbook and Cards Today is now available. It’s chocked full of great paper crafting tips, ideas, projects and more. Including directions for this fun turkey card from Nicole Magouirk. Click here to … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Pendants
You can make your own cool custom stamped jewelry by trapping your stamped image behind glazes in a varity of different settings. When Creativity Knocks shares some how to, tips and different styles for making your own pendants, click here… Read More ...
Tip: Box for Thick Cards
Have you ever made a wonderful card, lots of great embellishments and thick layers and then think “Now, how in the world will this fit in an envelope?” Leslie over at Running with Scissors solved this problem by making her … Read More ...
Project: Book Treat Box
Visit the Paper Crafter’s Library to download free patterns and watch a video on how to make this cute treat box shaped like a book. Hurry the project is only on the blog for one week!
-Heather
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Project: Paper Tree from Scalloped Circles
If you are like me you have TONS of scraps of pretty paper and you just can’t bring your self to throw them out, right? Well this project is perfect for all those lovely, lonely scraps, why not die cut … Read More ...
Tip: Stamped Overlays
The Stampavie blog shares a simple idea for making your own overlays. Don’t buy them, stamp your own 🙂
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Technique: Tone on Tone Stamped Background
It’s not too early to start thinking about holiday cards. Lily Pad Cards shares an instructional video for making this lovely ornament card, the tone on tone background technique using Distress Ink and water is so cool! Click here … Read More ...
Project: Howling Wolf Card
This card would be perfecrt for a Twilight fan (only a few short weeks until Breaking Dawn pt 1!! 🙂 ). Visit Zindorf’s blog to learn how to use stamps, punches, inks and a brayer to create this wonderful card.… Read More ...