Lets go back to basics and learn to make a DIY envelope. Using just a square of pattern paper you can us this simple folding technique to make a custom envelope for any card. Visit the Skillshare site for a … Read More ...
Project: Card with Braille Sentiment
What a wonderful idea to incorporate braille onto a card! Even if the recipient doesn’t read braille the sentiment is still a wonderful idea and maybe they’ll learn something new by finding out what the phrase means. The raised dots … Read More ...
Project: Star Wars Card
I’m a huge Star Wars fan so I’m in love with this fun card from Pam over at P.S. I Love You! If you don’t have the perfect sentiment stamp you can use most electronic die cutting machines to write … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stamped Card with Raised Sentiment
Nicole Spohr has directions for making this card with a floral stamped and embossed background with matching raised sentiment, how lovely! By die cutting the word from fun foam and layering the same die cut shaped word from her stamped … Read More ...
Project: Shadow Box Frame Card
Becky Roberts has directions for make this adorable woodland themed shadow box frame card. She’ll show you how to cut, score and assemble the box shaped card. It’s so cute, it almost looks like a little story book. You can … Read More ...
And the winner is……..
Deborah W.! She’s the winner of the April Paper Pumpkin kit!!
If you didn’t win please check back later, we give away one kit each month to a lucky Craft Gossip reader!
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Product Review: Stampin’ Up Eastern Palace Suite Collection
I am super excited to bring you a peek of one of the awesome new collections from the soon to be released Stampin’ Up catalog for 2017! The new Eastern Palace Suite collection features the Eastern Beauty photopolymer stamp … Read More ...
Download: Nautical Planner Stickers
With summer soon approaching these nautical themed planner sticker will be perfect for those summer months. Print these freebies on sticker paper and add them to your planner or other paper crafting projects like scrapbook pages or cards. There FREE … Read More ...
Technique: Stamping with Water
Allison Cope is going to show up how to stamp with water, yup water! Since certain stamping inks react with water she was able to ink up some panels of water color paper, apply water to her stamps and that … Read More ...
Reminder : Enter to Win the April Paper Pumpkin Kit
There’s still a little time to enter to win this months Paper Pumpkin giveaway! Click here to go to the original post to enter.
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Tip: Stamping Realistic Trees
Alexandra got these stamped trees to look so realistic by inking them with different colors of Distress Ink and spritzing them with water before stamping. You could use this technique on lots of other images like flowers too. Visit the … Read More ...
Inspiration: 13 Cards Made with Punches
In the last few years with die cutting becoming so popular I think sometimes we forgot about how awesome punches are. Before dies it’s pretty much all we had to make shapes from paper (unless your good at hand cutting). … Read More ...
Project and Tip: 3D Dimensional Flower Cards
Using large floral stamps and coordinating dies from Hero Arts Yana Smakula made some stunning 3D Dimensional Flower Cards. She’s got a video over on the Hero Arts blog showing how to use these products.
But my tip is you … Read More ...
Project: Mom to Be Card
Send a big congratulations to a mom to be with this pretty card. Kristina Werner will show you how to do a lovely soft water color resit technique using inks, a water brush and acetate (which I thought was particularly … Read More ...
Card Making Technique: Water Colored Stencil Card Background
Combining two hot trends in paper crafting, stencils and water coloring Betsy Veldman made the background for this lovely card. She finished off with a sentiment embossed on vellum
and some stamped flowers. You can find a video tutorial for … Read More ...