If you love the look of hand calligraphy but don’t quite have the skills then this tip from Amy Sheffer is for you. She’s sharing a video tutorial for her faux brush lettering techniques using stamps. Adding darker ink to … Read More ...
Freebie: Honey Pot Digital Stamp
Scribbles Designs is offering this cute honey pot with bee digital stamp for free, click here to download it.
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Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download our digital stamps. Make … Read More ...
Project: Neon Mixed Media Cards
Teresa Abajo used background stamps, stencils, colorful neon inks and pastes to make these bright and cheerful mixed media cards. You can find her directions over on the Imagine Crafts blog.
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Project: Stamped Table Top
Add some flair to a plain piece of furniture with stamping! Gail, from My Repurposed Life used large cling stamps and Decor Paint to stamp on the top of her table. She even made her own leg accents from clay. … Read More ...
Project: Tags using Planner Stamps
Designing cute planners and daily calendars is all the rage right now. There are lots of fun stamps, clips, sticky notes and stickers to help keep you organized in your daily life. All of these items can also be used … Read More ...
Project: Large and Small Paper Purses
Tricia Morris is sharing how she made these adorable large and small paper purses. Inspired by a tiny purse tutorial from Bibi Cameron (using a 6 x 6 paper) she made a larger version using 12 x 12 paper. Wouldn’t … Read More ...
Giveaway and Review: The Stampers’ Sampler Magazine
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In a time when craft magazines seem to come and go The Stampers’ Sampler has stood the test of time. I remember reading it many, many years ago when I first started stamping and was … Read More ...
Technique: Baby Card with No-Line Stamping and Water Color
The no-line stamping technique involves stamping your images using a light colored ink that doesn’t show after you’ve colored over top, it gives a very artistic look. Nichol Magouirk used the no-line technique with water coloring to give a soft … Read More ...
Technique: Ink Blending and Masking for a Floral Card
Gina K has a lovely floral card that she made using a masking technique. She tore copy paper and used it to cover (or mask off) the top and bottom of her card, in the center she blended ink and … Read More ...
Techniques: Cloud Backgrounds for Stamped Scenes
If you’re stamping an outdoor scene then you probably need clouds in the background, right? If you don’t have a cloud stamp that’s okay, you can do it yourself. Dina Kowal has two techniques for making clouds, one using a … Read More ...
Tip: Stamps with a Water Color Look
Here’s a great tip from Danielle Flanders to get a water colored looked using solid stamped images. She stamped her designs with dye based ink pads and then lightly blended the ink with a water brush. This is such a … Read More ...
Freebie: Teacher Card SVG File
SVG Cuts has a card base and matching envelope die cut to download for free. One of the layers looks like paper torn from a notebook so it would make a perfect card for a teacher or even a grad. … Read More ...
Project: Snail Mail Card
Skip the text or e-mail and make someone’s day by sending them some good old fashion snail mail. Using stamps, die cuts and markers Nina-Marie created this adorable snail scene. Visit her blog for a video tutorial.
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Project: Paper Mosaic Tag
Each month Tim Holtz shares a new tags with lots of cool techniques and ideas. His tag for April includes a fun paper mosaic using die cuts, grout, glaze and snippets of paper. This would be a great project to … Read More ...
Project: Cards that Light Up
How amazing is this little light up lightning bug card?! Lawn Fawn stamps got together with Chibitronics and used some of their circuit stickers to make the coolest cards that actually light up. I can think of so many ideas … Read More ...