Dover Publication is sharing a load of cute vintage Valentine designs to download for free. Print them and cut them out and use them on cards, scrapbook pages, gift bags and home décor projects. Click here to download.
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Dover Publication is sharing a load of cute vintage Valentine designs to download for free. Print them and cut them out and use them on cards, scrapbook pages, gift bags and home décor projects. Click here to download.
-Heather
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Layers of pattern papers, die cut shapes and floral stamps are used in this lovely card design from Card Maker magazine. Each month they share a pattern and tutorial, click here for instructions on making their card for February.
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Each month the talented Tim Holtz shares a tag tutorial, this months tag is a Valentine theme using lots of different papers, metal embellishments, paints, felt and more. Tim also shows you several different mixed media techniques. Click here for … Read More ...
Seal up your Valentine’s Day card envelopes, gift bags or decorate a scrapbook page with these adorable stickers from World Labels. They also have some lovely labels, perfect for food item, tags or packages too. Click here to download them … Read More ...
Many stamp companies now have coordinating dies to match their stamps, it makes cutting out stamped images so much faster and easier, no more “fussy cutting”. But sometimes to can be difficult to perfectly line up those dies and stamps. … Read More ...
Looking at many stamp sets there usually cute little tiny stamps, good for accents and for making pattern backgrounds but you can also use to form shapes, like letters. This sweet Valentine card uses the same teeny heart stamp over … Read More ...
It’s sometimes a challenge to make masculine cards, isn’t it? For Valentine’s Day you probably don’t want to send your guy a card covered in flowers, unless he loves to garden, so try themes like sports, the outdoors or hobbies, … Read More ...
Make yourself a pretty Valentine’s Day home décor project using wooden blocks, pattern paper, stickers and some embellishments. Echo Park shows how to paint up some blocks and add die cut paper letters for a quick and easy holiday themed … Read More ...
Did you know you can not only stamp with your ink pads (duh! :)) but you can also use them as a coloring medium! Sabrina Alery will show you how to use a paint brush and pigment ink pads to … Read More ...
This fragmented background technique is so easy. Grab a pencil and a ruler and draw some intersecting line on your paper, fill the shapes in with the coloring medium of your choice (like markers, inks, paints, watercolors or pencils), combine … Read More ...
Did you ever walk though the craft store and see all those unfinished wood and paper mache shapes and wonder what to do with them? Try covering them with patterned papers and stamped accents like Anne Harada did. Visit her … Read More ...
This sweet post it note holder is made using a scoring board with cardstock and decorated with pattern papers and stamped images from C C Designs. Their blog has all the dimensions and cutting directions so you can make one … Read More ...
I admit it, I am a huge comic book geek and love all related movies, TV shows and merchandise! So I flipped when I saw this amazing I am Groot card inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy. Jennifer Ingle cleverly … Read More ...
HEE HAW! How sweet is this vintage Valentine image?! You can download this cute donkey digital stamp for free over at The Graphics Fairy.
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… Read More ...Making cards for guys (adults or boys) can be hard sometimes, so many stamps are flowers and fluffy things 🙂 Here’s a great solution, a robot! Even big guys like robots (I know my geeky husband does), right? Sign up … Read More ...