By stamping on and adding ink to some vintage sheet music Brenda from Bumble Bees and Butterflies made a lovely vintage inspired background for a holiday card, she fished it by adding some die cut ornaments and presents and a … Read More ...
Project: Altered Calendar House
I love altered projects, turning something that is outdated or unused and turning it into something fabulous like this calendar house from Astrid’s Artistic Efforts. She totally transformed this wooden calendar with paints, crackle medium, stencils, embellishments and more. Visit … Read More ...
Project: Wreath Card
Layer up some stamped flowers and leaves on a circle of cardstock with acetate in the middle for a wonderful round wreath card. You can change the colors you stamp with and make a wreath card for any holiday occasion, … Read More ...
Project: Winter Village Card with Stenciled Snow Technique
If you want to add some snow to the background of your holiday cards try using some paste and a stencil, this technique adds a really nice texture and dimension. Combine this with some die cuts and stamping and you’ve … Read More ...
Video Tutorial: Winter Cardinal Christmas Shaker Card
Have someone special you want to make a really unique card for this Christmas? Why not try a shaker card? This neat cards contain tiny things like sequins or confetti and add a fun dimension to your card designs. Visit … Read More ...
Tutorial: Handmade Holiday Boxes
Don’t have the right size gift box for a present? No problem, make one your self in just the size you need. Using a punch board you can turn a sheet of cardstock into a box, add some stamping to … Read More ...
Product Release Kenny K Stamps
Kenny K’s fun and funky stamp designs are now available in clear photopolymer stamps. Branching out from digital stamps you can now buy popular designs with additional phrases and embellishment images and soon exclusive designs will be available in clear … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Christmas Salt Dough Ornaments
Spice up your Christmas tree this year with some hand made stamped ornaments. Visit the Domestically Blissful blog for an easy salt dough recipe you can make and roll out, cut with cookie cutters and then stamp on a design. … Read More ...
Tip: Stamping on a Round Surface (like an ornament)
Sometimes you might have something you’d like to stamp on that isn’t exactly flat, like say a round ornament. If you’ve got clear or cling mounted stamps then you can still easily stamp on that curved surface. The Clear Snap … Read More ...
Freebie and Project: Silhouette Candle Holder
Here’s a pretty way to decorate your mantle or table this holiday season with a lovely candle holder made using a mason jar with hand cut paper silhouette border. The Shabby Art Boutique blog has not only directions on how … Read More ...
Project: Felt Ornament
Doesn’t this cute fuzzy ornament look like it was made from a sweater? Shelley Hickox actually made this by stamping onto a die cut piece of felt. She shares her process over on her blog, The Stamp Tramp (which is … Read More ...
Freebie: Winter Coloring Pages
Dover Publications has 5 different winter scene coloring pages to download for free. Keep the kids busy on a snow day or shrink them down and use them yourself on holiday cards. Click here to download (once there click the … Read More ...
Tip: Coloring and Stamping on Vellum Paper
If you’re not familiar with vellum it’s a semi-transparent paper that can add a really beautiful look to any stamped card but since it’s a non porous, slick surface you’ve got to use the right inks to stamp with and … Read More ...
Tip: Specialty Folds for Card
Why just fold your cards over once, there are loads of fun folds to make really unique cards. Vamp Stamp News Magazine has collected a bunch of different folds all in one handy download, click here to get it and … Read More ...
Freebie: Snowflake Die Cut
If you have an electronic die cutting machine you can download this pretty snowflake die for free from SVG Cuts. File is in a Zip format and includes the .svg files that works with Sure Cuts A Lot, Make-The-Cut, Silhouette … Read More ...