Handmade & Craft has links to 10 free printable Thank You Cards.
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Technique: Adding Texture the Stamps with Markers
Using pointillism, or simple put making tiny dots, with your Copic or other alcohol markers is a great way to add texture to your stamped images. Find some helpful tips for this technique over on the My Favorite Things blog… Read More ...
Technique: Colorful Card Background
Irit Shalom shares an artsy colorful background and masking technique on her blog, click here to check it out.
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Freebie: Steampunk Girl Digital Stamp
Penny Blossom has a fun freebie to share, click here and follow the directions to download a black and white version of this cool Steampunk girl digi stamp.
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Finding the right marker for colouring skin can be exceptionally hard, … Read More ...
Technique: Gesso Resist
I use Gesso a lot in my collage and mixed media art and I’ve done several different stamping resist techniques (mostly using embossing powders or inks) but I never thought of using Gesso to resit with. These stunning cards are … Read More ...
Freebie: Papertrey Ink Digis
Each year Papertrey Ink releases several free black and white and color digital images to celebrate their anniversary. This year there are 8 adorable images available, click here to download the pdf.
(image frome Just Dandy Studios)
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Tutorial: Coloring Stamped Images with Prismacolor Pencils
One of my favorite coloring mediums for my stamps are colored pencils from Prismacolor. They have loads of colors to choose from, they blend and shade really wonderfully with no “streaking” on their own but they also work nicely with … Read More ...
Technique: “Messy” Embossing
This “messy” embossing look is absolutely perfect for a rough and tumble boys card. Jessica Witty shows how to mix different embossing powders and also stamp into them for this far out look.
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Freebie: On-line Card Idea Magazine
Echo Park has a great free on-line magazine”Creative Cards” to download with 24 different card ideas, click here to download (you will need to check out through their system but it’s free)
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Freebie: Valentine Candy Digital Image
This large digital candy image from Dover Publications would make a great card for Valentine’s Day, click to download it.
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Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.
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Tip: Change a Clear Stamps Shape
Since clear stamps are some what flexable it’s possible to change the shape of a lot of them. For instance if you have a long image of a straight ribbon, you can curve it, you make circles into ovals, etc. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Flip Card
I love cards that move, pull open or flip out! Nicole Magouirk has a video tutorial showing you how to make this neat flip card.
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Technique: Gesso and Stencils
Renee from Bolton House shares this lovely card on her blog. She used multi color ink pads for the background and gesso with a stencil for the banner. I love the textures that technique gives!
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Product Review: Silhouette Double Sided Adhesive Kit
I recently got a chance to play around the the brand new Double Side Adhesive Kit from Silhouette. This neat kit allows you to die cut shapes and apply glitter or flocking to add some fun sparkle or fluff … Read More ...
Technique: Tile Effect for Stamping
This tile technique is a great way to add some interest to a large stamp. By using a scoring board to scoring your paper before stamping you can get this interesting effect. Find more info on the Stamping and Scrapping … Read More ...