I love July because so many paper crafting companies begin to preview and release their new products for the upcoming Holiday season. Hero Arts has just released their new Season of Wonder 2018 catalog filled with over 80 new items … Read More ...
Christmas Cards in May?
Are you one of those that always says “This year I’ll get an early start on making my holiday cards!” but (like me) you wait until December 1st to even get started? Stephanie with SugarPea Designs is here to help … Read More ...
Project: Christmas Crackers
These fun hand made, stamped Christmas Crackers are sure to be a hit at any holiday party this weekend. Find out how to make them over on the Rubber Stamp Tapestry blog.
-Heather
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Tip: DIY Potato Stamped Wrapping Paper
Wrapping those last minute gifts but ran out of pretty wrapping paper? Go to the kitchen and grab some potatoes, cookie cutters, ink or paint and stamp out your own. This will also help keep the kids busy! HGTV has … Read More ...
Project: Winter Wonderland Shaker Card
The Imagine Crafts blog has a tutorial for a stunning winter wonderland shaker bubble card using several of their innovative products like puffy Amplify and shimmery Brilliance ink. Click here for the complete tutorial.
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Download: Santa Christmas Card
In need of a super fast Christmas card? Photo Play has this great Santa in a chair card you can print out for last minute cards, click here to get it.
-Heather
Looking for more digital papers to download? Check … Read More ...
Product Review: Paper Manager from Totally Tiffany
The Paper Manager Kit from Totally Tiffany is perfect for storing and organizing your 12″ x 12″ pattern papers, cardstocks, stickers and embellishments. Made from sturdy clear plastic it’s open at the top with two slide up retractible handles and … Read More ...
Project: Funny Holiday Card with a Mirror Image Technique
Justine Hovey made this funny and snarky holiday card with a mirror image stamping technique. If you’ve got a stamp you’d like to face the other direction or have two images facing each other(or away from each other) then mirror … Read More ...
Project: Bottle Gift Tag
Giving a bottle of something special this holiday season? Dress it up with a fun bottle tag. Using stamps and dies from Your Next Stamp Ashley Abelson designed this fun hanger to go over the neck of a bottle, click … Read More ...
Technique: Shaped Background Stamping Christmas Card
This adorable image isn’t one stamp, it’s many put together in a shape. By drawing a triangle and filling it in with different stamped images and different colored inks May Park created this wonderful tree shape for her card. She … Read More ...
Technique: Easy Christmas Shaker Cards with No Foam Adhesive
New to making shaker cards or looking for a different way? Here’s a great tip. Instead of using layers of foam adhesive for her shaker cards Juliana used layers of die cut frames stacked together to make her shakers. So … Read More ...
Download: Christmas Tree Cut File
This tree pattern die cutting file is perfect for card or scrapbook page backgrounds for your holiday or winter cards and photos. Designed by Nicole Nowosad for Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine, it’s free to download from their blog, click … Read More ...
Tips for Making Quick and Easy Holiday Cards
The holidays can be hectic and finding time to do everything can be tough and as card makers we feel like we just “have” to make everyone we know a card this time of year, right? Well take some of … Read More ...
Project: Christmas Tree Shaped Cards
Infinity dies, which come in the same shape that get progressively smaller make for perfect shaped cards. These lovely Christmas tree card were made with dies and stamps from Hero Arts. You can visit their blog for a video tutorial.… Read More ...
Project: One Layer Holiday Card
May Park will show you how to combine many smaller stamps to create a large frame background for a one layer holiday card using a masking technique and coloring them with Copic Markers. Visit her blog Mayholic Designs to watch … Read More ...