Do you have a die that you wish you also had as a stamp? Well, here’s nifty way to do just that, by die cutting your shapes from thin sheets of fun foam you can create your own custom stamps … Read More ...
Technique: Colored Stencil Embossing
By mixing embossing paste and Distress Ink pads and applying over stencils Laura Bassen created some lovely card backgrounds. Visit her blog Double Stick Heaven for more about this fun and colorful technique.
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Technique: Camouflaged Letters Card
Add a unique layer to your cards with this camouflaged letter technique from Power Poppy stamps. Stamp your main image, die cut out letters and then die cut multiples of the same letters, stack and glue them together, adding the … Read More ...
Technique: Cards with a Batik Look
Using stamping embossing resist and direct to paper techniques Heather Nichols made these lovely cards with a Batik style. Check out her blog Pine is Here for more info and lots of beautiful card samples.
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Project: Floral Die Cut Card
Combine a large sentiment stamp along with pretty die cut flowers and scrolls for a bright and beautiful card. The Spellbinders blog has a video tutorial, click here to watch.
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Freebie: Floral Coloring Page
This large detailed floral bouquet of flowers coloring page is perfect for those of us adults who love to color! You can download load it for free from Dover Publications. You could even shrink the size and use it for … Read More ...
Freebie: Bee and Floral Mandala Coloring Page
Mandala coloring pages for adults are the big trend right now! Here’s a stunning one featuring bees and flowers that you can download for free, print and color from Dover Publications. Click here to download and then when you’re at … Read More ...
Trend: Watercolor Markers
Water coloring your stamped images will give them a soft painterly look. One big new trend is Water Color markers. You can color directly on your stamped images with the markers and then you can blend and soften the look … Read More ...
Project: Bright Floral Card
This bright and brilliant card was made with Chameleon markers, these unique markers fade as you color so you go from intense to a more muted color, perfect for shading your stamped images! This tutorial will show you how to … Read More ...
Project: Intricate Die Cut Card
Yana Smakula is sharing a video tutorial for making this stunning card she made using a combination of die cutting and embossing using several different large background and label dies from Spellbinders . You can watch the video tutorial here … Read More ...
Project: Floral Faux Postage Card
Create this lovely faux postage card using dies and stamps from Memory Box and by water coloring on water color paper, click here for directions on their website.
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Project: 3D Niche Card
This pretty card has a surprise inside, a niche opening containing hanging paper flowers, how lovely is that? The Cut @ Home blog has a video tutorial showing how to use stamps and die cuts for this stunning 3D card. … Read More ...
Technique: 3-D Look with Layering Stamps
The Hero Arts website has a lovely floral card showing how to use variegated their Ombre’ colored ink pads and layering stamps for a look that is almost 3-D! The fact these a clear stamps makes it so easy to … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Jewelry
You can add a custom touch and make your own unique jewelry by adding stamping to the Klik line of jewelry kits. Jamie from the Stamp This blog shows how a novice jewelry maker like herself got amazing results using … Read More ...
Technique: Glitter Covered Card
Why add just a touch of glitter to your cards when you can take it to the max and cover the entire card with glitter? The Paper Truffles blog has a video tutorial showing how to stamp your card and … Read More ...