This wonderful dancing skeleton card would be great to give for either Halloween or Day of the Dead (Nov. 1st). Blend colorful inks over top of an embossed background, add the happy stamped skeleton and then add some elements, gold … Read More ...
Tips: One Stamp, Three Different Ways
When you buy a stamp you always want to try to get as much use out of it as possible. Using different colored papers, embossing powders and ink spray mists you can get a multitude of totally different looks using … Read More ...
Technique: Stamping on Vellum Fall Leaf Card
Do you love stamping and/or embossing on vellum but then have a hard time adhering it your cards? Glue sticks and tape runner show through , brads and eyelets will work but sometimes you might not want to use them. … Read More ...
Project: Bottle Brush Tree Christmas Holiday Card
I’ve seen several stamp companies with bottle brush tree designs for the holidays, I guess that vintage look is going to be very trendy this year!
Hero Arts has a fun bottle brush stamp and is sharing step by step … Read More ...
Project and Technique: Cupcake Card using Vellum Paper
Vellum paper is a semi transparent paper that gives a pretty soft look when layered on your cards. You can use permanent inks or heat embossing to stamp on vellum. Coloring on the back side of vellum with markers … Read More ...
Project: Card and Notebook Teacher Gift
Learn how to heat emboss your stamps and add some white ink to black cardstock for a fun chalkboard look. The Simon Says Stamp blog has a video tutorial showing this technique using die cuts and stamping to make a … Read More ...
Technique: Faux Letter Press Card
Did you know you can add ink directly to your plastic embossing plates for a cool faux letter press look? The October Afternoon blog has the how to.
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Project: Stamped Book Mark
Keep your place in a book with a cool stamped book mark. Renee Zarate used stamping resist techniques and stencils to make this fun place holder.
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Project: Mixed Media Bird Card
Imagine Crafts has a tutorial for making this wonderful mixed media bird card using stamping, heat embossing, stencils with Creative Medium and micro beads.
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Project: Mixed Media Door Hanger
Recycle some cardboard packaging with some stamping, heat embossing and metal embellishments for a lovely home décor door hanger. Find directions over on the Rainbow Crafty Kari blog. I love how she totally changes the look of her embellishments … Read More ...
Tips: Choosing the Right Black Ink Pad
There are so many different types of inks on the market, especially the color probably most often used, black. It’s hard to know sometimes what the best ink is for your the stamping technique you’re doing, are you embossing, coloring … Read More ...
Product Review: Imagine Crafts and Tsukineko
I’m thrilled to bring you a look at some fun and exciting new products coming out soon from Imagine Craft and Tsukineko!
Grab a cup of coffee and settle in, this post is chocked full of information, inspiration and … Read More ...
Project: Metallic Shimmer Card
The Lily Bean Paperie blog has directions for making a stunning shimmer card by stamping and embossing with metallic embossing powders and adding sequins (which are super trendy right now!).
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Tutorial: Tag with Many Papercrafting Techniques
This lovely tag from Tammy Tutterow has loads of different techniques like resist, getting faux metal solder look with embossing, dying ribbon and more. Visit her blog for her detailed tutorial and learn some cool ideas!
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Technique: Faux Metal Card Accent
Heat embossing powders onto die cuts for a cool faux metal card embellishment. Hero Arts has a video tutorial to show you how.
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