If you’re not familiar with vellum it’s a semi translucent paper that is very versatile and can be used in lots of different ways on cards and with different stamping techniques. You can stamp on it, heat and dry emboss … Read More ...
Inspiration: Owl Step Card
Doesn’t this card make you want to hoot “How cute!”? This stunning step card covered in adorable owls was made by Marisa Job, she’s got more photos and info on how she made this card over on her blog, Designs … Read More ...
Technique: Card with Pleated Skirt Fold
How lovely is the paper detail on this card? Becky Roberts will show you how to cut, score and fold double sided pattern paper for a pretty pleated skirt design for your cards. You can find her step by step … Read More ...
Project: You are My Sunshine Bear Card
Do you sometimes have trouble lining up your die cuts with their coordinating stamps? Well Sharon Harnist has a simple and easy solution on how to get them lined up perfectly each time. Plus she also has a pretty watercolor … Read More ...
Project: Decorated Valentine Mailbox
Decorate a plain paper mache, wooden or metal mail box form the craft store with pattern papers, stickers, stamped images and embellishments for a fun way to give a gift, display cards or to use on your child’s school desk … Read More ...
Project: Decorated Coffee Bag
Know a coffee lover? Here’s a fun gift to make for them, decorate the front of a bag of coffee with stamps and die cuts. The U Cut @ Home blog has a video tutorial with all the details.
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Project: Animal Faced Envelopes
Here’s a fun way to jazz up your card envelopes. On the back draw a simple animal face, add a punched heart nose and bits of pattern paper cut into ear shapes and you’ve got an adorable envelope. This would … Read More ...
Project: Valentine Treat Wrapper
Gigi’s Creative Designs blog has directions for cutting cardstock and pattern paper to wrap around chocolate nuggets to make the most adorable little mailbox treat wrapper. Click here for all the details.
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Freebie and Project: Winter Mug Card
Warm up someone special up on a cold day with this winter mug card, you can slide in a note, cocoa packet or gift card inside. The Your Next Stamp blog has directions for making it as well as a … Read More ...
Project: Shaker Heart Embellishments
Shake up someone Valentine’s Day with this lovely shaker heart embellishments. The Pine is Here blog has directions for die cutting, stitching and stuffing them, add them to cards, tags or treat bags for a fun touch. Click here for … 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: Stamped Texturing Pressing
There’s many ways to add add texture to you cards, you can dry emboss, you can heat emboss and you can use products like pastes with your stencils and rubber stamps. Evenly spread out some paste, ink up your stamp … Read More ...
Project Ideas for Coloring Pages
Many of us have been joining in with the coloring book craze (or maybe you’ve been doing it for years) and those finished pages are relaxing to make and lovely to look a but maybe you want to do more … Read More ...
Project: Pipe Cleaner Christmas Cards
Here’s a quick and easy last minute card idea from Crafty Morning. Grab some green pipe cleaners (or spray paint some white ones green) and bend them into a Christmas tree shape. This would be a fun project to … Read More ...
Project: Cat and Dog Shaker Gift Tags
The Just a Pigment of My Imagination blog will show you how to die cut and assemble these adorable shaker gift tags, add some cute pet stamps to finish them off. Click here for directions.
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