This interesting mixed media project, a draw string bag filled with message stones, incorporates adding stamping on several different surfaces, silk, felt and stones. Penny will give you tips for stamping and coloring directly on silk and how to fuse … Read More ...
Project: Coffee Gift Card Holder
Have a friend who’s a coffee lover? This colorful mixed media coffee themed gift card holder is perfect for that coffee “addict” in your life 🙂 Anita Houston designed this card using lots of different mediums like paint, stencils, ink … Read More ...
Project: Recycled Coaster Art
Do you have any chipboard coaster laying around, I have a huge stack I use for parties. You can recycle those coasters into art buy die cutting a shaped hole in them, layering them and making a niche’, add some … Read More ...
Project: May Flowers Card
With all the April showers we’ve had around here I’m expecting lots of May flowers! Shari created this lovely spring tag using embossing paste and a stencil for the rain drop background and a flower rubber stamp colored directly with … Read More ...
Project: Journal Card
Small single sided cards are perfect for journaling, scrapbooking, to use as artist trading cards or project life books. Tammy Tutterow has directions for making this pretty card using embossing, ink pads, stamping , embellishments and more. Visit her blog … Read More ...
Inspiration and Freebie: African Scene
Holy cow! How amazing is this African campsite scene? Laura Carson made this fantastic diorama using images from collage sheets along with small paper mache’ boxes and tins for the trunks. She’s got lots of photos on her blog along … Read More ...
Project and Template: Camera Box
This project from Emma Trout really blew me away! She made this stunning camera box from one sheet of cardstock and 2 sheets of pattern paper and lots of embellishments! She’s sharing her template and her steps for making it … Read More ...
Technique: Stenciled Brick Background
Over at the Eclectic Paperie blog Kim will show you how to make an realistic looking brick background using stencils, embossing paste and paint. This makes the perfect backdrop for stamped images like she used on her beautiful mixed media … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Tag
Cheryl used a combination of rubber stamps, paints, die cuts, tissue paper, ink, rub-ons and more for this lovely mixed media tag project. She shares step step directions for making it over on her blog Cheryl’s Paper Artz.
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Technique: Texture Stamping
Here’s an amazing way to get depth and texture with your rubber stamps. Allison stamped her flourish background stamp with gesso and then applied ink and glitter sprays over top for this fantastic technique. Find her tutorial over on The … Read More ...
Tips: One Rubber Stamp, Many Different Ideas
Large background stamps can be some of the most versatile stamps in your stash. You can simply stamp the entire stamp in one color, you can ink it up with multiple colors using markers or ink pads, you can stamp … Read More ...
Product Review: Imagine Crafts
I recently got the chance to try out some cool brand new products from Imagine Crafts. These products work perfectly with all types of rubber stamping, mixed media, jewelry, home decor and collage art projects.
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Project: Mixed Media Journal Page
This wonderful journal page reminds of an old stained glass window in an ancient castle. Linda Cain used paste, stencils, paint, rubber stamps and more to make this artful mixed media creation. You can find out more by visiting the … Read More ...
Technique: Custom Envelopes Decorated with Custom Stamps
Don’t send your wonderful hand stamped cards in a plain envelope, make the envelope as pretty as the card! Mark Montano shares how you can make your own large custom stamps using embossing folders and thin sheets of fun foam. … Read More ...
Techniques: 10 Ways to Use Ink Sprays
Ink sprays and mists are so much fun to play with and they are so many techniques you can do with them, they can be used on cards, scrapbook pages, collage art and home decor projects using papers and fabrics.. … Read More ...