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: Mother’s Day Elephant Card
With Mother’s Day just around the corner show mom that you love her a ton with this sweet Mother and Baby elephant card. The Lawn Fawn blog has a video tutorial showing you how to stamp it with tips on … Read More ...
Tip: Getting a Blush Cheek on a Stamped Face
Want that pinch-able cheeks look? If you’ve used markers to color in rubber stamped faces you might want a softer look for the cheeks. To give your cute face a blush look try using chalks and adding highlights with a … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Dog Tag Jewelry
Make yourself some unique jewelry using aluminum metal flashing, found at the hardware store. Shelley (aka the Stamptramp) used it with a dog tag shaped die to cut out the perfect base for a pendant. She used a cool double … Read More ...
Project: Vintage Style Door Hanger
Add an elegant touch to the entrance of any room with this vintage inspired door hanger. Visit The Rubber Cafe blog for a video tutorial showing how to combine stamps, die cut shapes, pattern papers, ribbon and embellishments with a … Read More ...
Project: Gift Card Holder Tag
A gift card to their favorite craft store is a great gift for a crafty friend and he’s a fun way to gift it, in a cute tag with a pocket in the back. You can find photos, direction and … 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 ...
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 ...
Tutorial: Pinwheel Fold Card
Add a fun twist to your cards with this pinwheel fold. Dawn Olchefske has step by step directions and a video tutorial showing how to cut, score and fold this cool card design. Visit Splitcoast Stampers for all the details.… Read More ...
Project: Paper Purse Card Holder
A set of hand made greeting cards makes a terrific gift and of course you need something cute to put them in, right? How about this adorable paper purse? Linda Bauwin will show you how to make one using just … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Background
Add some interest with die cuts. Melissa Phillips shows how to make a beautiful background design for tags and greeting cards using various die cut borders cut from different pattern papers. Visit her blog LilyBean Paperie for more info.… Read More ...
Project: Stamped Domino Key Chain
Stamp some funky images on dominoes for a fun key chain. That’s Blogging Crafty has all the details.
-Heather… Read More ...
Tip: Using Sequins on Your Cards
Sequins are a really trendy embellishment in paper crafting right now. The Some Odd Girl stamps blog has three ways to add sequins to your stamped cards, use them randomly, in a shaker card or behind die cut out shapes … Read More ...
Project: Mother’s Day Card
Gina K. has a video tutorial on her blog showing how to make this beautiful orchid card for Mother’s Day. She’ll show you how to heat emboss with clear powder and color the stamped image with markers for a pretty … Read More ...
Project and Freebie: Beach Lamp
Susanne Rose has a stunning home decor project she made over on her blog. She designed a Sihouette Studio die cut file for the lamp and decorated it with die cut shapes and stamped images for a wonderful beach themed … Read More ...