Have You Tried A New Card Sketch Lately? The Paper Craft Crew has a great card sketch this week. This sketch really sparked my creativity! This is a single stamp set called “Bearing Gifts”. I really love this one. It gives you the chance to play with one of your coloring techniques. I used my Blendabilities on… Read More »
Have You Tried Spritzing Your Designer Series Paper? While this fun little technique won’t work with all of your patterned paper, it will work with papers that have a lot of black or dark colors on them. The Back to Black Designer Series Paper is a perfect paper to try this with! Sometimes I get so busy that… Read More »
Four Feathers Shoebox Swap Card! Last weekend, I participated in a shoebox swap. Have you done this before? I had not and I had no idea what it was. It’s a lot of fun! If you’re looking for a great get together idea for a group of friends, a shoebox swap is perfect! Each person designed a… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects: Create A Hand Stamped Candle! My sister got me started rubber stamping over 20 years ago. It was a lot of fun to take classes and meet other people as interested in playing with papers and inks as we were. I was already a serious scrapbooker by the time she got me hooked… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects Day 5 Fall Thank You Card! It’s fun to take a stamp set meant for Christmas and use it for a completely different season. Here, I have used the Letterpress Winter stamp set using fall colors to create a very quick and simple thank you card in a classic card layout! … Read More »
Stop making boring boxes! Stampin’ Up! has added the Hamburger Box Bigz Die to this week’s Weekly Specials. Save 25% through Monday, September 29! Yet another fun project! I did try to make a video tutorial of the boxes…I made at least 4 or 5 attempts. I think I should just make one giant blooper video from them! … Read More »
Create a quick muslin treat bag for Halloween. Tuck these into your child’s lunch box or create a set for classmates to tuck a treat into! Create this with your kids or for your kids! These bags are fun to stamp on. I created the giant polka dots with a Stampin’ Dauber and my Basic Black Ink Pad. … Read More »
Autumn inspired seasonally scattered stamp set using the emboss resist sponging technique! This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge inspired me to use one of the fabulous (and giant!) seasonal images from the Seasonally Scattered stamp set! For this card, I heat embossed the image with the new Crushed Curry Embossing Powder and then sponged on Mossy Meadow,… Read More »
4 ways to use the dotted scallop ribbon border punch that is on sale in this week’s Weekly Deals through Monday, July 28 online at mystampingstore.com! Here on the front of the card, I show two ways that I often use the dotted scallop ribbon border punch on my cards. You can use it as a border across… Read More »
Braided Card Tutorial + Template I received an email from someone last week asking me for my Braided Card tutorial. I actually didn’t have a tutorial for that technique. It has been on my To Do list since I started this blog! Years ago, my sister sent me a card made with this technique and it’s a WOW!… Read More »
Learn how to create a gusseted gift bag with my video tutorial! These are adorable and they use the Fresh Prints Designer Paper Stacks. These little paper stacks are one of my favorite items that always seem to appear in the Holiday and Occasions catalogs. Somehow, it feels less frightening to cut into a small piece of designer… Read More »
Going crazy with the aqua painter is actually fun! I have never been a fan of drawing. I have some students who draw the most amazing things you have ever seen. Their talent is unbelievable! I’m more of a painter. I like that I can smear that paint around and add colors until it actually looks like what… Read More »
Want to learn a quick and easy background technique? This is pretty fabulous! I couldn’t wait to share it with you. This came from the Stampin’ Success magazine that Stampin’ Up! sends their demonstrators every 2 months. It is chocked full of ideas made by really creative people. I did not have all of the supplies they used… Read More »
Happy Easter Watercolor Card! I just couldn’t resist using this stamp set for one more card! I was playing around with it and honestly kept coloring outside the lines when I didn’t really want to. I decided to give the image a nice watercolor background to camoflage the “mistakes”. I also couldn’t resist putting that beautiful Calypso Coral… Read More »
How to resize the Tag A Bag Boxes: Get just the size you need! Stampin’ Up! shared a video with us on how to resize the Tag A Bag Boxes. It’s such a clever idea, I wanted to pass it along to you! I love these little boxes and bag sets. I find myself pulling them out… Read More »