Back to Basics – Guest Designer (19)

Hi I am Karyn. I reside in Ohio with my husband and daughter, and I have been crafting on and off for my entire life: different avenues such as counted cross stitch, poetry, drawing, crochet, decoupage, and any other thing I could get my hands on.
While away camping for a weekend my daughter and I [...]

Sue T.’s Valentine’s Day Series: Day Five (2)

 
 
 
I am going to make it easy on you for this final day. Just a bit of stamping. This card is easily duplicated if you need to make a few cards. Your kids could even help on this one.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Birthday Builder Set 9BIRM (Amuse)
Happy Heart Day 9-8223B (Amuse)
Papers:
Recycled Brown craft paper [...]

January Product Review – Back to Basics Part Two (7)

Welcome back!  We’re going to explore a few more ink pad choices today as well as hear what the final verdict was to my stamping experience.
After my experience with Tsukineko and Stewart Superior, I realized that I had a few small containers of inks in my stash as well.  These small containers are made by [...]

Cleaning rubber stamps (4)

Have a stamp that is terribly ink stained and it is making you crazy? Here is a simple, and often good way, to clean up your stamps:
Place a folded paper towel in a paper plate and soak it with Simple Green. (properly diluted according to the directions) I will often pick up the stamp and [...]

January Map Project – Happiness (5)

 
 
 
Our new Artistic Guide, Jan Hennings, created a card just for you using the January map!  Enjoy. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Happiness
By: Jan Hennings, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4″ x 6″
Supplies:
Stamps:
7 Gypsies
Paper:
Worldwin
Making Memories
Ink: 
Timber Brown StazOn ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Brads (Paper Studio)
Image (Paper doll vintage image from Germany)
Glue (Aleene’s)
Trimmer (Fiscars)
Hanger (unknown)
Muslin fabric (Hobby Lobby)
Clothes pin (Encore)
Sheet music (Old music book)
Acrylic paint (Plaid)
Sewing [...]

Stamping with Objects *B2B* (1)

Finished card size: 4.25″x5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Stampin’ Up!
Paper:
Bazzill Basics
Ink: 
Charcoal Chalk ink pad  (Colorbox)
Other:
Tacky Glue (Aleene’s Tacky Glue)
Paper Trimmer (Fiskars)
Screw with a rounded top
Directions:

Stamp the deer and tree. Take a screw with a round head and press into the ink pad. Stamp tracks twice behind the image.
Tear edges of wild life scene and adhere to a slightly larger piece [...]