Category Archives: Stamping Techniques

October SOTM Home for the Holidays Christmas Card Snowhaven #artfullysent #cricutexplore #scraptabulousdesigns #ctmh

October 2014 SOTM: Home for the Holidays Artfully Sent Card

Ho, Ho, Ho and Welcome to the October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  If you have come here from Sarita’s Blog, you are on the right path!  If you happen to get lost along the way, the complete list of hoppers can be found here.

This month we are featuring the Home for the Holidays Stamp Set that coordinates with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge – I LOVE using my stamps with my Cricut!  However, I was soooo excited when I received my brand new Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge last week, I just had to use it to create my project instead!

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January Stamp of the Month: Cross-Stitch Wishes

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  I hope you all had a GREAT Christmas and are ready to ring in 2014 with the January Stamp of the Month, Cross-Stitch Wishes!  If you have come here from Lalia’s blog, you are on the right path.  The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.  It’s super simple – just click on the link at the end of each blog post to hop to the next one!

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Special Care: December Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  I hope you all had a GREAT Thanksgiving and are ready to create with us and the December Stamp of the Month, Special Care!  If you have come here from Carla’s blog, you are on the right path.  The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.  It’s super simple – just click on the link at the end of each blog post to hop to the next one!

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Our Stamps are CLEARLY the Best!

Hi all!  Hope you had a great first week back into Fall!  🙂  I wanted to share a video with you that shows the versatility of our My Acrylix stamps – there are so many things you can do with them and they truly enhance your scrapbooking and paper crafting.  Enjoy!

 

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I’ll be back soon with projects from Avonlea and Scholastic!  Have a GREAT weekend!

 

Make something SCRAPTABULOUS – because CUTE matters!

Happy September!

I can’t believe it – where did summer go???  Here’s a layout I created using the It’s Your Day exclusive stamp set – featuring one of my favorite events of the summer, Close To My Heart Convention!!!  This summer it was held at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas.  I always have a SCRAPTABULOUS time with all my fellow consultants!!  Love you, ladies!!!

I love how you can create your own pattern paper with this stamp set!  Sometimes it’s hard to find pattern papers in the right color and theme, but when you use our fabulous stamps, you can get it right every time!!  🙂  The title was cut with our new Cricut Artiste Cartridge – love!!!!  Accessories include sparkles, black tulle ribbon, and shimmer ribbon.  Layout pattern was modified from Pattern #7, Illuminate, in our Make It From Your Heart book.

Make something Scraptabulous – because CUTE matters!!

What’s up with the CUTE little Pigment Inks??

Have you seen them yet??  We have the CUTEST little one inch ink pad sets available in ALL 40 of our colors!  And since you can get a set of 10 inks for only $19.95, they are super affordable, too.  So – what’s the difference between our regular ink pads and the new mini ink pads?  Here’s the scoop:

1.  The pigment inks are *not* the same thing as our regular water-based stamp pads.  They are not interchangeable.

2.  Pigment inks are perfect for home decor projects where your ink will come in contact with sunlight/humidity/dust, etc.  These inks are fade resistant.

3.  Our traditional water-based ink pads work great for scrapbooking (where your pages are in page protectors) and cards.

4.  Pigment inks are thicker and take longer to dry than our regular stamp pads.  You can use a heat gun to speed up the drying process.

5.  Pigment inks work best when using our NEW alcohol-based markers.  Just make sure the image is dry before you start coloring it in!

6.  These little ink pads are *not* like chalk-based distressing inks (even though they look like them) – they take way too long to dry.

As you can see, my inks are still in their package – can’t wait to start working with them!  You will definitely see projects featuring these inks in the near future.

Happy Friday, everyone!  Make something SCRAPTABULOUS this weekend – because CUTE matters!

Hugs,

Dana