Are you hosting a party soon but can't decide what to give out as party favors? With options at stores being limited and often expensive, you could save yourself lots of money while tossing guests a memorable gift by simply making your own favors.
If your photo albums are older than you can remember and have yellowing, ripped pages and photos askew, then we can bet that your photos aren't in good condition. So save your prized memories and keep them looking great for future generations by organizing them neatly into a photo album.
When you hear the word "watercolor," the image of Monet sitting in his garden in Giverny slowly whittling monumental versions of his garden's lillies on canvas probably comes to mind. But you don't have to be a superstar painter to be able to create beautiful watercolor prints.
For a no-wax batik dying method for your own clothes designs, you will need the following: a T-shirt, foam stamps, a medium, dye, parchment paper, fabric marker, cold water, a microwave, plastic wrap, and a pen.
This video teaches us how to make shaker cards. These are cards that have a sort of window where you can see glitter or confetti moving about when you shake the card. You start off with your card base. A good size is 6" by 8". You take your front image, either a picture you have or stamp one yourself. Attach this image to the front of your card base. Line your image with thick double sided tape. Don't leave any gaps or your glitter will leak out. Next you cut your window. This will be the ver...
To make a paper gift box is one of the simplest projects that you can create on your own. In order to do this you need some materials: a Square of Paper, a Pencil, a Ruler & a Folding Bone. Take any size square of paper and draw two lines diagonally from corner to corner. This will form a large X, marking the center of the square. In turn, fold each corner into the center of the square. Firmly crease the fold. Fold the first corner to the line of the first fold made on the opposite side. Repe...
In this tutorial, we learn how to do the glitter windows technique when card making. First, you will need to pick an area in the card where you want the window to be at. Then, grab a piece of card stock and stamp the areas out where you want the empty space for the window to be. Next, set this aside and grab another piece of paper in a different color. Apply glitter to this, then let it dry before attaching the cut out piece onto this. Now you can use this for the rest of your card and have a...
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to use the rolling marble technique in scrapbooking. Take a piece of 2" x 5 1/2" whisper white. Then take the stamp set container with three marbles in it and add 4 -5 drops of color from a bashful blue refill inside the container. Then shake the container till the marbles get coated with the ink. Put some dotto on the back side of the whisper white and stick it to the inside top of the container. Flip it over and r...
In this series of expert videos, you will learn the basics of rubber stamping. Get an expert’s introduction to the tools and supplies you need to create your own rubber stamp art and décor.
Physical gifts are the ones most championed during the holiday season, but what about the sentimental ones? You do wish that your friends and loved ones attain happiness, peace, health, and joy during the new year, right?
Is your dog the apple of your eye? Then integrate some doggy decor into your life by crafting this useful and highly cute binder clip. Embellished with an adorable scalloped stamp featuring a teeny blue bone in the center, this binder clip is possibly the chicest we've seen.
Alright, let's be honest, blues guitarists can get stuck in a riff rut and then everyone ends up singing the blues. In this video, Robert Renman shows you how to break out of the mold and bring some life into your licks. Using the A Minor blues scale, Robert shows you how to create interesting phrasing and ideas to let you put your own stamp on a long, long tradition.
This is a great craft project that you can use to make cute and festive Christmas ornaments out of polymer clay. You will also need cookie cutters, sanding paper, rubber stamps, a wavy blade, a straight blade, some makeup powders and acrylic paints.
After Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," it seems miniature is in. Shrink art is a way of crafting with sheets of plastic that shrink in the oven. The technique - which involves stamping and punching plastic sheets - creates everything from earrings to pins.
This image editing software tutorial shows you how to use the healing brush tools in Photoshop CS3. Think of them as first aid for your photos! Watch and learn how to use The Clone Stamp, Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, and Patch Tool to retouch photos in Photoshop CS3.
Are you ready for the spookiest time of year yet? Get yourself in the mood for macabre (Halloween is in only two months!) by checking out this crafting tutorial for making a cute spider stamp-embellished Halloween box equipped with a ribbon holder.
Art should be playful, not intimidating. And with this video tutorial, you'll see just how easy crafting can be. Learn a basic watercolor technique that will make your creations stand out and sparkle.
Want to show your love in a creative and heartfelt way? Make a handmade I Love You card using Ippity stamps! This tutorial shows you how to make a basic, flowery card to show the people you love how you feel about them.
Learn how to design an abstract wallpaper design in Adobe Photoshop. Use the pen tool, rotational tools and clone stamp tools to create awesome effects in Photoshop and turn them into abstract wallpaper designs.
In this card tutorial project I create a mega mix of lots of layers and different textures and papers to make a great card.
In this cardmaking demonstration I make a really pretty card using a range of pretty papers. The card is a 6x4in card and I go through the layers building up a beautiful card that could be made using any range of papers and any stamps for a multitude of occasions. Step 1: Items Used
This tutorial is quite an epic, so get a cuppa, kick off your slippers, sit back and relax as we go through a few great inking & blending techniques.
In the Card making tutorial, I show you how I have made the Nifty Layers Fancy Doily Card, using Anna Griffin Nifty Nesting Layers, papers and a Anna Griffin Say it Anyways stamp as well as the Tim Holtz rosette die. You see how I put it all together and it make a fabulous looking card that could be adapted so you can use things from your own 'crafty stash' Step 1: Items Used
If you're a magician, or an aspiring one, you'll want to learn how to put your own stamp on your tricks. It's very hard to actually find a trick that hasn't been done already, but you can still find ways to personalize the trick and bring new life to it.
Taking a letter die set (which you can find at hardware stores), stamp in words and phrases which are important to you onto copper washers. Thenk link the washers together with small loops of jewelry wire, attach a clasp, and you have your own mantra bracelet to help keep you centered!
Create a custom brush which you can use to stamp your own signature onto projects you've worked with in Adobe Photoshop. You'll be able to change the size or color of your signature, and put it anywhere on the image you want.
Watermarks enable to you to 'stamp' your work and signify that it belongs to you. There are several different ways to create and automate your own watermark. This video goes into the various techniques you can use to achieve this effect.
Getting started in stamp & scrapbooking world? Embossing a great technique to add textures and design to your scrapbook pages. In this video, Angie Kennedy of My Chic n Scratch (and a certified Stampin' Up demonstrator) shows how to emboss.
Don't even think about buying store bought jewelry, when you can make your own custom designs at home! Learn how to put that old collection of bottlecaps to use with guidance from Debz, owner of Rubber Stamp Plantation in Honolulu who demonstrates how to make a wonderful pair of bottle cap earrings. Good luck!
This episode of TUTCAST shows you how to get rid of blemishes in your photos using Photoshop. For this demonstration the patch tool in Photoshop is used to clean the blemish. Use the elliptical marquee tool to select the area including the blemish as shown and then feather the selection using the selection modify feather command. Use the patch tool to patch the area with the blemish and use the clone stamp tool to clean up the unevenness as demonstrated.
Learn how to make homemade pendants! It's quite the process, involving a piece of glass (frosted glass with bevel edges is best), Fantasy Film, opals for embossing enamels, and a pool of hot glue. If you want to learn how to make dichroic carnival glass pendants with Fantasy Film and colored opals, then just check out this video tutorial.
A simple and easy Christmas Card using Stampin' Up! products. Use simple stamping, scrapbooking, and paper design techniques to make this beautiful Christmas card. Video is in fast motion, but text instructions guide you through the processes. Enjoy! Merry Christmas.
Watch this instructional scrapbooking video to make a greeting card with a nifty clay tag. Use a stamp and a piece of air dry clay to make a personalized hanging tag for your card. You can use store bought cut outs or use recycled scraps of paper and ribbon. This unique card is good for invitations, graduations, holidays, bar mitzvahs, and birthdays.
Make this card using the crayon resist technique, demonstrated in this video using CTMH products. This technique really helps the colors pop, sealing parts of the paper that you don't want the stamp ink to stick to. Watch this video card-making tutorial and learn how to use the crayon resist technique to make greeting cards.
While embossing machines are marketed to be used brand specifically, all those Nestability dies and embossing folders are completely compatible with a Cuttlebug embossing machine. Make the most of your stamping materials without having to purchase to much of everything. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to use Nestability dies and embossing folders to make die cuts with a Cuttlebug embossing and die-cutting machine.
While embossing machines are marketed to be used brand specifically, all those Nestability dies and embossing folders are completely compatible with a Sizzix Big Kick embossing machine. Make the most of your stamping materials without having to purchase to much of everything. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to use Nestability dies and embossing folders to make die cuts with a Sizzix Big Kick embossing and die-cutting machine.
While embossing machines are marketed to be used brand specifically, all those QuicKutz dies and embossing folders are completely compatible with a Sizzix Big Kick embossing machine. Make the most of your stamping materials without having to purchase to much of everything. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to use QuicKutz dies and embossing folders to make die cuts with a Sizzix Big Kick.
While embossing machines are marketed to be used brand specifically, all those Nestability dies and embossing folders are completely compatible with a QuicKutz Revolution embossing machine. Make the most of your stamping materials without having to purchase to much of everything. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to use Nestability dies and embossing folders to make die cuts with a QuicKutz Revolution embossing and die-cutting machine.
Those composition notebooks can be quite ugly sometimes. This video will teach you how to make your composition notebook super cute with various stamping supplies. Get ready for compliments, because this arts and crafts project is going to make heads turn.
This tutorial video will show you how to make a cute picture frame. This super-sweet picture frame is a great idea for birthdays and holidays. It is made from various stamping and card making supplies, so get ready for some fun arts and crafts!
