A colored pencil tutorial so easy a 7-year-old can do it!

It’s true, I filmed this video yesterday and my daughter saw it when she came home from school and had to try it! I think one of the most fun techniques you can try with colored pencils is to use them on colored cardstock and patterned paper. Today I’ll show you how to color thickly and [...]

Video Tutorail: Coffee Filter Flowers!

Howdy folks! I love paper flowers, they are as much fin to make as they are to use! Here is a card I made today using a flower made from a coffee filter:   Huh, I always seem to craft with bright colors on rainy days…I just realized that LOL! The paper I used is [...]

A few “toots” and a CASE & Freebies!

Well, my mailbox has been busy this week! I was asked (along with fellow MyGrafico designers Cheri Wenger and Blackleaf Studios) to design a custom digital stamp for Paper Crafts Magazine’s special publication Stamp It! Cards. You can download all of our designs here. Gotta love free right? I really enjoyed this issue of Stamp It! Cards, [...]

40% off last day and DT wrap up!

Wow, where did the week go!?! Where did the month go in fact! I had pland to make May Baskets with my new Basket Bonanza kit this week (who knows, maybe I will today), repaint my kitchen and clean my studio but none of those things happened. There is still time to save 40% on [...]

LSS Weekly Wrap Up 3

Wow, I must say I really enjoy gathering up my design team’s projects in one spot, I am so lucky to have such a talented group of artists working for me on the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff team. Without further ado let’s see what they cooked up this week! Micki’s Card this week has me dreaming [...]

Cutting The Card Clutter!

There is something about January…for me anyway…that makes me want to get rid of stuff! Maybe it is the influx of Christmas and the feeling of being choked by stuff or maybe it is just a fresh start. I shared my newly organized craft room with you the other day and yesterday I hauled 2 [...]

MyGrafico Halloweeen Giveaway!

Look at what you could win: Pretty sweet prizes huh? For full details on this contest visit MyGrafico.com. Don’t wait, deadline for entries is October 31st. All are welcome to enter, whether you are an embroidery business or printing company or a cardmaker, scrapbooker or crafter. WE want you to show us your best work! [...]

Crepe paper goodness!

Party streamers, gotta love them! Not only can they set the mood for a festive party but they can also add a lovely touch of vintage flair to your next project and since they are so inexpensive (you can get 2 packs at the dollar store) you can add them to everything. Here I adhered [...]

A couple of cuties!

I am loving this new stamp set from Crafty Secrets called a couple of cuties. I made this card tonight and I used my new I-Top bradmaker to make the corduroy covered brad, I think I love this tool more now seeing how well it works with fabric. For the envelope I used my Cricut, [...]

Meow!

This weeks challenge in the Oriental stamp art Yahoo group is Oriental brush painting. I did not have a chance to dig out my inks and paints but I had this cute brush style cat stamp from About Art Accents and I quickly made this card: I had the rubber mouse charm FOREVER it came [...]