Wee Knitting Love Stamped Mini Canvases Tutorial :: by Becky Shander

Wee Knitting Love Stamped Mini Canvases Tutorial
by Becky Shander
Featuring Wee Knitting Love

Stamp image onto paper (or a piece of a brown paper lunch bag) with black ink and let dry. Draw a heart shape onto the stamped image, and then cut out the shape with scissors. Use a pencil to outline a heart shape (1 or 2 hearts or more even, depending on what you like) from the knitting pattern within the cut out heart shape. Then using the outlined heart(s) as a guide, use a toothpick to fill in the shape(s) with craft glue. Next, sprinkle dust glitter onto the glue,  and then shake off the excess glitter and let dry. 
Use craft glue to adhere the paper heart to a 2” x 2” mini-canvas.  Use a pencil to add hand drawn details around the heart and onto the canvas as well.  Next spray a light layer of Matte Finish (Krylon) over the canvas to protect the surface.  
To finish off the canvas with the one heart in the center, use craft glue to adhere rhinestones. To finish off the canvas with the two hearts in the center, wrap red and white baker’s string around the canvas and knot the string ends to secure. 

 

 

Styrofoam Block Printing Tutorial :: Love

Styrofoam Block Printing Tutorial
by Jenny Doh
Featuring Flourishing

Stamp image onto Styrofoam with a black inkpad.

Use a sharp pointy object to outline the image.

Load the Styrofoam with a pigment-based inkpad. Place inked Styrofoam onto the card and press.

Add details with a black pen.

Cork-Stamped Place Cards Tutorial :: by Melody M. Nunez

Cork-Stamped Place Cards
By Melody M. Nuñez
Featuring the Best Life Alphabet Set

Carving wine bottle corks into stamps is a great way to reuse something you might otherwise throw away, and the resulting stamps can be used to embellish anything from a place card to the pages of your art journal!

To Carve a Cork Into a Stamp
Begin with a dry cork. Draw a design on one end of the cork, or plan the design in your head before you begin cutting freehand. Using a very sharp X-ACTO knife, and working carefully so you don’t slice your fingers or hands, cut out your design. Test the stamp with ink when you think the stamp is ready, to make sure you’re pleased with your design. Both ends of a cork can be used, resulting in two stamps per cork.

Place Card Directions
Stamp a cork flower image onto watercolor paper with black ink. Stamp your guests’ name next to your cork-stamped design using the lowercase Best Life Alphabet. Attach a red gem to the center of the stamped flower design using a mini glue dot.

 

 

Wise or Otherwise Rubber Stamping Tutorial :: by Jenny Doh

Wise or Otherwise
by Jenny Doh
{Featuring Woodland Friends}

Stamp image onto ledger paper. Color with watercolor pencils and blend the colors with a wet paintbrush. Adhere to panel with assorted colors of masking and washi tape. Use letter stamps to stamp text.

My Romance Stamping & Doodling Tutorial :: by Jenny Doh

My Romance
by Jenny Doh
{Featuring Petals and Script}

Stamp image with white pigmnt inkpad onto chipboard.

Paint a broad black line with a black ZIG postermarker. Create black circles with a Staedtler permanent black marker.

Add lettering and other detailed marks with a white gel pen.

Slide Mailer Pendants by Melody M. Nunez

Slide Mailer Pendants
by Melody M. Nunez

{Featuring Romantic Botanicals & Stitches & Dots}

These pendants were made to be pendants on long necklaces, but they’d also make lovely ornaments!  You can string them on ribbon, a long chain, or hang them on an ornament hook.

Botanical Slide Mailer Pendant
Apply gesso or white craft paint to a cardboard medical slide mailer.  Let dry.  Stamp cover of slide mailer with a stamp image from the Romantic Botanicals stamp set using Black StazOn ink. Acting quickly, immediately sprinkle gold and silver Schmincke powder on the image, giving it a light dusting.  Wait a moment or two, then dust off the excess metallic powder with a soft, dry paintbrush.

Trim a photo to fit inside the recessed rectangular spot on the inside of the slide mailer and glue down. Use more gold Schmincke powder, water, and a paintbrush to add a metallic gold frame around the edge of the photo.  Attach a silver metal tag with the word “heart” stamped on it to the bottom of the photo, and attach a small metallic gold paper heart on the right side of the tag.

Use an awl to poke a hole in the top center of the right side of the mailer, and run a large silver jump ring through the hole.  Finish the piece by accenting the front panel of the slide mailer pendant with gold metallic rub-ons.  Thread the jump ring with ribbon or a chain.

Notions Slide Mailer Pendant
Apply gesso or white craft paint to a cardboard medical slide mailer.  Let dry.  Stamp cover of slide mailer with the stitched edge border stamp from the Stitches & Dots stamp set using Black StazOn ink.  Apply another layer of gesso over the top of the stamped panel - this mutes the intensity of the stitching.

Trim a photo to fit inside the recessed rectangular spot on the inside of the slide mailer and glue down.  Use 1/8” black masking tape to frame the photo in black, or simply mat the photo with black cardstock before gluing the photo down – making sure the black mat fits within the opening. 

Attach a small button to the rounded section of the recessed opening with an Elmer’s Glue Spot or a glue dot.  Use an awl to poke a hole in the top left corner of the right side of the mailer, and run a large silver jump ring through the hole. Attach three buttons to the cover panel with Glue Spots or glue dots, and thread the jump ring with ribbon or a chain.

Find featured stamps here.

 

Rubber Stamped & Free Motion Stitched Dish Towel Tutorial

Stamped & Stitched Dish Towel
by Jenny Doh
{Featuring Wee Mason Jar Stamps}

Stamp image onto a dish towel with black inkpad. It's ok if the image is kind of faint since you will stitch over it.

Either free motion stitch or hand embroider over the stamped image.

Happy creating. :)

I Knit Therefore I Love Rubber Stamped Card Tutorial DIY

I Knit Therefore I Love
by Jenny Doh

{Featuring Wee Knitting Love}

Stamp knit image with black ink onto paper panel. Add watercolors.

Ink smaller knit image with black ink and then hit the small heart with the corner of a red inkpad and stamp onto lower section of the paper panel. Write text with a fine-point black marker. 

Find Wee Knitting Love Stamps here.

Kit :: Alice in Wonderland Canvases :: by Melody M Nunez

Alice in Wonderland Canvases
by Melody M. Nunez

{Featuring the Danita & Wonderland Friends Kit & Best Life Alphabet}

I made these three canvases using the Danita & Wonderland Friends Kit.  Begin by gluing a fabric square onto each canvas panel. Set aside to dry. Color the three Alice & Wonderland Friends images with watercolor pencils, then use a small paintbrush to blend the colors with water.  Set images aside to dry before cutting them out.

Cut narrow strips of the vintage book text with a paper trimmer, and glue down onto the fabric-covered canvas as shown, overlapping the two pieces in the upper corner. 

Cut three small squares of watercolor paper, and stamp the capital letters A, H, and R (from the Best Life Alphabet) on the three paper squares with black ink.  Accent the edge of each letter square with metallic rub-ons. I used pink on the A, red on the H, and blue on the R. Glue the letter square onto the canvas where the two strips of book text overlap.

Carefully cut out Alice and her friends, and attach them to the canvas with glue. Affix the three crocheted elements next to the three characters. I used the flower with Alice, the mushroom with the rabbit, and the heart with the Hatter. 

 

 

This Moment Memo Book :: by Shona Cole

This Moment Memo Book
by Shona Cole
{Featuring Woodland Friends and Scalloped Authentic}

Step 1 – collage old book pages with glue over the cover of a memo book

Step 2 – Paint a small amount of white paint or gesso randomly over the cover

Step 3 – Rub brown Staz On ink randomly over the cover, especially the edges

Step 4 – Stamp the little bird from "Woodland Friends" by Danita in brown Staz on ink. Color in with orange color pencil. Stamp the bird cage from "Scalloped Authentic" by Jenny Doh over the bird.

Step 6 – Rub on the words ‘this moment’ or another sentiment.