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November 2019 Stamp of the Month is Here – Mistletoe & Holly
Our November Stamp of the Month Club by our friends from Fun Stampers Journey is HERE! Here’s a look at the November 2019 Stamp of the Month – Mistletoe & Holly. Join the Club The NEW Fun Stampers Journey (FSJ) Stamp of the Month sets are made in the USA of high quality deeply etched red rubber with cling mount. Our stamps create one of the best impressions on the market giving you a perfect stamped image every time. Meet Me Under The Mistletoe Card: Catch step by step instructions for this project below. Click photos to enlarge: Stamp (2) deer, bows, holly and sentiment on Whip Cream cardstock using…
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October 2019 Stamp of the Month is Here – Joyous Bird
Our October Stamp of the Month Club by our friends from Fun Stampers Journey is HERE! Here’s a look at the October 2019 Stamp of the Month – Joyous Bird. Join the Club The NEW Fun Stampers Journey (FSJ) Stamp of the Month sets are made in the USA of high quality deeply etched red rubber with cling mount. Our stamps create one of the best impressions on the market giving you a perfect stamped image every time. Joy To The World Card: Catch step by step instructions for this project below. Click photos to enlarge: Stamp the dove, flower crown and both branches on Whip Cream cardstock using Black…
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September 2019 Stamp of the Month is Here – Friendship Blessing
Our September Stamp of the Month Club by our friends from Fun Stampers Journey is HERE! Here’s a look at the September 2019 Stamp of the Month – Friendship Blessing. Join the Club A set of coordinating dies is available this month. Sold separately. Shop HERE. The NEW Fun Stampers Journey (FSJ) Stamp of the Month sets are made in the USA of high quality deeply etched red rubber with cling mount. Our stamps create one of the best impressions on the market giving you a perfect stamped image every time. To A Wonderful Friend Card: Catch step by step instructions for this project below. Click photos to enlarge: Stamp (1)…
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Holiday Cheer Staff Picks
Spellbinders + FSJ has many hardworking team members whose smiling faces you don’t get to see very often. For the Holiday Cheer Launch Party, we brought a few of them into the spotlight to share their favorite holiday products with you. The video segment is below, but first let’s take a look at a few of the projects made with the Staff Picks – I bet you’ll see some of your own favorite stamps and dies, and you might just find some new favorites too! Gnome for the Holidays Antonietta is our Product Manager and she chose the ever-popular Gnome for the Holidays stamp set and coordinating die set. Just…
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August 2019 Stamp of the Month is Here – Book Worm
Our August Stamp of the Month Club by our friends from Fun Stampers Journey is HERE! Here’s a look at the August 2019 Stamp of the Month – Book Worm. Perfect for back to school and all year round crafting! Join the Club A set of coordinating dies is available this month. Sold separately. Shop HERE. The NEW Fun Stampers Journey (FSJ) Stamp of the Month sets are made in the USA of high quality deeply etched red rubber with cling mount. Our stamps create one of the best impressions on the market giving you a perfect stamped image every time. A Book Is A Dream Card: Catch step by step…
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FSJ Tools, Tips and Techniques: Make a Velvety Watercolor Background
Are you looking for a simple cardmaking technique that works like magic? How about an idea you can create in any color and with any of your favorite stencils? Do you love to play and try new things? Yes? We thought so – and we know you are going to LOVE today’s projects. Today’s card starts with three simple products: FSJ’s Liquid Color, a stencil, and a Media Mister filled with water. Have you played with Liquid Colors? They are a water based liquid dye ink and they can be used in so many ways. Today we’ll apply them to a card using a sponge dauber. Instructions: Blend a generous layer of…
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FSJ July Stamp of the Month – Age of Aquarium
Hello friends, we’re so excited to welcome our latest Stamp of the Month, called Age of Aquarium! It includes all the stamps you need to create an under the sea spectacular, plus we’ll show you a super fun die set that makes a magical place for our fishy friends to live! Ready for some inspiration? Look at this beautiful card using the Age of Aquarium stamp set. To create this card: Sponge Pool Play ink across a 3×4.25-in. Whip Cream panel. (Don’t fill the entire panel with color.) Stamp coral around the edges of panel with Rich Coral and Citrus Cooler inks. Next, stamp the seagrass in Fresh Forest ink.…
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Color an Embossed Ombre Background with PanPastels
Looking for a colorful, sunshine-filled card idea to brighten someone’s day? Pull out your PanPastels and let’s create a sunny embossed background for a simple cardmaking project. Pick up a little Candy Apple PanPastel with the Sofft wedge sponge. Spread a diagonal stripe of PanPastel across the embossed panel. Use a clean portion of a wedge sponge and spread another stripe with Citrus Cooler, and then again with Lemon Drop. Once you’ve covered the panel with color, go back and further blend where the colors meet. In the video below, you can watch just how Kim blends the colors together by layering and mixing colors. To finish this card, Kim…
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Hello Summer: Two New Collections from FSJ
Hello crafty friends! It’s a BIG BIG day at FSJ! We’re so excited to spend the day with you as we celebrate the release of our two new summer collections: Splash Zone and Starry Night. They’re both part of our Hello Summer Launch Party on the FSJ YouTube channel. The fun starts at 9am Arizona time, so put on your party pants and let’s celebrate the skies and seas of summer! We can’t wait to share the new stamps, dies, stencils, and more with you – so how about a little peek at some of the goodness being released TODAY? First up, how stinking’ cute are these guys from the…
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Tryday Friday: How to Use a Brayer to Make Painted Clouds
Hey crafty friends! Have you been loving the Easy Breezy Spring collection from Fun Stampers Journey? Today let’s look at an absolutely darling card featuring the Loads of Love stamp set. Along the way, we’ll teach you a simple mixed media technique for adding puffy painted clouds to the background of your cards. To begin the background, add Beach Ball and Cool Pool acrylic paint onto a non-porous surface – like an acrylic sheet or a large clear block. (We used more Beach Ball and just a little Cool Pool.) Use a brayer to blend and spread the paint across the clear block. Then roll the brayer over a card-size…
