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Advanced, Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Embossing Inspiration, FSJ, Mixed Media, Step by Step Tutorials
Hello Summer Inspiration | Make Waves with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter blogging at Right as Rain. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m a big fan of anything ocean-themed! I’m fascinated by all of the different takes on the ocean theme in papercrafting. I’m sharing three ocean-themed projects, along with instructions, crafted with the Hello Summer – Splash Zone Collection products. Let’s take a look. Make Waves Card My first card, showcasing the Sparkle Mermaid Tail Die Set, incorporates mixed media techniques. To begin, I heat-embossed the Make Waves Stamp Set sentiment with gold powder on a Whip Cream cardstock A-2 card base. For the mermaid tail, I used both the detailed and…
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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…
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T3: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Festive Graduation Cards
Every Tuesday at 4pm (Arizona time) FSJ comes to you LIVE on Facebook and YouTube for our T3 video – that stands for Tools, Tips, and Techniques. Recently, Kim Kesti shared two creative (and simple) handmade cards for graduation. Tis the season, right? Today’s projects both begin with the Hats Off Die Set. On today’s video, Kim will show you step-by-step how to assemble this fun and festive graduation die set. The most fun part is that you can customize the mortarboard for whatever color you’d like. Use cardstock to match your graduate’s school colors, or just pick a color you love! Once Kim assembled the die, she began creating…
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Introducing Sprinkled With Love, the June 2019 Stamp of the Month
Hello crafty friends! We are so excited it’s June, because a new month means a new Stamp of the Month! Sprinkled With Love is a super sweet red rubber stamp set with a magical unicorn and her delicious donuts! Let’s take a look at this darling set: There are so many fun ways to mix and match the donut and frosting. Pair the sweet treats with the unicorn, or use them separately. And those sentiments – SWOON! So cute for friendship, love and celebration cards! When you sign up for FSJ’s Stamp of the Month Club, you’ll receive this stamp set, plus a new stamp set each month right in…
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How to Celebrate Community Heroes With Handmade Treats
Hello crafty friends! Nicole here, excited to be guest blogging today on the FSJ blog – something I haven’t done since 2014! It’s Memorial Day Weekend – the official start of summer, for most a 3-day weekend (yes!) and most importantly, a time to reflect and honor those who have sacrificed so much for us to enjoy the freedoms and privileges that we as Americans enjoy. In that spirit, I can think of no better time to share with you a bit more about a recent activity that Reagan and I did, and to challenge you to do the same. Many of you have already seen glimmers of this during our…
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Introducing the Hello Summer Launch Party Project Kits!
It’s an exciting day, crafty friends! Today we begin counting down to FSJ’s next live event, the Hello Summer Launch Party, on June 22. Beginning today you can order some of the new stamps, dies, and more from the TWO collections being released at the launch party. We’re exploring the sea and the sky with our two latest collections. The first is called Starry Night, where you’ll be whisked into a celestial sky of stars and planets and a few cosmic friends. The second is called Splash Zone where you’ll dive into a crafty sea of underwater creatures and beautiful mermaids. Today in the FSJ shop, you’ll find two awesome…
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Sending You Loads of Love with Handmade Cards
Most of us don’t get too excited about laundry. The pile on the bathroom floor. The basket-full that needs to be folded. The mystery of the ONE missing sock. Can you relate? But crafting up some laundry? I think we can all get behind that one. Send loads of love to your girlfriend who’s knee-deep in cloth diapers and desperately needs encouragement. Or maybe a thank you note to your mom for all the loads of your laundry she did as you were growing up. Today, let’s take a look at three sweet cards featuring the Loads of Love Stamps and coordinating die set, from the Easy Breezy collection. FSJ’s…
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How to Use One Small Stamp Set for Four Mighty Cards!
The Fun Stampers Journey ATS sized stamps are small rubber stamp sets that can be used in MIGHTY ways. On today’s featured T3 video (that’s Tools, Tips, and Techniques) Kim Kesti explores FOUR gorgeous ways to use the Love Block stamp. This stamp was released as part of the Follow Your Heart collection, which was a Valentines themed release of stamps, dies, and accessories. But as you’ll see today, the floral details on this stamp make it fantastic for springtime cards too! Today’s cards all begin with white embossing on colored cardstocks, Summer Days, Watermelon Fusion, Lemongrass and Turbo Teal. After embossing the sentiment on each color, Kim fussy cut…
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How to Make the Most of Your Paper Scraps
Hello crafty friends! We’re going to ask a possibly scary question today – are you ready? How’s your paper scrap stash looking? Is it a hot mess, or is it well organized? Kim Kesti recently shared an awesome T3 (that’s Tools, Tips, and Techniques) video with us, and in this episode she’s dealing with her SCRAPS. Let’s take a look at three coordinating cards she made using cardstock and printed paper from her stash, plus her tips to create with your own scrappy stash. Kim began her card set by choosing 3-5 colors of scraps, and these became the color palette for all of today’s projects. Kim chose Bubble Gum,…
