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Make a Tickled Pink Flamingo Envelope with the FSJ Scoring Board
Oh crafty friends, it’s Laura Williams here, and I have a sweet flamingo project to share with you today! This handmade card features the Tickled Pink Stamp Set as well as the FSJ Scoring Board, bright spring colors, and a fun idea that can be customized for ANY occasion. Are you ready? I LOVE the way the colors and patterns came together to create a sweet tropical feel for this project. Let’s get right to it and I’ll show you just how to create this card. You may have noticed, this card features an envelope used in a new way! Cool, right? The envelope becomes part of the project for…
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Handmade Easter Cards for All
The days until Easter are counting down, but there’s still plenty of time to make handmade cards and crafts for your people! Let’s look at a couple of projects that you can make, featuring the Faithfulness stamp and die set. You’ll see the versatility of the bunny stamp, and you might find some new ideas to try! First up, look at this sweet project! Is it a gift? Is it a 3D card? Is it a home decor item? Yes, yes, and YES. We created this project by starting with the Treat Box Die. Before adhering the box together, we simply trimmed one panel off to make an open box…
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3 Ways to Use Stencils and Modeling Paste on Handmade Cards
Have you been keeping up with FSJ’s weekly video tutorials on YouTube? Each week we come to you live from the FSJ studio to share cardmaking ideas and tutorials that are sure to jumpstart your creativity – and we bet you’ll learn something new too! Today, let’s take a look at one of our recent Tips, Tools and Techniques videos which focuses on using stencils and modeling paste. Kim started off this tutorial by adding modeling paste to the Polka Dot Wall stencil, on three different panels of cardstock. Then, she added color in three different ways. You are going to learn so much during this video, so we hope…
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FSJ Dueling Designers – Part 2
Hello fun friends! A few weeks ago we issued a fun and creative challenge to our concept designers, Mariana Grigsby and Laura Williams. We asked each designer to pull out the same stamp set, and make a handmade card. It was such fun to see how each designer used the products differently. Today we’re back with another round of Dueling Designers, and we’ve tasked the ladies with the Color Me Zen stamp set. We’re excited to show you the cards they created, and we’ll hear a little bit from each of them about their process. Are you ready to check them out? First up, is Mariana’s card: The Color Me Zen ATS showcases…
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You’re Invited to the Easy Breezy Spring Launch Party!
Hello crafty friends! Have you heard the news? We’re having a party! And we want YOU to be there! On April 26, from 3-5pm (Pacific time) we’ll be celebrating the release of our newest collection, called Easy Breezy Spring. The live party will be hosted on YouTube and we’ll show off the new products with specially priced bundles, we’ll share demos and projects, plus giveaways and so much fun! But the party doesn’t even stop there… In addition to the live party, we are offering an Easy Breezy Spring Project Kit. This kit contains brand new product, plus color instructions and pre-kitted pieces to make four fabulous handmade cards. In…
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Introducing Fun Stampers Journey April 2019 Stamp of the Month – Fresh Start
We are so excited to share the latest Fun Stampers Journey Stamp of the Month, called Fresh Start. This floral red rubber stamp set is filled with beautiful flowers and sentiments that you are going to LOVE for handmade cards and crafts! Let’s take a look! If you love to color – you’re going to adore these elegant images! Stamp them up on a sheet of cardstock and color to your heart’s content – then make bunches of beautiful cards! Look at this one, aren’t the colors fresh and fun? If you love to watercolor, use colored pencils, or even PanPastels, there are lots of coloring options for these stamps.…
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2 Ways to Use Foam Letter Stickers
Hello crafty friends! Let’s talk about letter stickers today. Letter stickers have long been a supply in our arsenal as paper crafters. Whether you’re a scrapbooker, a cardmaker, or a mixed media artist – letter stickers come in handy for a variety of projects. Today let’s take a look at two cardmaking ideas featuring our Big Alphabet Foam Letter Stickers, used in two very different ways! Mix and Match Stamps and Stickers For this fun and colorful Hi & Hello card, Laura created a sentiment by mixing and matching a stamped sentiment, with two types of stickers – the Big Alphabet Foam Letter Stickers, plus the ampersand from the Be…
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Two Ways to Use the Color Cross Stamp Set for Easter Cards
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Laura Williams here on the blog today and I thought we could have a chat about Easter cards. I’m getting started on some cards, and sometimes I can’t decide whether to go colorful, cute, elegant, clean and simple, layered – there are a lot of possibilities for Easter cards. And if you’ve been hanging out on the FSJ blog with me, you might remember that too many choices make me panic and plummet into a crafty funk! So today I narrowed it down and I have two cards to share with you, featuring the same stamp set. The Color Cross Stamp Set has a beautiful intricate…
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FSJ Dueling Designers
Hello crafty friends! We have a fun creative treat for you today! Let’s call it Dueling Designers – we’ve tasked our concept designers, Mariana Grigsby and Laura Williams, with a crafty challenge. We asked each designer to pull out the Escape the Ordinary stamp set from our Colorful Journey Collection, and make a handmade card. We’re excited to show you the cards they created, and we’ll hear a little bit from each of them about their process. Both designers featured the awesome zebra stamp from this set, but they used it in very different ways. Are you ready to check them out? First up, Mariana Grigsby’s colorful card, and what…
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3 Simple Steps to Jumpstart Your Creativity
Hey friends, it’s Laura Williams here, and I have a confession. A deep, dark, terrible confession. Are you ready? Sometimes – yes, sometimes (actually on a regular basis) I get into a crafty funk. I lose my motivation. My inspiration. My ability to glue two pieces of paper together in any sort of pleasing fashion. And it is so frustrating. Please, pretty please tell me I’m not alone here. Do you ever just feel like your creative mojo is gone forever? Today I’m going to share an idea that almost always works to jumpstart my creativity out of that crafty funk. And here’s the proof: three cards that I made…