Hi crafty friends! Today I am showcasing the Fluttering Feathers background stamp with a new (to me) product that was an inky mess, but so much fun! I used color burst powders for the first time. Color burst powders are highly pigmented, watercolor powder that "bursts" with color once spritzed with water. I played with several color combos and made dozens of backgrounds to use for future projects. My fingers are still slightly blue from all the pigment!To create my...

Hi friends! Today, I'm sharing how I made a mini slimline card featuring the Crafty Meraki Owl Yours stamp set. To start, I prepped my card base and background panel. I made the card base (3.5 in x 6 in) from medium gray cardstock. I dry embossed the background panel with the Eccentric Hearts Die on heavyweight, white cardstock. I adhered the background panel to the card base with liquid glue. Pro tip: Dry embossing is another great way to...

Hi there! Today, I have a fun and simple way to stretch your supplies. I am featuring Crafty Meraki's Eccentric Hearts Background Die.To start, I die cut the background die twice from heavyweight, white cardstock. I glued the two die cut layers together and snipped five heart strands in varying lengths. The heart strands were also snipped from the thin frame of the background die.To create the background panel, I ink blended an A2-sized piece of heavyweight, white cardstock using...

Hi everyone! Tiffany here. I'm so excited to share my first guest design for the Crafty Meraki blog! Today, I am featuring the beautiful Fluttering Feathers background stamp, illustrated by Alex Syberia, from this week's release. Before starting my card, I conditioned my background stamp. It is really important to scuff it up a bit and remove any residue left over from the manufacturing process. This will allow ink to stick much better.Pro tip: To condition your stamps, rub Versamark...