I realize I’ve been post-less practically since I got this thing started, but I hope to remedy that! Putting the blog under a full remodel, and some great things in the works – stay tuned! 🙂
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Mother’s Day Card from Scraps!
Okay – it’s not that my mom doesn’t deserve a great card from all new materials – but all you crafters out there are probably just as bad as I am about hoarding paper scraps! Crafters are natural hoarders – every time we clip, snip, or crop, there’s a part of us that dies inside at the idea of wasting those precious, pretty snippets.So I decided to go through… Continue Reading
Tips & Tricks:Getting Started in Making Your Own Cards
(Below is a blog I wrote for another great site, Vegas Family Events, for their wonderful “Mom Squad” section. Remember when you were little, and you gave your mother a big, hand-folded card with crayon-drawn squiggly hearts all over it for Mother’s Day? She was thrilled by your homemade and heartfelt efforts – and probably even more charmed by the delightful untidiness of it. You can still deliver those wonderful… Continue Reading
Diaper Snail Tutorial
SUPPLIES: BABY BLANKET CLEAR ZIP TIES CLEAR ELASTIC BANDS DIAPERS, SMALL SIZES GOOGLY EYES ADHESIVE (GLUE DOTS, DOUBLE SIDED TAPE) PIPE CLEANERS Â Note: Â I used my best friend’s visit with her infant daughter as a great time to photograph this tutorial – the baby needed the tiny little diapers I no longer stock myself, so it worked great! Unfortunately, I could not locate a suitable blanket for… Continue Reading
Wedding Couple Card Tutorial
Materials12×12 Ivory Cardstock Cuttlebug D’Vine Swirls Embossing Folder Blue cardstock Black cardstock White cardstock White Satin Ribbon Pearl Ex Macropearl Acid-free Perfect Medium Clear Stamp Pad Martha Stewart Scoring Board Elmer’s Glue Stick Spray Adhesive*Please forgive the crummy pictures. I’m getting better!Tutorial 1. 12×12 Cardstock, trimmed at 12×6 and scored on the 4″ and 8″ mark. Fold as Trifold, inward. Â 2. On a white piece of cardstock, about 4×6,… Continue Reading