At first glance, pocket letters look a lot like Project Life, the system that uses pouches to preserve your memories, thoughts and occasions. But Pocket Letters is different in that they are like opening up a fantastic crafter’s Christmas present. Each of these 3 by 3 pockets is filled with crafty goodness of the senders choice. …
Author Archives: Aliya White
Trend Watch – Beautiful inside and out: Frames
I love shopping. Especially if crafts are involved. But I also love trends that you can take advantage of with the products you have or that you can make for yourself. Using frames in your paper crafting project has enough flexibility and creativity that you do both in any combination that suits you. I have found …
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Trend Watch – Color Outside the Lines with Messy Watercolor
This is my kind of watercolor! It is beautiful and colorful but I don’t have to stay within the lines to make a something awesome. It reminds me a bit of the freedom you had to create when you were in kindergarten. You were given a piece of paper and some paints and told to …
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Trend Watch – Love it right off the page
At first glance, this technique was very intimidating to me. I still haven’t tried it and it takes patience and precision which are not my strong suits. It is a good thing that so many of our fellow crafters are so talented in this area so I can show you this cool technique and you …
Trend Watch – Stick a Pin in it – It’s Cork
I have sheets of cork on the backdrop of the wall where I make my paper creations. I have pinned crafty quotes, funny photos of my niece and inspiring photos of cards I would like to try. I am also very tactile and I like the feel of cork when I punch a new picture in …
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Trend Watch – Bejeweled and Be Awesome Gems
This gem trend shines so bright I could have looked at it from several directions. Literally, you can amp up the sparkle on your paper projects by including rhinestones and other jewels. And just like a little mouse, I am drawn to the sparkly goodness of a shiny card too. But for this post I want to …
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Trend Watch – A prickly subject
My next trend watch is a bit of a prickly subject. Yet, it can be succulent too. Because this trend report is about cacti and succulent plants! Right now the stamp sets are crazy with options you can experiment with. I have even seen a few folks carve their own cactus and succulent stamps out …
Trend Watch – Floral Focal Focus
It could be because Spring has finally sprung here in MN and I am actually seeing my bulbs pop out finally, but I am finding flower cards everywhere. For this post I am going to focus on the floral beauties that are so gorgeous, they are big and bold and get front and center attention …
Trend Watch – Kitty Break
During a busy week, I sometimes need a break. Well, maybe “need” is too strong of a word. I’d really like a break or I desperately require a distraction. So, I find myself on YouTube or Facebook looking at funny videos or pictures of animals being cute, silly, sly, and grumpy. It usually does the trick. Well, …
Trend Watch – Japanese Anime influence
I will admit, I am not much of a comic book fan but I can definitely get into the Anime trend. If you don’t know what I am talking about yet, don’t worry. I had to look it up on Wikipedia. Japanese anime comes from Japanese animation movies inspired by comic books. There are several …