Mixed Media Monday: “Follow Your Heart” Video Tutorial

Happy Monday everyone! Welcome to another edition of Art Journal Express brought to you by Andrea from her personal blog The Art of Simple. Art Journal Express is a weekly video tutorial series she created for her personal blog The Art of Simple. Each week on Monday she posts a video tutorial on how she created one of her …

Free Project of the Week: “Walk in the Rain” Art Journal Page – 08 30 2013

This week for the Paper Crafter’s Library free video tutorial we decided to do something a little different.  Instead of our usual card tutorials Andrea decided to create an art journal page featuring the Trickling Water stamp by Designs by Ryn – our Featured Company this week. You can read about the story behind this art …

Free Project of the Week: Joy Ride – 08 23 2013

Welcome to this week’s Free Project of the Week. Today’s project is this Joy Ride card, featuring Stampin’ Up!’s Rev Up The Fun stamp set. Rather than ink up the car image using two markers, Andrea used the paper piecing technique to achieve the two different colors.  This would make a great anytime male card! Download the …

2014 Calendar and Note Pad Tins

Over the last several months I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking when the 2014 Calendar and Note Pad Tins and the refills will be back.  We are excited to announce that we are running a pre-order from August 9/13 – August 23/13. Please note that we have a free video tutorial on how …

Free Project of the Week: Oh, Hello – 07 16 2013

Welcome to this week’s Free Project of the Week. Today’s project is this Oh, Hello card, featuring Stampin’ Up!’s Epic Day This and That washi tape and Hexagon embossing folder.  You can watch a video on how this card was made and download a pdf handout below. Download the pdf handout here If you enjoyed …

Free Project of the Week: Happy Birthday – 07 12 2013

Welcome to this week’s Free Project of the Week. Today’s project is this Happy Birthday card.  In this card we show you how you can cut out portions of your patterned paper to create visual depth and dimension.  You can watch a video on how this card was made and download a pdf handout below. …

Free Project of the Week: Make a Wish – 06 21 2013

Welcome to this week’s Free Project of the Week. Today’s project is this Make A Wish card, which features a paper pieced ice cream cone as the focal point.  Paper piecing is a great way to add color to an outline image stamp when you don’t want to color it in using inks.  You can …

Free Project of the Week: Papillon Miss You Card – 06 14 2013

Welcome to this week’s Free Project of the Week. Today’s card is an easily reproducible design that doesn’t require a lot of materials – you can pretty much use any image in place of the butterfly, and swap out the sentiment for whatever is relevant to the occasion you are creating for.  You can watch …