Makeover Monday Challenge #3: Celebrate Today Card…..& A Winner!

Welcome to our Make Over Monday Challenge – a weekly challenge brought to you by the Paper Crafter’s Library and Sunny Stampin’ Studios.  The purpose of Makeover Monday is to help you learn how to take the ideas and inspiration you find on the internet, and make it your own. This challenge is strictly a …

Product Spotlight & Freebie Friday: My Mind’s Eye 12 Days of Christmas Collection….Enter to Win! + Winners of Last Week’s Freebie Friday

*the winner of this Freebie Friday Giveaway is posted at the bottom of the post HERE* Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday!  Today we’re going to spotlight another fun paper collection by My Mind’s Eye, I’m going to share with you five different projects I made using that collection, I’ll give you details about this …

Technique Thursday: Gradated Wash

   Today, we are looking at a very beautiful and versatile technique in the watercolor family.  It is called the gradated wash, and is perfect for showing of the beauty of a sunrise or sunset, or the mysterious duskiness of evening or dawn before the sun rises.  If you like to portray a certain moodiness …

“Watch Us Wednesday” Exclusive Gratitude Card Video Tutorial for Facebook Fans

We’re excited to announce that we are launching a brand new feature EXCLUSIVELY for our Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook Fans called “Watch Us Wednesday”! On the second and fourth Wednesday of every month we’ll be posting a new project with a link to a private web page featuring a video tutorial and pdf handout for …

New Dreamerland Crafts Stamps: Box Train Express

*please scroll down as we have two posts for you today* Ok, so I have to tell you about this absolutely fantastic new stamp company called Dreamerland Crafts.  These stamps are in the style of Japanese Anime.    I don’t know how many of you are familiar with this style, but as soon as I saw …

Makeover Monday Challenge #2: Snowflake Card…& a Winner

Welcome to our *NEW* Make Over Monday Challenge – a weekly challenge brought to you by the Paper Crafter’s Library and Sunny Stampin’ Studios.  The purpose of Makeover Monday is to help you learn how to take the ideas and inspiration you find on the internet, and make it your own. This challenge is strictly …

Product Review: Spellbinders Grand Calibur & Freebie Friday…Enter To Win Spellbinders Nestabilities!

*This give-away is now closed –winner was announced HERE.* As long time fans of Spellbinders Paper Arts, we were absolutely thrilled when Spellbinders sent us the Grand Calibur, some Grand Nestabilities, as well as a box filled with other Spellbinders goodies to test drive and review.  For today, we’re going to review the Grand Calibur in …

Club 52: Week 9 – Creating a Flat Wash and Creating layers using a Flat Wash

Today I wanted to share with you all the techniques we are doing this week for Club 52 (which you can read about here) and Paper Crafter’s Library members. This week’s Club 52 features the technique of creating a flat wash.  This is a beautiful and versatile technique, and is designed to create a perfectly smooth …

12 Weeks of Christmas 2010 Revisited

Every year we host a free 12 Weeks of Christmas event for our newsletter subscribers – this year being our third year.  The way 12 Weeks of Christmas works is that each week we release a new project – for four weeks we focus on cards, for four weeks we focus on gifts and four four …

Product Spotlight & Freebie Friday: My Mind’s Eye Mischievous Collection….Enter to Win!

  The Mischievous Collection by My Mind’s Eye is one of those paper lines that you have got to love!  With a nice vintage feel, perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving or even a variety of other themes (although some of the elements are good only for Halloween), you will find it to be the perfect choice for your projects.  …