Make a Splash Birthday Card

We’ve recently been making some BIG changes to our video content on Paper Crafter’s Library.  One of the changes is to create themed projects – with the theme changing every 1-2 weeks (maybe longer) depending on how many ideas we have for a given theme ( we are doing a bunch of other types of …

Fishy Friends: Featuring the new 3-D Sizzix pop-up die

Once again I am featuring one of the new June 2011 Sizzix die release!  I love these dies, they are awsome!  So fun and so versatile!  How can you not love them.  I can have a simple card on the outside, and open it up to a fancy 3-D card on the inside.  These dies …

Hero Arts Life of the Party Birthday Card

You’ve heard me say it once, you’ll hear me say it again – I absolutely LOVE Hero Arts  products. And, no, I’m not being paid to say that LOL.  I first became aware of their products about a year ago when I accidentally stumbled on Jennifer McGuire’s blog.  Now Jennifer can pretty much make you …

Hog Wild Birthday Pop-up Card

Have any of you  seen the new Sizzix dies which were recently released?  If you haven’t, then please do, they are AMAZING!!!  Ok, so why all the exclamation marks?  Well many of you know how much I love doing pop-ups, and while I can make them no problem, I sometimes find it time consuming, and …

“Isn’t It Time We Got Together” Vintage Card

One of my favorite stories as a child was Alice in Wonderland, so when I saw the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Rubber Stamp Collection at the Oshawa Scrapfest in the fall being sold by Bizzy B (a local stamping and scrapping store), I just HAD to buy it!  There’s actually three stamp sets that are a …

Hero Arts Butterfly Card with Microbead Nestabilities Frame

I absolutely love butterflies – both in real life and in stamped images.  The Hero Arts butterfly set I used, called Antique Engravings is probably my favorite butterfly stamp set ever.  It has such a wonderful selection of butterfly images and they look so real! Today’s card is a 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ card …

Papertrey Ink Butterfly Dreams Card Featuring Distressed Edges and Shimmery Pastels Technique

Sometimes I think being a paper crafter is synonymous with being a shopper.  I don’t have a weakness for shoes, I can hold steady against purses and clothes, I can turn the other cheek when it comes to jewellery….but when it comes to paper crafting products?……I have absolutely NO willpower! A few weeks ago I …

“Take 10” Inspirational Card Featuring Basic Gray, Papertrey Ink & Donna Downey Products

Today I wanted to introduce to you all a new feature to the Paper Crafter’s World that we are calling “Take 10”.  Each “Take 10” post will feature a card or project that takes 10 minutes or less to make.  Each of our “Take 10 projects will also feature a You Tube video showing you …

Butterfly Thank You Card Featuring Hero Arts Stamps

Bring out the sunglasses, because today I’m sharing with you a fun, BRIGHT card I created with more of my new Hero Arts stamps.  Have I told you yet that I’m falling in love with Hero Arts stamps (in case you haven’t noticed LOL)?   The ones I used for my card today were ones that …