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Hello everyone! I just love putting cute little bows on my cards and sometimes they even look like I intend them to look. Even thought I can’t tie a perfect bow every time, I can get off the hook with cool bow dies that help create perfect bows every time. I can also coordinate them …
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Maybe you are ready to document your summer travels, maybe the anticipation is still building, or maybe you’d like to send a note to a family member that lives much too far away. Whatever the case may be, this week’s Trend Watch post is for you! Many paper crafters have been finding ways to work …
Another fun summer pastime is sky gazing (preferably in a hammock with the cold beverage of your choice) and you can’t do sky gazing without running into fluffy white clouds adding some interest to the great blue canvas. This week, I want to show you how versatile and playful clouds can be and how many …
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Now you see them, now you don’t. Or is it, now you don’t see them, now you do? But wait–now you don’t see them and now you don’t? LOL!! Regardless of how you may, or may not see Transparencies–They are everywhere!! There are so many ways to incorporate see-through touches into your designs; Surfaces, glazes, …
I love having nesting dies in my card-making materials. If one isn’t quite the right size for a sentiment, I can always move up a size and still use the same shape. I also like that I can use a size bigger or smaller to add a layer or more color to what I’m doing. …
There is something that happens in the summer that makes most of us want to flock to the water. Just the idea of being on a boat, or letting waves splash your feet or watching fish go by as you snorkel is so appealing. Maybe that is why I am seeing nautical themes everywhere. So …
Officially doodles are unconscious drawings that you make while your attention is otherwise occupied. The most common ‘doodling time’ is when you’re having a long telephone conversation. Most of the drawings are really simple but sometimes it can grow into a complete pattern. Little flowers, circles, squares, arrows, eyes and geometric shapes are very popular …
Maybe I watch too many movies but in all of the wedding movies there comes a time when the guests clink on their glasses with spoons and shout, “speech, speech, speech.” I just thought it was a funny reference to the ever so cool trend of speech bubbles in paper crafting. They have shown up …
As a scientist who also enjoys paper crafting, I’ve always got my eye out for science-related crafty items. It used to be they were few and far between, but thanks to many stamp companies, including Lawn Fawn and Papertrey Ink, that has changed! Now that being a science geek has become much more trendy, thanks …
I must have missed the first round of these yummy candy like embellishments because only recently I have discovered them for myself and can’t seem to get enough of them. Then, when I realized I could make my own, there was no stopping me. Let me show you some of the cool ways crafty ladies …
