Category: Other
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Reverse Stretched Canvas Shadowbox Tutorial
8 x 8 Stretched Canvas Turned Into A Shadowbox A couple of months ago I made a reverse canvas shadowbox for a photograph taken at my grandparent’s house in 1968. That post is here, if you would like to see it. At the time I knew that the only other photograph I have from that…
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New Tutorial – Making Faux Textured Cardstock
A couple of months ago I stated that I would share a video showing the techniques I used to change plain cardstock into something that appeared like textured cardstock. It has taken me a bit longer than I expected, but here it finally is: There are three different ways that I have used ink on…
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The Importance of Fun
Edited on 6/21/2012 – Reposted after having been removed for publication. 12 x 12 Layout One of my sisters helped me complete college by watching my dd1 on the weekends. I worked full-time, went to school full-time and was a single parent. I didn’t have time for fun. This was about twenty years ago. I…
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Organizing Stamps – Again! Downloadable List Posted
Table of Contents for My Stamp Catalog I have been doing an 8 week organizational challenge with a bunch of other scrapbookers and stampers. In a couple of weeks, we are going to have to catalog and organize our stamps and punches. My stamps are fairly tidy because I have them put away. However, they…
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Making Paper Doilies With Punches
EK Success Corner Punch In Action Create your own doilies for scrapbook layouts and cardmaking out of any paper in your stash! Here is a tutorial video showing a variety of corner punches and the results of punching the same size circle with the various punches that are pictured below. The Martha Stewart Topiary Corner…
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Spring Cleaning!
Sometimes it seems like I spend more time organizing my craft supplies than I do actually using them! A few weeks ago I decided that I needed to catalog my stamp collection. Again. Yep. Been there. Done that. Now I am voluntarily doing it again. What is wrong with me, you may wonder? My last…
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Halloween 1982 Layout With Black Painted Burlap
This layout is totally different then the kind I normally do. First of all there are NO flowers! Also, it is dark and there aren’t many components to it. Stamped Images on Punched Doily Circle However, in person it really does look pretty cool. There is a lot of texture – real and faux. There…
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What's For Dinner? Planner
Linen Fabric Adhered with Multi-Medium to Black Chipboard This is more a post about being organized when it comes to mealtime than it is about paper or fiber arts. However, the tie in is that I made my own meal planner and bound it with the Cinch. 🙂 The first page on the inside is…
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Stretched Canvas Shadow Box Made For Small Picture From The 1960's
Edited on 6/21/2012 – Reposted after having been removed for publication. 3.5 ” Square Photo From 1968 Even though this photo isn’t all that spectacular, it is the only one I have from a family reunion at my grandparent’s house. It was taken when I was five years old. Traveling long distances back then was…
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Can I Stamp On Battery Operated Candles?
Stamped Images On Battery Operated Candles This was a mystery to me and the only way to find out was to try it… and it worked! I wanted to use a new stamp set for some Spring decor and longed to decorate some of my boring ‘fake’ candles. (We can no longer burn candles…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 