Category: Paper Craft
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Happy Quotes Mini Paperbag Book # 2
Yesterday, I posted here the first of two mini books that are filled with quotes and lyrics of an uplifting nature. This is the second presentation, using many of the same papers for tags and pages. Paperbag books are so much fun to make because there is a sense of freedom in putting things together. Anything…
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Happy Thoughts Paperbag Mini Book
Mini Book Filled With Positive Quotes I love to make mini books. About half of the ones I make don’t have photographs in them. Sometimes, I make journals and other times I have made reference-type books, like a color index for inks and markers. The idea of a “happy thoughts” type book has been bouncing…
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Frosted Designs Tuesday Card Sketch #17
Cameo From Kaiser Craft’s 6 1/2″ Bonjour Paper Pad Hello! Thank you for stopping by today! The card I have made for today’s Frosted Designs’ Card Challenge came about because when I saw the sketch, made by Ann Bacon, my first thought was the Kaiser cameo pictured above. I flipped that element on the…
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Roxie Thinking of You Card
Here is a quick card made using the Roxie paper from CTMH. The center was cut with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and stamped with a beautiful sentiment stamp. This is one of my favorite sets and unfortunately has been retired. I am hoping that CTMH comes out with some new fancy sentiment stamps with…
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Paper Bag Purse Mini-Album Tutorial
A couple of years ago I taught a class on how to make these albums. The posts are here, here and here. I have been asked to share the information on how to make them on several occasions. Usually, I can easily provide the information when someone asks. Which is what I was thinking when…
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Two Cards – One Feminine and One Very Rugged
Transparency Overlay on Colonial White Cardstock Base The two cards I have posted are very different from each other. The first has lace, ribbon and a flower along with a pretty overlay background. The second one almost looks like something from a camping trip into the wilderness. Stamped Images are from CTMH Key Moments Stamp…
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Country Life Embossed Card
Tim Holtz Texture Fades Bricked and Woodgrain used on Base and First Layer It has been awhile since I made a card for my dh, just because. He likes cows for some reason and I love this stamp set – voila, the process is in motion! As soon as that was decided, I knew that…
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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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Frosted Designs Tuesday Card Sketch #16
Kraft Cardstock Base Stamped and Embossed With White Welcome to another Frosted Design’s Sketch Challenge! We are using another awesome sketch from Ann Bacon. In fact, I had so much with it that I made two cards this time! Ann Bacon’s Card Sketch For Frosted Designs I used the same SU! background stamp for the…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 