Personalized Book Bag I actually started to increase my crafting when my children began attending a lot of birthday parties. I wanted to give gifts that were meaningful, personalized and would help parents out, too. One of the gifts I created was a library book bag. Using the tools and materials I had along with […]
For birthday gifts, I like to make personalized gifts especially for children with unusual names or spellings where personalized gifts are not readily available in stores. One idea I had was to make an apron and include the child’s name and an fun image. The whole birthday gift would be centered around baking and decorating
A huge thank you, dear reader I am almost one year’s old on this blog and as people are want to do on this day of looking forward to another 365 days and backwards to the last 365 days, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you. I started this blog with the
Celebrating the season with some bling Holidays are all about the sparkle and magic of the season. The temperatures get colder, hearts fill with cheer and there’s something happy and magical about the time. The Tonic Nuvo Glimmer Paste and Newton’s Nook Snowfall Stencil I had used on a previous card needed to make another
Make your homemade cards stand out… With Christmas approaching, I wanted to make some final cards that sparkled like the season. I had purchased some Nuvo Glimmer Paste and wanted to try it out. As well some Black Friday purchases from Simon Says Stamp came in and I wanted to use these to make some
The Start I have been avoiding Copics. I’ve only been card making for about a year and just couldn’t justify the expense. When I started, I did purchase the entire set of Tombow Dual Brush Pens because these could be used for: coloring, watercoloring, stamping and lettering. I figured a tool with that many uses
One Layer Holiday Cards On my continued kick to spread kindness, I thought that the holiday season was a great time to whip up some quick one layer cards with hand written from the heart sentiments to let people in my life know how much I appreciate them. I was looking for some simple designs
Texture play with ink and stencils What I have been discovering in card making is a sense of freedom to try new things. I am more willing as a card maker to attempt a new technique or practice with a product with the understanding that I will mess up but each mistake is a step
Stamp Kits Hero Arts has been putting out monthly stamp kits that include: stamps, dies, paper and some embellishments for over a two years now. It is a great way to get a set of exclusive stamps and accouterments for a great price. The Kits sell out quickly so you need to either pay for
Using different colors with the same stamp Savannah has this shirt with swipes of color that each contain a different phrase. I wanted to do something similar and thought Right At Home’s Watercolor background stamp would be a great compliment to my idea. To give my cards a different look, I stamped the background with
