This week’s project is a recycled one—just like the bubble wrap I used to make it! I originally designed this for the August 2012 issue of Crafts Beautiful, a UK crafting magazine. If you’re like me, you can still get…
Category: Handmade cards
Today I’m super-excited to announce the launch of my new weekly show on You Tube! (Oh, has this been a learning experience—in the best possible way!) Every Wednesday, I’ll post a new instructional video on You Tube. Each segment is…
Today I’m pairing Scrapbooking Attitude with Dylusions spray. Love, love, love this combination! (And I thought it was perfect with the Eclectica stamps, too!) Scrapbooking Attitude is a transparent printable film—it comes in packages of 8 1/2″x11″ sheets that you…
I first heard the word “aperture” used in crafting many many many years ago, when I first started coming from the States to the UK to teach and do television. In the US, we just call it a “window” but…
I love my Distress Stains. I usually use them for making quick backgrounds on my art journaling pages, which are matte paper. This week I decided to see how they work on glossy cardstock. The stain is not as vivid,…
My big yummy box of Gelatos has been out on my work table for a couple of weeks now since I’ve been working on my Cardmaking Techniques with Gelatos e-book. (Coming soon!) I wanted to make my mother a card…
I haven’t played with pigment ink for a long time—I mean, a really long time. I’ve gotten so used to quick-drying dye-based ink and forgot how lovely it is to brayer and blend and even stamp with slow-drying pigment ink….
This week I got out the Gelatos, bubble wrap and the Eclectica stamps for my playtime! (Okay, I didn’t really get those things “out” per se, since they were already out, along with a lot of other stuff…but you get…