On my last shopping trip, I noticed a growing number of products with tassels on them – especially handbags and necklaces. I love tassels, so today I thought I’d try making a paper tassel as a decoration for a gift for a friend of mine. There are a couple of different ways I could have gone…
With Mother’s Day almost here, I thought it time to make a card for my dear mom-in-law. And of course, what better image for a Mother’s Day card than… flowers! [Tweet “Flowers make everything better.”] I chose one of the outline floral designs from the “Fresh Flowers” stamp set by Clearly Besotted because I felt like doing…
It’s Fiesta time here in San Antonio! One of my favorite things about Fiesta is the colorful decorations. Many people adorn their houses and businesses with brightly colored fiesta flowers, wreaths, and streamers. For those of you not familiar with our Texas-sized parties down here, Fiesta began as a way to honor the memory of the heroes…
Today I decided to put together a card with quilled coneflowers for a friend. Since I didn’t have a background, out came the Distress Ink cubes. First thing I did was tape down my card base with a little Eclipse tape: I started with the lighter of the two distress inks and gradually worked it in…
For today’s card, I decided to play around with embossing paste and glitter. I usually shy away from techniques that cause a mess. I’d need to clean up before I can move to the next step in my card – partly because my crafting time is limited, but mostly because who wants to clean while…
Hey! How’s it going? Today’s card is for Papertrey Ink’s Make It Monday Challenge from a while ago. The theme is to use a confetti stamping technique inside a shape on your project, and I came up with this: I love the Mighty Oak stamp set from PTI – I think the tree trunk stamp is…