by CraftyPaws | Apr 21, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
I love the crafty community. Whatever else is going on in your life, you can always find a great cause to support in crafty ways. Sometimes thinking about others when you are going through difficult times can help relieve your stress and anxiety too. There have been...
by CraftyPaws | Apr 19, 2014 | Banners, Prim or Primative, Vintage
Do you remember the section of the old Reader’s Digest magazine called “Laughter is the Best Medicine”? I haven’t read it in a long time, but I think the magazine is still published, and until 2009 the little pocket-sized magazine had the...
by CraftyPaws | Apr 16, 2014 | Drawings, Steampunk, Tags
I love Steampunk so I have been wanting to design a digi that I thought would be pretty, a little sexy, and hopefully versatile. There is a mysterious, other-wordly aspect to Steampunk that I wanted to reflect–less cutsie, more fantasy. I have designed two...
by CraftyPaws | Apr 15, 2014 | Collage, Doggy Projects, Layouts
I haven’t drawn a self portrait since my last art class in high school, but looking at Taylor Anne’s mood board the other day, I decided I would give it a try. I was really inspired by the colors, rhythms, and textures on the mood board, and once I thought...
by CraftyPaws | Apr 14, 2014 | Drawings
Thanks everyone for all the crafty love and support. It means so much to me. Just 2.5 weeks from launch, this blog has 218 subscribers! I can’t believe it. I am so moved and touched. I really didn’t know if people would like my posts and digis enough to...
by CraftyPaws | Apr 10, 2014 | Cutsie, Doggy Projects, Tags
My friend, Anny (YT: StargrlAnny), is so kind, thoughtful, a talented colorer and paper crafter. For her 1 year on Youtube challenge, she asked folks to make tags in their own style. I can’t claim only one style so I decided to create a tag in a style that I...
by CraftyPaws | Apr 10, 2014 | Cards and ATCs
I had never seen a card like this until recently, and then in one day, I saw two! I loved how changing the colors and accessories could make a gentleman’s morning suit, a tuxedo, or a casual jacket look. What a great, versatile, masculine card for any occasion!...