by CraftyPaws | Jun 30, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
I just love this little The Greeting Farm Cheshire Bean image stamp, but boy was I intimidated to tackle coloring her up with Copic markers! Her hair had so many waves in it! I have colored her up before, but that was with a much more forgiving water coloring...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 30, 2015 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Steampunk, Vintage
I know I saw this idea somewhere, but for the life of me I could not re-find it, so to whoever originally thought of this–thank you! I was able to score all the original 48 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads in a destash on YouTube. Woot woot! Previously, I had only...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 26, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
Before I started crafting, I never knew the 4th of July to be a card-giving holiday. LOL Since I started making cards (it’s been a year and a half now!), however, I find that I want to make cards for every occasion and holiday! For my sweet friend, Jamie (YT:...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 25, 2015 | Cutsie
I have been wanting to color up this free Mermaid Anya digi that I received from The Greeting Farm when I signed up for their free e-newsletter. So when I saw Marie Gamber’s coloring video of a mermaid using the most beautiful Copic color combination and dot...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 24, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Steampunk
I was so in love with the smooshing/water coloring technique that I learned from Justine Hovey, that I decided to do a rainbow colored ATC (Artist Trading Card) series with this Chandelier Inkadinkado stamp set (which I have had for ages but never gotten around to...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 24, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Steampunk
Oh I love Sweet Pea Stamps. There is something artistic and deliciously Steampunk about so many of them. This “Steam Punk Doll” by Meredith Dillman is one of my favorites because I have a whole story about her imagined in my head. She is a fairy princess...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 22, 2015 | Altered Items, Cards and ATCs, Collage, Cutsie
My friend Marla (YT: Marla H) is celebrating a birthday so I wanted to make a special pocket letter for her with things I knew she would like–tea, hearts, and sweet Gorjuss Girl images (she doesn’t color but likes colored girl images). This was my second...