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Doggy Index Card for a Fellow Dog Loving Friend

by CraftyPaws | Oct 13, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects

“Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.” — W. R. Purche That quote was the inspiration for this index card that celebrates the love of dogs that I created for my crafty friend, Tina (YT: Crafty Bean) who is a dog lover...

Hand Over the Candy and Nobody Gets Hurt!

by CraftyPaws | Oct 11, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie

To mix it up a bit, I decided to make a shaped Halloween card for my friend Nae Nae (YT: Renea Villanueva) who LOVES Halloween. I used the Diemond Dies Candy Corn Mini Album Die and some scraps of yellow, orange polka dot, and white papers from my scrap box to make...

Using Die Cuts for Faux Embossing

by CraftyPaws | Oct 5, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple

I fell in love with the Hibiscus Die and Paisleys Die Set from Paper Smooches the minute I saw them. I knew they would be great for unisex cards (and could be great for scrapbooking my recent vacation to Hawaii–that’s still on my to-do list), and I got to...

Kick Cancer to the Curb CAS Card

by CraftyPaws | Oct 4, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I created this CAS card using one of the newest dies from Diemond Dies. This action packed karate kicking character die seemed to fit perfectly with the Tim Holtz Shatter stencil that I used yesterday. This time I blended on...

Unlikely Inspirations

by CraftyPaws | Oct 3, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie

Sometimes the crafty heart is willing but the mind is weak. That’s when I often turn to challenge blogs for inspiration. I think I am a student at heart and I like working from “assignments.” LOL That’s how this Halloween card came about. The...

Index Card for a Crafty Friend

by CraftyPaws | Oct 2, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie

While I don’t have as much time as I used to for crafting, I try to support newer, active crafty YouTubers when I can. I remember how important the encouraging comments and crafty love of other folks were to me when I first started crafting 3 years ago. Jeannie...

What’s an ATC?

by CraftyPaws | Oct 2, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie

Artist trading cards (ATCs) have been a bit of a mystery for me. We’re supposed to create a little piece of art on a 2.5″ x 3.5″ “canvas,” but when does a mini card stop being a mini card and become an ATC? Well, my take on this may not...

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