by CraftyPaws | Jan 22, 2016 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Cutsie, Doggy Projects
Some of you know that I have gotten a huge work project so I am going to be taking a bit of a hiatus from crafting. However, after almost a week of zero crafting, I found myself itching to create something. I decided to toss caution to the wind and made some...
by CraftyPaws | Jan 7, 2016 | Altered Items, Cutsie, Doggy Projects, Shabby Chic
I love the little “Christmas Doggy” from My Creative Time and the sweet poodle from the Penny Black “Mimi in Paris” stamp sets that I wanted to make custom candles with them as a little prezzie for my hubby for Valentines. I colored up the...
by CraftyPaws | Jan 6, 2016 | Altered Items, Steampunk
I used a $2 thrift store find and upcycled it to house all of my Copic and Distress Markers. The 4 level heavy duty metal letter tray started its life in an ugly industrial green. I sprayed it with several coats of black spray paint and then embellished the sides...
by CraftyPaws | Dec 31, 2015 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Cutsie, Drawings
My little pup, Bandito, has taken to drinking from the Christmas tree water well so I decided to make this accordion “reindeer blockade” using the Sizzix Album, Accordion Flip 3D die (sorry this has been discontinued by Sizzix but I found it still...
by CraftyPaws | Dec 27, 2015 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Uncategorized
I’ve been hesitant to spend ~$60 on an ink pad storage unit (yes, I had all these ink pads lying around on my craft desk for months in piles–ugh). I mean really, with that kind of money I could buy so many more fun crafty goodies! So I finally took the...
by CraftyPaws | Dec 15, 2015 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple
Ok, I couldn’t stop at just those Doctor Who projects that I made for my friend’s brother, James, over the last few days. I wanted a Doctor Who ornament for my own tree! Is that bad? LOL I found online a clean front door image of the Tardis (Doctor...
by CraftyPaws | Dec 15, 2015 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Prim or Primative
I followed two great, simple tutorials to make the two ornaments pictured above for my friend, Erin’s (YT: Queeny-E) brother. She is hosting a challenge asking folks to make ornaments for her brother who is legally blind, diabetic, suffers renal failure, and...