by CraftyPaws | Jul 26, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Vintage
I learned a really cool technique at the Scrapbook Expo on how to use a scrap of lace as a stencil to use with glitter to make gorgeous backgrounds that I wanted to try at home and share with you all. First I cut down some chip board to ATC size so that I could try...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 23, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Prim or Primative
I recently bought a destash stamp lot from my friend Bev (YT: NewCrafterBev) who is giving up coloring detailed image stamps. Bev was so sweet as to include this extra bonus stamp by Lacy Sunshine called “Willow’s Butterfly Friend,” and as she said...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 21, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
I wanted to try a new-to-me inlaid die cutting technique as well as practice some layered stamping so I decided to combine the two techniques into this elegant and joyful baby birth day card for my friend Kim (YT: Kimbo Kreations) who is expecting a new grand baby. I...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 20, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
This card is clearly inspired by the super cute Avery Elle “Beary Sweet Wishes” stamp set (also available HERE in the UK). I knew that the first card I wanted to make with it would be a rainbow colored line up of gummy bears. This card is for my niece (who...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 20, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects
I recently picked up some Inkadinkado Flocking Powder that I wanted to play with so I picked out this beautiful Penny Black Fashion Leader girl and dog stamp that had a damask pattern that I thought would be fun to flock. Now I’d never worked with flocking...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 19, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects
You know those tiny stamps in a stamp set that often go unnoticed or unused? Well, I took up the MFT Background Challenge and decided to gather some of my favorite dog-themed stamp sets and use only the tiny stamps to create a fun CAS card. I used stamps from MFT...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 19, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects
I learned a fabulous technique of coloring stamps with markers at the Art Impressions booth at the Scrapbook Expo. They were using Le Plume markers (which I don’t have), but I thought Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers could work just as well, and I was right!...