by CraftyPaws | Jul 12, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
My nephew is a summer baby (well, maybe not a baby — he’s turning 25 this week), and I wanted to make him a whimsical card with a line of dogs conga dancing, as he’s an avid dog lover (like his aunt). I made this monochromatic card by layering...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 9, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie
My father-in-law (FIL) is turning 85 in one week and I wanted to make him a fun shaker card. We share a love of big desserts and little dogs so…. I stamped out six layer cake using The Greeting Farm Layer Cake stamp set with a variety of inks. I experimented...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 7, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie
I have 3 special men in my life who are celebrating their birthdays this month so I thought I would share a little series of masculine birthday cards. This first one is for my dad, who is turning 83 today! I wanted to create a fun card, but also express how much I...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 30, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie
A sweet crafty friend (YT: Gracie21) is not well enough to travel to visit her grandmother who is turning 99 in South Korea. Inspired by the challenges I’ve hosted for my grandmother-in-law when she turned 99 and 100, Gracie has asked her crafty friends to make...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 26, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie
Do you remember this 80s commercial jingle, “Summer, summer fruits, it wouldn’t be summer without them!”? Growing up in Southern California, this jingle brings back a lot of nostalgic childhood memories for me. Now I live in Georgia, the peach state,...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 20, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
As many of you know, I recently took a girls’ summer vacation trip to Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. I have a lot of photo sorting, editing and cropping to do before I get to work on the commemorative mini albums, but I couldn’t wait to dig in to...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 17, 2017 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Shabby Chic
Using the die cut left over flowers from the two cards I made in the prior post HERE, which were made with the Diemond Dies Pretty Petals Flower Set, I made a really easy, elegant card. I first gathered all the left over flowers and lightly sprayed them with Heidi...