by CraftyPaws | Jul 5, 2015 | Altered Items, Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie
I think the pocket letter light bulb finally came on for me! I’ve been doing pocket letters that take me DAAAYZ to complete and they really took everything out of me. Then yesterday I saw a video by my friend Rebekah (YT: IAMMAMA24) and something just clicked!...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 1, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects
I wanted to make a little doggy–well, specifically a poodle–ATC for my friend Bev (YT: NewCrafterBev), as she has an adorable apricot poodle like my Biscuit and is celebrating her birthday soon. I created the background by running some white card stock...
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 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 19, 2015 | Clean and Simple, Cutsie, Uncategorized
I was so excited and honored when Justine Hovey asked me to do a collaboration with her on YT. She is so talented and creative! We decided to demo no line Copic coloring (a first for me!), and I chose to do mine on one of the latest release Gorjuss Girls called...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 16, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
I love the look of embossed anything but on vellum, it almost seems magical. I made this card for a friend’s (YT: ScrapinJeni) sister who recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. Jeni asked folks to make cards for her sister to help lift her spirits and to let...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 12, 2015 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple
I picked up a pack or 40 thin paper plates (they’re easier to hand cut and have the ruffling on the edges that give the feeling of feathers) at the Dollar Tree to make these paper plate doves. This is a really fun and easy craft that you can do with kids. They...