by CraftyPaws | Aug 18, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie
I have a friend who recently got engaged–dream come true! Woot woot! Sooo excited for her! She has a great cute-edgy aesthetic so I wanted to make her a happy engagement card that would befit her style and also hopefully make her smile. I was thinking of that...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 18, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
I’m normally a very exacting, type-A kind of person so the easy breezy technique of shadow stamping (stamping offset) really was out of my comfort zone. So I decided to dip a toe in by cutting up some green card stock to create some small 4″ x 4″...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 17, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
This Audrey Hepburn inspired glam style birthday card is for a young lady turning 18. Remember that age? Wanting to be so glamorous and feeling all grown up (now in my mid forties I feel like a kid and have so much to learn–LOL)? I used the “Uptown Girl...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 15, 2016 | Art Journaling, Shabby Chic, Vintage
Hands down, taking a couple of Sandy Allnock’s classes this weekend is the most SUMMER FUN I’ve had yet (I told Sandy that too!). Today I spent 4+ hours learning various techniques to use with Ken Oliver Color Bursts. We practiced a whole bunch on small...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 12, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
I’ve been wanting to color up this cute little C.C. Designs “Monster Eli” since before last Halloween so I finally decided to “just do it!” Also, I wanted to try the emboss resist technique that I recently saw demonstrated as part of the...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 11, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
Because I have moved around the country and lived abroad several times, I don’t really a lot of old friends. The one exception to this is my best high school friend who has also moved around a ton, and somehow we’ve managed to stay in touch. We don’t...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 8, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie, Prim or Primative
One of the folks I follow on YT, Amy Love (YT: Amy Love), who claims she is not much of a card maker, asked folks to share how they would make a card without using fancy crafting tools or dies. So I decided to try to create a Primitive style monochromatic card that...