by CraftyPaws | Mar 10, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple
I am so excited that I got to ink up my new-to-me The Greeting Farm “Wild Child” stamp set as well as the Mama Elephant “Pandamonium” stamp set that has been untouched in my stash for over six months (so many cute stamps, so little time —...
by CraftyPaws | Mar 7, 2016 | Altered Items, Book Pages, Cutsie, Prim or Primative
The latest trend in crafting seems to be flip books. I am not a mini album maker so these were a bit intimidating to me, but I wanted to make something for a crafty friend (YT: Linda Lapotka) who has recently been going through some family tragedies. I wanted to make...
by CraftyPaws | Mar 5, 2016 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects
These super simple and inexpensive DIY personalized trivets (coaster versions would be great too) made me so happy! This was the first time I made my own stencils and tried altering cork trivets–I had no idea if this would work (especially stenciling on heavily...
by CraftyPaws | Feb 28, 2016 | Cutsie, Tags
These adorable owls from the Lawn Fawn “Mom + Me” stamp set reminded me of a preschool song called Five Little Owls. There are lots of versions of this song but basically they repetitively count down the owls to help teach little kids how to count. So...
by CraftyPaws | Feb 23, 2016 | Art Journaling, Cutsie, Doggy Projects
I am one of the lucky artists supported by the DecoArt Helping Artist Program. Unfortunately with work overwhelming and taking up most of my free time, I find lengthier craft projects are harder to get to so this art journal page was months in the making! I have had...
by CraftyPaws | Feb 15, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
A super sweet crafty friend of mine, Candy (YT: Candy Tigs) is hosting a challenge asking folks to make uplifting cards for her sister who is battling cancer. According to Candy, her sister is a real “girly girl” so I thought this adorable Wryn from the...
by CraftyPaws | Feb 14, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie
I was waiting to use this funny punny card for a special occasion. When I heard my crafty friend, Carol (YT: Crafty Carolina Gal) was celebrating the end of her chemo treatments, I thought this would be perfect. I am so happy for her and I wanted to wish her the best....