by CraftyPaws | Sep 22, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Doggy Projects, Prim or Primative
I wanted to make a special card for a crafty friend who showed me a special kindness recently (surprising me with doggy crafty yummies out of the blue for no reason!), and she loves the Prim style so I decided to try my hand at watercoloring the sweet girl with her...
by CraftyPaws | Sep 13, 2016 | Altered Items, Cards and ATCs, Cutsie, Doggy Projects, Prim or Primative
I wanted to make a special project that would go into a memory capsule representing some of my thoughts about 2016. To do this, I decided to do a little water color stamping with the adorable Art Impressions “Dog Stackers” stamp set, but go...
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...
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 17, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie, Prim or Primative
I had this adorable C. C. Designs image of two cute girls holding hands, called “Swiss Pixie Sisters,” and I wanted to color them up and make a cutsie/Primative style card with them for an ill friend of mine who is collecting hand made cards for her mom to...
by CraftyPaws | Jun 26, 2016 | Cards and ATCs, Prim or Primative
In the past I would have looked at dies like this Diemond Dies Deer Trio Die and thought it could only be used as a silhouette and that a stamp would be more versatile. However, I wanted to try inking and watercoloring on dies to see if I could make them more...
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...