by CraftyPaws | Dec 19, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie, Shabby Chic
When I saw the news clip about 5 year old Sa’fyre’s holiday wishes for a Christmas tree filled with holiday cards, my heart melted. Her entire family perished in an arson fire two years ago, and now she is dealing with burns on 75% of her body. All she...
by CraftyPaws | Nov 6, 2015 | Altered Items, Shabby Chic, Vintage
I’ve had this beautiful Sizzix Angel Wings Die Set by Rachael Bright in my stash for over a year, and this is the first time I’ve had a chance to use it (shame on me for the past, but YAY for finally getting it out and playing with it! LOL). It is great...
by CraftyPaws | Oct 29, 2015 | Altered Items, Shabby Chic, Steampunk
A wonderful crafty friend (YT: Justine Stone) regularly hosts challenges asking folks to alter journals for folks in hospice care, senior centers, etcetera. This time she asked folks to alter journals for teens dealing with cancer (one for a boy and one for a girl)....
by CraftyPaws | Oct 25, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie, Doggy Projects, Shabby Chic
First of all, I want to thank my friend Sarah Elliott (YT: Sarah Elliott) for asking me to do a collaboration with her and coming up with the challenge of using three different stamps to create one card. I also had so much fun trying a new card crafting style (this is...
by CraftyPaws | Sep 25, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Cutsie, Shabby Chic
I started this mixed media postcard with a super vibrant watercolor card base that my friend Rosa Aquino had sent me recently. The rich blues and the bleached out butterfly image seemed to evoke a magical feeling that I wanted to build on to make this fairy postcard....
by CraftyPaws | Jul 27, 2015 | Altered Items, Shabby Chic, Vintage
Sometimes projects just seem to design themselves, right?! Well, that’s how this project seemed to me. About a week ago, my father gave me an old freebie calendar that had images of paintings by some of the great masters. While the monthly images were too large...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 26, 2015 | Altered Items, Shabby Chic, Vintage
Those outside the crafting community might not know anything about using stick pins as embellies. I certainly didn’t until I joined the YT crafting community almost 2 years ago. These are so much fun to make and add to projects like cards, alter projects or just...