by CraftyPaws | Jan 27, 2015 | Cards and ATCs, Shabby Chic, Vintage
What an adorable and flirty little girl, right?! This girl from Little Blue Button Stamps’ (LBBS) “Be Mine” digi stamp set is cute and sexy–perfect for Valentines Day! I wanted to use non-traditional Valentines colors because, really, how often...
by CraftyPaws | Nov 18, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Clean and Simple, Cutsie, Prim or Primative, Shabby Chic, Steampunk, Vintage
Oh my goodness, I cannot adequately express how thankful I am for all the crafty love sent my way. Celebrating my 1 year YouTube anniversary, I had hosted a giveaway challenge, asking folks to make ATCs and 4×6 cards for me. I never expected the incredibly...
by CraftyPaws | Sep 10, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Steampunk, Vintage
I started with a 2.5″ x 3.5″ chipboard base covered with a scrap of brown damask patterned paper. I didn’t have to ink the edges because I decided to cover all of those with black lace, using Fabri-Tac. I had a tag that I had made a while back using...
by CraftyPaws | Sep 5, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Vintage
This ATC seemed to almost make itself. I used a scrap of patterned paper from my scrap box, which was a teeny bit too small to go across the 2.5″ width. I thought about making up the difference with another scrap of paper, but then decided a little snippet of...
by CraftyPaws | Sep 2, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Shabby Chic, Vintage
I have been in a bit of a crafty funk the last few days. I think the issues with dealing with the hacker attacks on this blog took me off my crafty game. (sigh) What to do? My plan to rev up my mojo is to…. Make artist trading cards (ATCs)! They measure...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 27, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Shabby Chic, Vintage
I made this card using the Diemond Dies dress form die (as well as the Labels 1 Nesting Die set). When I originally received this dress form die as part of my design team package, I wondered if I would get much use out of it. After all, I’m not a real girly...
by CraftyPaws | Aug 14, 2014 | Cards and ATCs, Craft Types, Vintage
I received this wonderful Tim Holtz Sewing Edge Die from my friend Myra (YT: Craftyrats) a few months ago. Since then, I’ve been wondering when a good occasion to use it would come up. Then recently another YT crafter, Sherain (YT: proudmommy702) posted a...