Using New Horizons Designer Series Paper to Make Little Works of Art
New Horizons Designer Series Paper By now, I hope you have seen the gorgeous New Horizons Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! Each pattern is like it’s own little watercolor painting. I think it is my favorite DSP to date! After a flurry of card making using this pretty paper, I had some scrap pieces […]
Quilt Cards to Make-Quilted Leaf Card for Fall
Quilt Cards to Make! Leaf Quilt Card for Fall I have said many times that I love working with fabric but don’t enjoy sewing. Although I have a sewing machine, it rarely gets used. I don’t quilt, but I appreciate the beauty and time it takes to create one. I discovered the Faux Quilting Technique […]
December Fresh Ideas-Faux Mosaic Technique
The Faux Mosaic Technique is a great way to use up those paper scraps! The pieces can be any shape or size. The Faux Mosaic Technique possibilities are endless! Want to learn more? My December Fresh Card Making tutorial will feature the Faux Mosaic Technique. This tutorial will hit e mail inboxes at 9:00 am […]
Torn Paper Seascape
This is one of my favorite cards, and it was so easy to create. The landscape possibilities are endless! The hardest part of this card is tearing the paper. I know this is hard for many of us. I tell my Ladies to just breath and tear! After the piece was put together, I […]
Use those Scraps! Father’s Day Strips of Scraps Card
Strips of Scraps Father’s Day Card Father’s Day is just a few days away! Here’s a quick and easy card, perfect for Father’s Day or any other occasion. And what’s best about it is it is a way to use up some of those paper scraps that are probably laying around your crafting table. Here’s […]
Christmas Quilt Ornaments
Christmas is about here. Are you ready? Do you have your Christmas cards done? Need a quick and simple Christmas card idea? I’m here to help with this quick and easy Christmas card using punches and Quilted Christmas Designer Series Paper (retiring on January 2). Here’s how: Start with a 5″ x 3 3/4″ piece of […]
Masculine Happy Birthday-Nacho Average Color Challenge #130
Our color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average Challenge site are Basic Gray, Tangelo Twist and Crushed Curry. Here’s my contribution: Recently, I needed a masculine birthday card and these colors just seemed to lend themselves to that theme. I wanted something clean and simple so I stamped a birthday greeting on my […]
Folded Star-Nacho Average Color Challenge #128
We have a soft color palette for this week’s Nacho Average color challenge: Blushing Bridge, Pink Pirouette and Smoky Slate. Here’s my contribution: For this card I used the Folded Star Technique using Smoky Slate card stock and Designer Series Paper and Pink Pirouette Designer Series Paper built on a piece of 3 3/4″ x […]
Corner Bookmark with Scrunchy Flower-Nacho Average Color Challenge #110
We have a soft and pretty color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average Challenge site: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding. Here’s my contribution: I decided to change things up a little bit by creating a simple corner bookmark out of Pistachio Pudding card stock and adding a pretty Calypso Coral scrunchy […]
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse!
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse! If you are a paper crafter, then I can guarantee you have a collection of paper scraps! The size of your collection depends on how picky you are. Me, I can’t bear to throw any paper away. That can lead to serious storage problems as your paper bins, […]
Pumpkin- CASology Challenge #66
Pumpkin is our cue word this week over at the CASology challenge site. Tuesday was garbage day at our house, and as I was busy collecting the week’s trash, I noticed this page torn out of a magazine (Popular Mechanics) laying on top of the waste basket in my husband’s office. “Mmmm” I thought […]
Glimmer Candles-Nacho Average Challenge #53
Welcome back to the Nacho Average Design Team weekly challenges. We took a break for the summer, but are now back with a new blog site and some new members of the Design Team. We hope you will enjoy our creations, find some inspiration and participate in the challenges with us! So, let’s get started […]
Hey There Friend-Left Over Circles
I had left over circles from my punched circle lollipop project (posted on 08/06), and since I never want to throw anything away, I thought I better make something out of them. For the lollipop project, I started out punching 1″ circles, and then decided they were too big. So, I punched the middles out […]
Sweet Treats Lollipop
Sweet Treats Lollipop Our cue word this week over at CASology challenge site is “Dessert!” Here’s my contribution: I saw this idea to make a lollipop out of punched circles from Sandra Farrell a while ago and loved it. I thought this challenge would be the perfect time to give it a try myself. To […]
Less is More Recipe Week 72-Paper Piecing
This week’s challenge over at Less is More is the Paper Piecing Technique. This is a new one for me, and at first I read the challenge as paper pieRcing! It is Paper Piecing, no “R”. So what is paper piecing? This is what I found on about.com: “Papercraft paper piecing involves cutting pieces out […]