Friendly Kritters Gift Box Tutorial

Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 6:54 | Category : Tom Allen Friendly Kritters, Tutorials
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I hope you have been enjoying this weeks focus on the “Friendly Kritter’s” line.  Today I have a great idea for wrapping small gifts using a Chinese food container and and “Friendly Kritter’s” image.
For this project you’ll need:
Stamps:
-Friendly Kritter’s Holiday Expressions
-Friendly Kritter’s ‘O Christmas Cones
Paper:
-Chinese Food Container (available at most craft stores)
-patterned paper (Mine is [...]

Promises in black and white

Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 3:34 | Category : All Things Considered, Tutorials, Uncategorized
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Today we’re focusing on making a gift that’s fun, easy and as individual as you care to make it! The main ingredient in this gift is not money but time – something we all feel short of sometimes and we all appreciate when somebody gives us a little of theirs to make our lives sweeter.
This [...]

Thomas Kinkade Tutorial

Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 7:37 | Category : Thomas Kinkade, Tutorials, Uncategorized
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It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since Cornish Heritage Farms released the first Thomas Kinkade image.  I still remember when I first saw these gorgeous works of art popping up in the Splitcoast Stampers gallery.  I was in awe of the stampers who had created them.  It wasn’t long before I [...]

Tutorial: Quilting with CHF Backgrounders

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 18:13 | Category : Backgrounders, Tutorials
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Since we are focusing on Backgrounders this week for our Summer Fling, I decided to create a tutorial that would give you a way to use several backgrounders at once. By creating a “quilt” on a card, there are infinite possibilities of colors and stamps that you can use. This will be a [...]

Treasure Trove

Friday, 28 May 2010, 4:00 | Category : Tutorials
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Here in the US we are headed into a long holiday weekend. I can’t believe summer is just around the corner! There is a wedding on the farm this weekend so no new releases were planned for today. That gives me a chance to share something different with you today. What is it you ask? [...]

Creating a 3D background with stamping and texture paste

Monday, 24 May 2010, 13:13 | Category : Tutorials, Uncategorized
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Today I’m going to show you how to create a 3D background using an embossing stencil template (Spellbinders Impressabilities) and dimensional paint (Delta Texture Magic). It adds great interest to your card base as it creates a 3D textured effect and a much deeper impression than using traditional dry embossing.
To create the 3D background, you will need the [...]

Denim Flower Embellishment Tutorial

Monday, 17 May 2010, 5:36 | Category : Mona Lisa Moments, Tutorials, Uncategorized
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This week’s tutorial features a simply designed set of get well cards with some denim flower embellishments I worked up while I was playing around with my new Tim Holtz dies.  To me, denim says comfort, so why not use these embellies on cards to have ready to send out as soon as you find [...]

Paper Piecing with CHF backgrounders Tutorial

Monday, 3 May 2010, 4:21 | Category : Tutorials
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Who needs to buy expensive patterned paper when you can make your own for your paper piecing needs? I’ll show you how to make your own patterned paper and then how to use it in a fun paper piecing project.
Here are the supplies you will need today:

Weave backgrounder from CHF
Burlap backgrounder from [...]

May Stamp of the Month – Vintage Geese

Friday, 30 April 2010, 4:29 | Category : Stamp of the month, Tutorials
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Happy Friday! You are in for a special treat today. The winner of the Pin Dot Scrapblock is announced at the end of this post and CHF is releasing their new Stamp of the Month a day early! This sweet image is called Vintage Geese and it reminds me of those wonderful [...]

Creating custom backgrounds with Scrapblocks and mists and last week’s winner

Monday, 26 April 2010, 6:09 | Category : Rummage Bin, Scrapblocks, Tutorials, Uncategorized
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Shimmer mists and spray inks have become very popular in the paper crafting world.  Until recently I didn’t realize just how versatile they are and how great they are to create your own artistic backgrounds on scrapbooking layouts. 
Combine them with some of the 6 x 6 scrapblocks and some coordinating inks and you have everything [...]