quick easy cute fun: projects for paper crafters
If you’re like me, you find some techniques so captivating that it’s almost impossible to toss even the tiniest scrap of it. Polished stone falls definitely falls into that category for me. Eventually, though, the scrap pile gets too big and the time comes to do something about it. What to do then? When I can’t save it. . .[Read More]
Ahhhhh, springtime. The ice and snow are gone, the wind’s blustery and the garden awaits. We’ve planted radishes, beets, spinach, cauliflower, swiss chard, a variety of lettuces and several herbs. So far, everything’s coming along splendidly! But alas, the only carrots that will sprout here this year are punch art ones. Oh well, there’s always. . .[Read More]
Do you ever look at patterned paper and see something more than just the pattern on the paper? I do. And when I looked at the white-on-black scrolls pattern in Love Letter, I saw butterflies. Lots of them. Everywhere. Day after day. 24-7. So I created this. That got the fluttering flock out of my. . .[Read More]
Sooner or later, everyone has the occasion to send some fan mail. And since today is one such day, I whipped out a punch and the Petal Cone die to whip up a card with a punch art fan. (Click on the image for a separate view of the project. Then click again for a. . .[Read More]
At the breakfast table today, HL (that’d be Handsome Lambchop–but that’s another story) casually mentioned that this is National Engineers Week. I admit, my first thought was ‘There’s a week for that?’ Which, Newtonianly enough, immediately triggered the opposite and equal–but fleeting, because of course there isn’t–thought ‘Huh, wonder if there’s a national lawyers week?’ But. . .[Read More]
Of the three Petal Cone die projects I made for the Stampin’ Addicts 2011 Occasions Mini Blog Hop, I think my favorite was this Ice Cream in a Waffle Cone card. (For a separate view of any tutorial picture, click on the image. Then, to zoom in for a close up, click again.) In creating the card, the first decision was. . .[Read More]
Remember the Grad Cap Gift Box & Card set? It was one of the Sizzix Petal Cone Bigz L Die projects we introduced on the Stampin’ Addicts 2011 Occasions Mini Blop Hop. Well, to create that project, first you need to make this Mortarboard Card. THE CARD BASE The card base itself is a 4″ square card. Of course, black is the traditional color for. . .[Read More]
Thanks to everyone who left comments and/or subscribed to InkPaperStamps as part of our blog warming festivites, which wrapped up Christmas Day. As promised, The Dog and I have written a check in your honor to Operation Write Home. (Okay, I wrote and The Dog supervised. . . after which tedious task she demanded a snack.). . .[Read More]
--Holly & The Dog
