Cardmaking Quick Tip

Hi all! I have a quick tip for you this morning for when you're making a card and covering the front with paper like I did with our new Mustache Birthday Card. 

I always cut my paper a 1/16 of an inch bigger than my card. This gives me a little bit of wiggle room when covering the cardstock. 

Add your adhesive to the back of the paper like you normally would. Now, instead of picking up the paper... pick up the card! 

Leaving the paper face down, turn your card face down and line up the edges. By using the backside, you can easily see that you are lined up all the way around before pressing down on your adhesive. 

So there you go, no more slanted papers!

Tweet

This card floats my boat! It's made using paper from our Aqua 2 and Nautical Digital Paper Sets. You can either get the card in our shop, or if you are feeling crafty, you can make it yourself using our digital papers.

Tweet

New Stuff Tuesday

Check out the new stuff in the shop!

Tweet

New Stuff Tuesday

Check out the new stuff in the shop!!

Tweet

New Stuff Tuesday

Check out the cute new stuff in the shop!!  There's even more on the website... this is just a sneak peek!

Tweet

Posable Paper Doll

I LOVE this posable paper doll from Banana Frog Blog! What a quirky and unique embellishment for a page or card... or you could make personalized paper dolls for a little girl to play with. Get the tutorial here!

Tweet

Cute new stuff!!!

Have you been to the store lately? Go!!! There are some super cute new cards and embellishments... if I do say so myself! :0)

Tweet

Use an Embellishment on a Card

It's almost Valentine's Day, and what better time is there to make a handmade card to give to that special someone?

A good way to start is to pick out an embellishment to be your focal point... like this cute little cupid bear. Then, choose coordinating papers that you can use to create borders, or shapes that will go along with it.

Have fun with it... whoever you give your card to is going to love it because it came from you!

Tweet

Wedding Embellishments!

If you know someone who just got married, or is engaged (or maybe you haven't scrapbooked your own wedding pictures yet), you have to hop over to the shop, and take a look at all the new wedding embellishments!!! They can be added to scrapbook pages, or used to make really cute cards. So go... take a look!

Tweet

How to Make a Paper Rose

I love cards with dimension, like this simple, but elegant card card I made. I thought I would show you how to make the roses, so you can make your own!

Start with a strip of paper approximately 1 1/2" wide and 12" long (6" for the smaller roses).

Fold the strip roughly into thirds, and then squish the folds.

Starting at one end, start rolling around itself into a circle. Use an adhesive dot to secure the end, and follow with some glue. (The adhesive dot will hold the end in place while the glue dries.)

To make the leaves, cut out a basic leaf shape. Ink the edges, and then after folding it in half, ink along the crease.

Now, just make as many roses and leaves as you want, and place them on your page or card.

And voila!

Tweet

Tea Bag Holder Cards

Unfortunately, my husband had to start back to work this morning after a great 2 week leave period. =o( So, I am up, at 5:30am and have been up for an hour already. I can't complain though, since the poor guy has to get up at 3:30am every morning.... I at least get the extra hour. Anyhoo, since I am up way before the kids are, and the house is quiet, I'm sitting here with my cup of coffee reading through my favorite blogs. You're probably wondering what this has to do with the super cute picture above, so I'll get to it.

I was reading a blog that I love called Lolly Chops. She has this adorable tutorial for Tea Bag Holder Cards. (I personally like her title better "The Mad Tatter's Teabag Template", but since I don't have a Mad Tatter in my family it wouldn't work.) These cards would be great for so many different things! Valentine's Day, a Just Thinking of You Card, Mother's Day... Father's Day. You could even use them as a money holder card for a birthday, or adjust the size a little for a gift card holder. Anyways, go here to check it out!

Tweet