Following up on my previous handmade valentines post. I continued to work with the junk envelopes and supplies from my previous post. I arranged them differently. This technique works well when you need to make multiple cards and want them to be slightly different from each other. You maintain the theme while creating something different […]
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Three techniques for your handmade thank you cards. Handmade cards are one of my favorite projects. I am beginning 2026 with gratitude for family and friends. Actually, we also began the year with eating out, movies and meeting at farmer’s market. However, I was busy eating and enjoying family time and completely forgot to photograph
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As the holidays get closer, here are some easy techniques for Christmas cards. Besides painting my own cards, I like to make cards using recycled items as much as possible. These are quick and easy projects that can be part of a fun family night activity. As you can see, these cards come together fairly
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These easy techniques for sticker cards are handy when you need a quick handmade card. You can prepare the stamped card blanks ahead of time and add the stickers later. I have a lot of stickers from the 80’s; it’s time to use them. These techniques work well with magazine cut-outs If you do not
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This paper lantern watercolor card is one of the ones I mentioned in my previous post. It is from the set I bought a very long time ago at the art museum store. To add dimension to the images I pressed a napkin to ‘lift’ the color randomly. Another technique to add interest is to
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This month my project is a handmade card and bookmark set. I often note that the designs and techniques I post have multiple applications. Though most of my posts are handmade cards the techniques work well for bookmarks, journal pages, tags, bag decorations or gift envelopes. I will share more of those ideas in upcoming
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Do you save your practice and warm-up painting or drawing exercises? I am using mine as additions to my handmade valentines. Sometimes a project that we are working on does not end up quite as we expected. Rather than tossing it out, consider cutting up sections of it to use in other projects. As I
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Let’s recycle used envelopes to make gift card holders. Making your own gift card holders gives you the opportunity to personalize both the gift inside the envelope and the envelope itself. I have not transitioned to on-line billing so I end up with a few junk envelopes. There are multiple uses for them that I
I finished my wooden Christmas ornaments in time to distribute before Christmas. Last year I started a different set of wooden ornaments and time got away from me before I could complete them. Too many projects going on at the same time. Have you had that same problem? It is also helpful that I chose
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I finished another batch of cards using the easy bubble wrap painted backgrounds that I referred to in my previous post. This is the technique of ‘stamping’ the background papers with bubble wrap that has been dipped in paint. This adds a wintery appearance to the cards. You can still see the background color of
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