The mother’s day cards are ready for me to add the sentiment and mail. This year we have a new mom in the family and a new grandmother. Family time finds us enjoying taking turns holding the new baby. He is getting big quickly and has a beautiful smile. For my usual card making I […]
You might have noticed that I lean towards providing quick and easy card making techniques in a lot of my posts. The reason is that many of my students start class by telling me that they are not creative or artistic. Yet, we are all creative in our own way. The problem is in sometimes
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Here are a few ideas for quick and easy washi tape techniques suitable for cards or bookmarks. They are especially useful for those times when you need a last minute card or small gift. Washi tape comes in a large variety of patterns, colors and widths. The tapes are also easy to work with and
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Of these collaged tags the vintage style tags are some of my favorites. These tags are larger than the usual business card size ones I make. The versatility and ease of making collaged tags results in my having an ample supply of them on hand ready to be added to cards or used as actual
My family made sure that I have a self-care new year. Well, actually it will extend throughout the year. I get to start the year doing some of my favorite activities. For home spa time I have cozy socks, lavender spray and lotion. There is also lavender soap that is not shown here because it
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I took a few vacation days last week and had extra time to make my Christmas cards. Additionally, I wrapped, boxed and mailed the Christmas packages. This timing always works out best or me. It is less hectic when I have a shorter to-do list closer to Christmas. Christmas cards are a nice festive way
I am back to painting very small images (2×2) for these matchbook notepads. For me, the challenge with smaller paintings is in the shading and highlighting of small images so painting these small notepads is good practice. Because of the way the designs wrap around the matchbook cover a section in these photographs appears to
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This handmade notebook project is great for upcycling your paper stash. And, they make very nice little gifts on a budget. The covers can be cut from old cereal boxes. The pages in mine are cut from old ledger books, legal pads and school type lined paper that I no longer need. The notebook is
I enjoy making napkin collage projects. Napkins and tissues make wonderful collages because they are light weight and very easy to adhere to multiple surfaces. When shopping for chocolate bars I found these colorful napkins in the clearance area. The festive and colorful pattern makes them perfect for adding color to one of my art
This is a collage journal page using my ‘harvest’ technique that I mentioned in previous posts. To start the page, the background is painted using various foam texture sheets and acrylic paint. Perseverance, the definition here is “persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success”. Not necessarily and easy trait to have.
