Metal Wine Charms

Jaine has made these wonderful Wine Charms out of metal foil and different silver wires adorned with little beads. These charms are so darling, they make me want to drink wine all day. I guess we could also sip water, juice or a yummy shake out of these glasses.
To make these charms you need the…  |  read more »

Playing with Bleach – contest

I went through my closet like a blizzard 2 weeks ago and – alas – managed to get rid of 40% of my stuff, the things I really don’t wear anyways. There were a few t-shirts though, that were still “good”, but needed something to renew my interest.
Yesterday I took a red t-shirt,  stamps from…  |  read more »

Journal your summer

Hi all.  Gudrun here.
I’m getting ready for summer-vacation right now, and am busy packing all the stuff I need for a couple of weeks at the south coast of Norway.
This year I thought it would be a great idea to journal a bit to help my self remember all the good memories from this summer –…  |  read more »

Stamping onto Polymer Clay

Jaine, our July guest designer, is back with a wonderful tutorial on how to stamp on Polymer Clay. This is such a fun technique, you have to try it. Stamping on polymer clay couldn’t be easier and gives some wonderful results.
To make this little piece of wall art take a canvas of just 4…  |  read more »

A Tissue Please!

There is something about adding texture and dimension to your cards and layouts.  So today I thought I would show you a fun and EASY technique for using your stamps!  Today we’re going to make our own tissue blooms!
Since it never hurts to reuse something you have lying around the house, I started with some…  |  read more »

“stepping” outside

Good Morning crafty gardeners,
When the July weather starts behaving itself here in Manitoba, I love to bring my projects outside and enjoy the day.  What better inspiration is there than our own backyards and gardens?  So….in celebration of summer, I decided to create a garden stepping stone to add to the numerous pathways in the gardens around…  |  read more »

Christmas in July!

Hi everyone! Yeah, it’s Friday and I bet everyone is ready for a fabulous weekend.
Are you enjoying your summer?  Well, I am and I was organizing my stamps the other day and came across my Ho Ho Ho stamps and I got all sentimental when I realized how much I used these over and over…  |  read more »

Butterfly Box

I found blank folding kraft boxes a while ago and have been waiting for an opportunity to use them. Yesterday after baking cookies for a friend, I needed a little storage box to present the sweets in and came across these boxes.
I did not have a lot of time so I decided to limit the…  |  read more »

Faux Marble Clipboard

It seems that every once in a while a new person spies one of the altered clipboards that I have made over the years and asks how to do it. The fun thing is that no two of them have ever been alike! Today’s project uses a kraft-colored masonite clipboard, alcohol inks and of course…  |  read more »

Trailer Tales

Happy Summer everyone!  I hope the sun is shining down on you wherever you are today!
When it comes to summertime in our family, we think of camping.  Since I was a young girl, my family always camped a few times a summer somewhere in Ontario.  So when my husband suggested we find ourselves a little…  |  read more »