I found some perfect silhouette’s for making Valentine’s cards! Victoria magazine has several templates on their site right now that you can download and print to make “Cameo Valentines”. They inspired me to make some more… I love this glitter paper! It makes any paper project look so pretty!
Art Cards
Handmade cards using rubber stamps, decorative papers, fibers, charms, and anything else that looks cool.
Christmas Tags with Quilling
I made these two Christmas tags and added quilled strips to accent the stamped images. They have a really sophisticated look, but didn’t take much time. Looks like I need to glue that corner down a bit better! Two days until Christmas. Wow, this month has flown by. Happy Christmas Eve Eve, everyone!
4 Handmade Christmas Cards
Mixed-Media Christmas Cards Using Photos of Children
These are two of my favorite Christmas cards that I’ve made for Christmases past. It was one of those rare times where I was able to create the exact thing (well, pretty close) that I saw in my head. For this first one I used one of my art “models” […]
“I Come By The Blood” Postcard
Autumn Foliage Paper Doll Dresses
There are so many inexpensive ways to use magazines for arts and crafts! Recently, my Grandmother gave me all of her magazines from Sept. and Oct. I ripped out several sheets that had full-page pictures of fall foliage. I used the same technique mentioned in my Thou Art a Sea post […]
Alice Project #6- Bookmark
Fall Card With Envelope Pocket
This card is easy to make and fun to stamp up. I cut a 4 1/2″ strip along the long side of an 8 1/2″ X 11″ piece of cardstock. I folded it twice, into thirds, and then decorated/stamped each section. My favorite part is the gift tag envelope […]
Hole-Punch Polka-Dot Card
It doesn’t get much easier than this! I started with a pre-cut black scallop-edge postcard. I emptied my hole-punch out onto the table. I glued the tiny little dots all over the card and then stamped “thanks”, matted it, and glued it on. Quick and easy!