Kraft-the New Black

I know, you hear it all the time___ is the “new black” but honey, kraft is every bit as versatile as black and it compliments every color. My favorite is kraft and pink: When I saw the “use kraft” challenge at Gingersnap Creations (GC52) I knew I had to make something, after all I bought [...]

Thursday Freebies Folks!

Hi there! I hope you are all having a great day With mother’s day right around the corner I thought I would whip up a few cards using my new Old Paper set, my old Fancy Flowers set , my Envelope Bonanza templates and today’s freebie: Tip of the day: don’t be Lazy, make matching [...]

Monochromatic Magic!

I was playing in my studio the other day and made this card, It qualifies for the current monochrome challenge at Caardvarks: This card was all about using up leftovers and experimenting. experiment 1: Watercoloring a digital stamp. I started by taking a digital stamp of a dragonfly from the Winged Things set from Lindsay’s [...]

We go Together…

…like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga a dong…that is what it feels like when I look at all the wonderful products from the talented MyGrafico designers. I got a chance to play with Ladybugs new Baby Animals 2 digital stamps and Babystar designs new Fruitcake papers: As always I made matching envelopes [...]

She With the Most ____ Wins!

Happy Monday folks, back to a normal routine for me, the kids are back in school after spring break and I am back to work, today the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Junior DT has been challenged to make “girlie” projects. I chose to use the new Crafty Tools & Puns digital stamp set to make a [...]

Earth week day 5

OK I’m gonna be straight with you, I am in a creative rut, I had a very productive week last week and made loads of cards and scrapbook pages and even banged out an article but this week I have been just plain flat, like an old can of soda! So I started to clean, [...]

Happy Earth Day!

I have lots of crafty goodness for you today but first a shameless plug: There is nothing greener than digital supplies right, just print what you need on demand, save the trees! OK, a few weeks ago I showed you how to emboss a frame by using a cardboard mat, a cuttlebug folder and a [...]

Earth Week Continues!

I like to think of everyday as Earth Day, hey that is kind of what this blog is all about: Crafting in a frugal way and what is more frugal than upcycling? another way to craft greener is to pay attention to what you buy, on this layout I used paper from the Green Stack [...]

Blog Hop Winners!

Happy Tuesday, after a week of rain and gloom the sun is shining and I have prizes to give away! Woohoo! First of all I want to thank everyone who participated in the blog hop and virtual crop last week, it was so fun getting to know you all:) I have picked wild card winners [...]

Craft supplies from the forest…

Hello folks, as you all know Earth day is this week and what better way to celebrate than by upcycling junk for craft use and finding supplies from nature? I was wandering in the woods near my home and found some birch bark on the ground (never remove bark from trees please!) and I save [...]