Posted on September 27, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
*note: In this article I mention using the double piercing bug on the scor-pal. The Scor Pal company says to be sure to hold it at a 90 degree angle or you may damage the grooves in the scor-pal board. You will not damage the scor pal using the single peircing tool form EK Success [...]
Filed under: Stamping, quick projects | Tagged: a little something, cards elegant, Cuttlebug, Embossing, frugal, stampin up | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
Yippee, today I get to play with two of my favorite creative things: the sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You and die-cuts from Creative Cuts & More!
You can play along too, this weeks winner at 2 Sketches 4 You will get the Fall All-Occasion Card Kit from Creative Cuts and More! What are you waiting [...]
Filed under: Stamping, creative cuts and more | Tagged: stampin up, autumn leaves, creative cuts and more, 2 sketches 4 you, farm fresh | 15 Comments »
Posted on September 15, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
Happy Tuesday Y’all! I spent a lovely morning out shopping and lunching with friends, it’s a beautiful warm fall day and I have some freebies to share. Does it get any better? Here is a set of thank you notes I made to send out to my daughters’ friends to thank them for their lovely [...]
Filed under: Freebies, SCAL software + Cricut, quick projects | Tagged: forrest friends, free printable template, free SVG file, freebie, scal, scal freebie, SCAL software + Cricut, stampin up, SVG Freebie, thank you cards, trendy trees | 13 Comments »
Posted on July 30, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
Happy Thursday everyone! I’m feeling the busy July wind down and I am so ready for a lazy August. I had some time to design a few new stamps for the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff shop, here are two of them:
Irises are one of my favorite flowers so naturally I needed an Iris digistamp!
And, well, you [...]
Filed under: Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, SCAL software + Cricut, Stamping | Tagged: cupcake stamp, digital stamps, free digital stamp, iris stamp, k&Co, Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, scal, SCAL software + Cricut, stampin up, studio G, SU!, sure cuts a lot, watercolor crayons | 20 Comments »
Posted on July 8, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
In my family the summer is choc-full of adult birthdays so when I get a few spare minutes I whip up a birthday card:
I again used scraps lying on the craft table (these were actually left over form a friend who came over the scrap the other day) and I used my fave little old [...]
Filed under: Stamping, quick projects | Tagged: crochet flowers, god's Beatuy, make your own dew drops, my minds, stampin up, Stamping, stamps | 10 Comments »
Posted on July 7, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
I played with my “Friends 24-7″ set from Stampin Up! a bit more and came up with this super quick card:
First I layered the 2 pattern papers and stamped over both of them and colored my image with colored pencils, then I used my Scor-Pal and Scor Bug to make the stitching holes (way easier [...]
Filed under: Stamping, quick projects | Tagged: American Crafts, baroque border, Friends 24-7, mme, My Minds Eye, scor bug, scor-Pal, stampin around, stampin up | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
I was shopping at my local scrapbook store a few weeks ago and saw this lovely Cuttlebug “textile” embossing folder. I had not tried the CB folders before so I though “why not!” I love the crisp detail I got using it in my Ellison Big Shot Die Cutter:
If you don’t have a manual die [...]
Filed under: Stamping | Tagged: American Crafts, Big Shot, crochet flowers, Cuttlebug, ellison stamp die, Embossing, Friends 24-7, poppin pastels, stampin up, Textile embossing folder | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 3, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
I love all of the pretty dainty crocheted flowers popping up on cards and scrapbook pages everywhere. tried to make some a while back but they were ANYTHING but dainty, then I found an easy tutorial over at Nicole Heady’s blog and it was so easy. I used embroidery floss and crochet cotton thread to [...]
Filed under: Stamping, creative cuts and more | Tagged: creative cuts and more, crochet flower tutorial, crochet flowers, crochet flowers digital element, design team call, Digital Scrapbook Freebies, freebie, guest DT call, how to crochet flowers, stampin up | 6 Comments »
Posted on June 29, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
I just started watching the show “The Lazy Environmentalist” and it got me to thinking…”Can I be even greener in my crafting?” Here is a card I made with some thick plastic packaging:
I used the cute Sock Monkey set from Stampin Up, stamped it with SU! basic black on Georgia Pacific Cardstock and water-colored him, [...]
Filed under: SCAL software + Cricut, Stamping, green livin' | Tagged: accent essentails, acetate, k&Co, plastic packaging, recycling crafts, SCAL software + Cricut, sock monkey, stampin up, Stamping, watercoloring | 7 Comments »
Posted on June 15, 2009 by thefrugalcrafter
This is the first week of summer vacation. Imagine my surprise that I had a chance to finish a card using the sketch over at 2 sketches 4 You today. I had given my kids a stack of magazines, glue sticks, scissors, some old scrapbook paper and glitter and they collaged happily long enough for [...]
Filed under: Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, quick projects | Tagged: 2 sketches 4 you, 4th of july card, Crafty Secrets, DCWV, Die Cuts With a View, flad card, hero arts, papercrafts, sketch challenge, stampin up, Stamping | 11 Comments »