Today the Crafter's Companion Design Team is excited to play along with Paper Craft Planet for their weekly sketch challenge and we would love to have you play along too. Here's the fun sketch and you can find more info on the PCP Blog too! If you would like to play along, upload your card to the PCP Gallery and tag it … Read more
The Product Focus at SplitCoast Stampers this week is on the fabulous Embossalicious Embossing Folders from Crafter's Companion. I had fun trying a new technique using the Flora Bunda 6" Embossing Folder from Crafter's Companion (I love that its easy to use at its original size, or trim down for other card sizes). I started … Read more
I have wanted a scooter for years … but every time I almost talk myself into getting one, I remember I live in cold snowy Iowa, and it's just not practical (not to mention that I'm extremely accident prone, so odds of injury would be high). So, today I did the next best thing … Read more
This butterfly stamp from Stamp-It Australia's Birds & Butterflies is a favorite. I love all of the elegant detail and the variation between the butterfly images … and it was perfect to feature using this week's Unscripted Sketch. After stamping it on designer paper and adding a sentiment from Camden Town's Female 1, I overlayed … Read more
I love this great Father's Day Tools stamp from Crafter's Companion … perfect for so many of the dads in my life … and also perfect for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. The image was stamped in dark brown & then shaded with colored pencils. The table construction schematic is from a vintage Popular Mechanics … Read more
This week I tried something new … creating with the Party Paws Papercrafting CD-Rom from Crafter's Companion. It's filled with all sorts of sentiments, papers and pre-colored images (for when you don't have time to color … or maybe don't quite yet have the skills to make it look as good as you'd like). My … Read more
Tonight I needed a sympathy card for my depleted stash. This Faith Bird Stamp from Crafter's Companion is one of my go-to images for sympathy cards … it includes both a lovely image and soothing sentiment that makes for easy card making. I used the lovely colors from this week's Inspired By Challenge using papers from … Read more
We're Tying a Christmas Ribbon around the Holiday Tree at Jingle Belles … and creating cards featuring ribbon. I love buying holiday ribbon on clearance after Chrismtas (especially if it's generic enough that I can use it for non-holiday cards). I pulled out two of those clearance finds for this card. I stamped this wonderful … Read more
Crafter's Companion will be releasing some gorgeous new floral sets by the talented Sheena Douglass called Floral Fantasy. Here's a sneak peak from the gorgeous Violet Collection … I just love that fabulous bumble bee. I stamped on texty paper and then colored the bumble bee with purple glitter pen. I added silver glitter pen … Read more
This is one of the first techniques I ever learned using alcohol inks, and I never tire of it because it turns out a little different every time. In the class I took many years ago from Peg Robinson, she called if Faux Batik, but it's also called Faux Bleach. Today I wanted to … Read more