Last time my Dad came to visit, he helped me build a storage rack for my punches (which still works marvelously). Today we tackled Nestability Storage. I'm a very visual person who likes to have as many of my creative tools as possible in my direct line of site. I decided to see if we could utilize … Read more
There's a big Purple Onion Designs party going on at Caardvarks. They are sponsoring the June 20th Challenge, which is to make a *new* Window Card. I was excited to have the opportunity to create projects for the 'Cards & More' feature of Caardvarks together with Jenn (you gotta check out her amazing Window of … Read more
The June 5th Caardvarks challenge is to make a *new* 3-dimensional project … it could be an interactive card, an altered project, or a gift bag. The 'Vaarks Crew were lucky to get to work with 3-D projects from the Challenge Sponsor, Club Scrap. The fabulous prize for the winner of the 3-D challenge is a huge … Read more
After seeing these cool boxes on Nathalia's blog (she got the original idea from Leah at Life as Lou), I had to give them a try. However, I did make a few modifications to my design. Rather than follow her origami box design (which required cutting), I followed the origami box tutorial from SCS, which requires no … Read more
I've been spending the day with my label maker. It's time for some serious organizing and rearranging in my studio, along with some purging as well. It's sort of like an early Christmas because I keep finding things I forgot I had. I've also been trying to catch up on e-mail and blog reading. Here … Read more
I saw this cool tutorial for an origami wreath at Domesticali and had to give it a try. This week's CPS Sketch was the perfect layout to feature my paper creation. I used a page torn from a discarded vintage Ideals magazine (a full page picture of some white flowers) for my wreath. The page weight was perfect … Read more
I have had my Scor-It Board for over a year now, and I would say it is one of the most used tools in my craft studio. I love the deep, straight score it gives for folding every card I make … as well as for making fun projects like this Halloween Paper Globe. … Read more