This one is a super easy, quick way to re-purpose something that wasn’t the best tool for the job. So, nothing shocking about this, but I shop at a lot of Flea and Swap meets. I see a lot of great deals out there and sometimes, I fall for something that seems to be a…
Easter Bonnets and Rocks
I’ve actually been doing and writing about crafting for years. At one point in my life, I had a rubber stamp business and wrote how to articles for Rubberstampmadness, National Stampagraphic, Craftworks for the Home and other small publications. All this before the internet, so you know it’s been a long while. I had lovely…
Tissue Paper Backgrounds
I’m one of those people that watch a ton of crafting videos on Youtube and think, “this is totally easy! Why can’t I do it?” However, I usually get the case of the “lazy” and just sit in front of my TV and glance longingly at my craft stash, wondering why I am not inspired…
Rolodex for the Romantic Fool
At the end of January and throughout February, I just kept on keeping on with the romance theme on Rolodex card. I’m determined to fill my albums and actually, both the index card and the rolodex (memorydex) albums are getting fairly full. I’d really love to be able to show progress all year with these,…
Holiday Index and Rolodex cards
More of my index cards and Rolodex that I made earlier this year.
Christmas Junk Journal
In 2017 I joined a few Facebook groups in order to find some inspiration. Sometimes I still in front of my craft table and just not know what to make or do. This is a problem as I start feeling super lazy and I really just want to get into that headspace that art puts…
Rubber Stamp Collage
I have quite the collection of rubber stamps. I love collage. Coloring is relaxing. One of my resolutions has been to use my collection of rubber stamps more. I joined a Facebook group after visiting the Viva Las Vegas Stamps store and they had a challenge. I thought that I would stick to their challenge…
Rolodex and Index Card Challenge
Last year I found a fairly cool Rolodex card holder and a recipe/index card stand. These things were pretty cheap and I found them at various flea markets I go to. At the time I thought they might be gifts for someone, but in December, I thought otherwise. One of my resolutions was to make…
Love at First Site
Mixed media is something new to me. I’ve mostly been into scrapbooking for the past 20 or so years, so collage isn’t something I’ve done a lot of. Even when I was a kid, I did paper mache once, which reminds me of what I do now, with layering of paper and objects, molding a…
Dreaming with Gears
My creative process isn’t always planned-out in advance. Sometimes I have a photo in mind that I was to highlight in a project, which in many cases, I don’t know what that project will be. Could be a decorated canvas, a tin box, a wood object or…well, let’s just say I have a LOT of…
The Clown and the Ballerina
Playing around with a Tonic Studio die frame which I ended up embossing with some old silver embossing powder. Before I stamped and embossed, I used a stencil on the paper to give the pattern that is on there. I printed out a vintage photo on my ink jet and hand colored it a bit…
Vintage Tin Dolly
I have a sweet spot for dolls. Ever since I could remember, I had some sort of doll, whether it was a troll doll, Sweet April doll that cried real tears, Barbie and even now, my Asian Ball Jointed Dolls (ABJD). I’m really not sure why I dig them, but I definitely do. Years ago,…
