Paper Craft Workshop

Recently, I joined a a class called the Altenew Educator Certification Program. It was an honor to be chosen for this program. These classes focus on techniques that actually challenge you to grow in your knowledge. Hopefully, as time goes on, I will be sharing some of these ideas in the future to our growing community. I will be posting my projects (assignments) from my class. Hopefully, some of these projects will inspire you as well. All About Layering One of the things that I can share with you is about the quality of the stamps that I have been working with. The layered sets, which was my first class, make me happy and give lots of confidence when creating layered stamping projects. I think one of the finest parts of this stamp set called Golden Garden is the fact that it comes with a direction guide. This guide helps you understand and place the layers exactly where they should be. I love the whimsical look to these images. I can see myself using them to create scrapbook page...

I love my tea. I have a cup everyday right around three p.m. Some teas come in little bags or pockets. They are little envelopes that the tea bags come in. I love using things from my kitchen to create something out left over stuff that would generally go into the trash. Today I have been recycling tea bag packages into pockets for my junk journals and scrapbook pages.  Red Rose tea bags some in envelopes. I also believe Twining tea also comes in envelopes.  Some of the tea that I drink have clear envelopes and some are paper. The paper ones are a little easier to work with. But the cellophane ones offer different opportunities.  This is a great project to use up all those bits of pretty patterned paper that you have been hoarding. The tea bag pockets could be used to hold some small journaling or a card. This is a great recycling craft that can use up all those odds and ends that you have in your stash.  While You Are At It Save The Tea Bag! Hopefully, you are a tea...

Ribbon flowers are easy to make and fun to use You can create ribbon flowers in any pattern or colors with just a few minutes of craft time. Most of the supplies for this project are readily available if you do not have them, You can mix up the colors and patterns. You can use lots of different kinds of ribbon to change up the look of your flowers. Supplies Ribbon cut in lengths of 2 1/2 inches -need 8 Ribbon cut in lengths of 2 inches-need 8 1" and 2" round craft punch Scissors Glue dots Buttons Tacky Glue Cardstock Fold each length of ribbon in half.  Apply a glue dot to hold the folded ribbon together. Cut a circle of cardstock in 4inch diameter Take the larger folds of ribbon and apply them to the circle with glue dots First layer of ribbon applied Apply them all around the circle. Apply the smaller folded ribbon circles on top of the larger pieces with glue dots. Alternate the pieces around in the circle. Second layer of ribbon loops applied. Apply the button on top of t...

  These are the Christmas freebies from now until Christmas that we will be featuring. We will be adding to this list every day. So you will want to come back often to snag these freebies. We do everything that we can to make sure that all of these freebies are available, If you find a link that does not work, please let us know. Free Christmas Candy Wraps Christmas Sentiment Candy Wrap Free Christmas Clip Art Candy Cane And Bell Clipart Large Selection Christmas Clip Art Free Christmas Digital Stamps Christmas Pudding Stamp Holly Border Digital Stamp Snowman Digi Stamp Free Holiday Gift Tags Adorable Holiday Gift Tags Free Christmas Tags-  These nostalgic watercolor tags are easy to print and use in minutes Free Christmas Patterns And Templates Free templates to print on your printer Free Christmas Printables Nativity Scene Printable Merry Little Christmas Printable Free Christmas Stencils Free Christmas Stencils - A large collection of Christmas stencils to chose from they a...

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Multi Layered Stamped Card  Making layers on your card bases gives your cards more dimension. Adding layers of solid and printed paper adds dimension, but also adds color. The principles of matting and layering are simply to fix papers on top of each other, usually from largest to smallest.  Starting with your card base, consider the amount of weight that you are planning for your card. Every element adds weight to your card, so consider using a quality paper like Neenah Solar white, my personal favorite for making card bases, I like to stick with anything in the 80–110-pound card stock weight. You are not limited to white of course. You can use any colored paper as well. When you consider that you could be layering four or more papers this is quite a lot of paper that will not be seen. You can get round this by layering frames. Cutting out the parts of the paper that would ordinarily have been hidden. The squares that were removed to make the apertures can then be used on oth...

  Colorasmile We recently found a charity that we hope that you will consider. You, your kids and your grandkids can participate. This is a perfect project for anyone in high school who needs service hours. They send pictures that you and your kids color to nursing homes and troops. Please support this charity by donating your colored pages. Thanks https://colorasmile.org/

Artist trading cards are miniature pieces of art Artist Trading Card Basics There are a few things that all artist trading cards have in common. They are often referred to as ATCS. Each of the cards are 2.5" by 3.5".  They are a similar size as a baseball card or a playing card. Each card is a unique piece of art that is titled, signed and dated by the artist. There are three recognized types of ATC cards: One-off – an individual one-off card Series – a few cards that are on one theme, usually numbered – 1 of 3, 1/3 or similar. Edition – two or more cards that were created to look the same. Any technique that you could do on an art journal page, or a junk journal page can be done on an ATC Think of techniques that involve paint, stamping, embossing, foiling and a lot more. There is so much that you can do with artist trading cards. The sky is the limit and best of all there is no rules. Yes, you can trade them. There are groups on Facebook and on the internet. It is fun to ge...

Sometimes, you would like to heat emboss in a color that you may not have the embossing powder for. There is an easy and quick remedy for that situation. I keep lots of clear embossing powder on hand just in case I am stuck without the right color embossing powder. This technique gives you a lot more options when your collection of embossing powders may be limited. Let's Start With Some Heat Embossing Basics If you have never heat embossed or found the process less than satisfactory, we are going to break down the basics for you today and then move into one of my favorite techniques-heat embossing in colors. There are only a few things that you need to do heat embossing. Embossing Powder- The embossing powder is medium that is melted over a stamped image to create a two-dimensional effect of your projects. It comes in clear, white, colors and metallics. They are sold as single jars or in packages of three.  Heat tool (heat gun) -A heat gun is used to melt the powder that is us...