Is there a specific type of crafting material that you really enjoy working with? For me, it’s vellum! I love how it adds almost a mysterious feel to my projects…like there’s a special surprise waiting to be discovered. Here’s a fun idea you can make for Valentine’s Day using vellum and your sewing machine! Supplies…
There is something about small shaped cards and envelopes that is absolutely adorable. Add gold vellum envelopes and gold pigment ink and I’m in heaven! I didn’t have time to make envelopes for the wedding hop, so I definitely wanted to feature those here. But first, we’ve got to make the mini cards! Daisy Shaped…
With my daughter’s first birthday approaching, I am up to my ears in butterfly wings, wisteria, and pink and purple tulle. She’s a girly-girl for sure (the first time I put her in a fluffy floral dress she squealed), but she also loves the outdoors. So I figured there was no better theme for her…
Hi there, Hannah here from Fanciful Spaces! Usually, I share with you some Mixed Media projects that I was inspired to create with paper from Cut Cardstock, but did you know that before being a Mixed Media artist I was a Card Crafter? That’s right, I have HUNDREDS of cards I’ve made…and I almost never…
The weather has been nuts around here in Chicagoland! One week is the polar vortex, and the next its spring! With the *temporary* warm temps we had earlier this week, I had spring on my mind, which means FLOWERS and RAIN of course!!! I’ve have been needing to update my website’s stationery collection, so I thought…
I love the look of envelope liners but never took them on because I assumed they were a lot of work – I try to aim for efficiency when putting together wedding invites. I found a pack of envelope liner templates on sale for Cyber Monday and vowed to use them before the end of…
Hooray! My last holiday card order was delivered yesterday! This year I designed 50 custom holiday cards. Custom meaning, no templates! All designs were original and not duplicated. While this makes for a bit of a grueling November, I get incredible creative gratification from this time of year. Now it’s time to celebrate! (Or start…
I take a lot of pictures during the holidays, and sometimes I want to send copies to loved ones along with a Christmas message. I like to use bigger envelopes for this to fit the pictures and maybe pop in a flat card with a quick greeting to accompany the pictures. For today’s project, I’m…
Welcome back to Day 4 of the Holiday Countdown! Niki here and today I thought I would share with you a technique that a friend of mine shared with me a couple of years back. Using woodgrain paper or cardstock, you can make a super nice weathered wood look with some gray dye ink and…
Hello, everyone! I’ve been a little obsessed with making 3″x 3″ mini cards lately. I love being able to utilize every little scrap of paper so that nothing goes to waste. I’ve made quite a few and with the holiday season upon us, I thought that they would be great to package up and give…
Hello creative friends! Somehow we are halfway through November already? Craziness! I’m already totally in the holiday spirit. I love, love, love Thanksgiving, but Christmas is on my brain big time! This past Sunday I held a Brush Lettering Workshop at a darling stationery shop in Geneva, IL. I’m a total introvert, so standing up…
Happy Halloween everyone! While most of you have been thinking about ghosts and ghouls over the past few weeks, I’m already knee deep in holiday work. Custom Christmas and holiday card orders are coming in hot! And I love that people are so on the ball that they get their orders placed in October! My…