Time for a proper bit of vintage for my Creative Expressions DT make this week. Well, I don't know, maybe it isn't that vintage-y but it does have a crackle effect layer and some distressing so that must count towards the vintage-ness of today's offering right? And of course the vintage-style stamps from the Umount Antique Dressform stamp set also help don't they? There…
How about another sample from the show? I think this might be one of my favourites. Last week was the first time I got my hands on some of the Tim Holtz Kraft Glassine paper, I've been curious about the stuff but just hadn't had a go at it. I'm very glad it was included in the show because it might be…
I'm having a bit of a blog re-shuffle again, Thursday is now my new Creative Expressions posting day so here is another make using Sam Poole's Art Sayings stamp plate available from Creative Expressions. For this one I've used the Art Sayings stamp plate to create the background by stamping over a surface that I've first textured with old sewing pattern tissue…
Hope you all had a good long weekend, did lots of fun relaxing and art making. I have my Make The Day Special project for this week and I went with a grungy, shabby chic tag using the Unity Itty Bitty and Authentique Co-branded stamp Go With Your Heart. Such a pretty stamp. I've used the ZIG Black Sparkle Embossing Powder to emboss the…
Got something that might interest you guys looking out for DT calls. Have you seen the Creative Expressions DT call? Creative Expressions is a UK craft manufacturer and distributor supplying many of your favourite crafty retail shops and they also have their own lines of rubber stamps designed by various designers. If you haven't seen the recent steampunk themed stamps from Sam Poole then you should…
Well it has been a busy month of tutorials here at Crafty Makes and I have another one for you this week. This time I'm using the wooden alterable shapes from Quixotic Paperie along with other yummy items to make a mini-concertina book. If you follow the Quixotic Paperie blog you would have seen this on Saturday 18th June 2011. You might have…
To all the Dads out there - Happy Father's Day! Hope you are all having a good day! What are you doing to celebrate Father's Day? This Father's Day make is a card made using an altered book page that I've coloured with distress inks using one of the fabulous Crafter's Workshop masks from Happy Daze. The little hearts are made from…
You guys all know that I'm a bit of a 'fingers in different styles pie' sort of person and like everything from fluffy and cute to industrial grunge and this week the makes have been more on the cute card side. So to shake it up a bit I've got my second tutorial for Gingersnap Creations today. Those of you who follow the…
Hello folks, it is Saturday so that means it is my Quixotic Paperie DT make for the week. Now those of you that popped by on Wednesday will know that it is Quixotic Paperie's 2nd birthday this month and Elaine and the DT have lots of fun things lined up for the month that we hope you will enjoy. The first being…
Hi Guys, hope you enjoyed the new Natural Beauty Stamps illustrated by Carmen Medlin for SCACD blog hop yesterday. If you are interested here is how I made the card from yesterday's post. Inspiration note: When I first saw this fabulous stamp the idea of making the image look a bit ethereal immediately jumped out at me. The layering of this delicate looking image onto a…
The Quixotic Paperie design team have once again joined forces with the SCACD design team for a blog hop to celebrate the release of the fantastic new NATURAL BEAUTY COLLECTION illustrated by Carmen Medlin. We hope you'll agree that these are images to fall in love with. There are SEVEN stunning images in this release, and they are available either individually or as…