Archive for the 'Step by Step Projects' Category

Step by Step – Valentine’s Box

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

 You will need two co-ordinating cardstock weighted paper for this project.  The My Minds Eye papers from January’s Full Tart is perfect for this.  It also uses one of my favourite stamps called “Beep Beep I love you” by Whiff of Joy which I coloured using my new Lyra Watercolour Crayons.  Cut Sheet A 15cm x 23cm [...]

Step by step – Mini flowers

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

I enjoy making flowers to use on my projects.  Today, I thought I would show you how quick and easy it is to make your own mini flowers using the Cheery Lynn Miniature Rose die. I have used Tim Holtz glassine paper to make my flowers. Start by cutting 2 strips of glassine paper just a [...]

Scrappy New Year Calendar

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

If you are anything like me you will have lots of little scraps left over after using your kit.  I normally would put these in a bag to punch out some small shapes later on. However this time I decided to put my scraps from the January Full Tart to good use and make a [...]

Step by Step – colouring silhouette stamps with Copics

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Today I am showing you a different way to use your Copics. I’m sure everyone has some of those gorgeous silhouette flower stamps tucked away some where. The two I have used here are by Penny Black. So all you need is a light coloured Distress or Memento ink, your Copics, and a silhouette stamp. [...]