Stamping National Scrapbook Day Celebration Ecstasy Crafts was honoured to be part of Scrapbook Centrale's National Scrapbook Day weekend Crop Celebration. Natalie and her super team pulled together an incredible weekend event. Sold out weeks if not months
What to look for in a Stamping Tool I was at an event this past weekend and had the opportunity to use a very popular stamping device. I'm sure much thought goes into the design of these tools. And this one
Glitter Kiss Two-Toned Sparkle with Glitter Kiss Duos Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss is one of our most popular products, and the reasons are obvious: it's beautiful and easy-to-use. That's why we were so excited when the Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss Duos finally arrived!
Creative Expressions Mixed Media and repurposing Everything old is new again. Repurposing "old-school" stencils in today's Mixed Media art!
Paper How to Choose the Best Paper With most every aspect of life, the adage “you get what you pay for” holds true in this most essential part of paper crafting. The Paper!
Stamping The flip side of the coin ... the cards that teach us! I think it is an experienced card maker to identify the level of complexity by looking at a card. I'm always up for a challenge!
Simple Elegant, yet so simple and the results ... gorgeous!! I am not sure if any of you end up on this path, but I started a card and mid-way had to go in an entirely different direction. Let me explain ...
Christmas 5 Ways to Say Thank You I'm sure many of us fall into the DIY Christmas gift category. There was a cute meme last year that I posted on Facebook because it was so very DIY Crafter specific.
Glitter Kiss Transforming Card Stock with Glitter Kiss Cosmic Shimmer has a product called Glitter Kiss. What this basically is is glitter texture paste in a jar with its own sponge applicator, allowing you to transform ordinary card stock into glittery
Black Friday Reddy Card Kit This is a live preview. As we prepare cards for these bundles we have done a few vidoes with assembling the cards. I thought I'd share one here as these card kits are
Stamping Stamping Perfection ...there is a little stamping platform from Leane Creatief that fits the bill for most of us. This device works with cling stamps and rubber backed cling stamps just perfectly...
Christmas New Tattered Lace Christmas Stepper Card Tattered Lace has released a comprehensive die set that will take you through the Christmas season and well beyond.
Christmas Elegant and Easy Holiday Card and Coordinating Bottle Tag With the holiday season approaching and the infinite number of parties, get-togethers and dinners we are set to attend, here is a simple and elegant bottle tag and coordinating card for your hostess
Go Press Go Press & Foil "Scrap Foil" Butterfly Card So we have this fabulous GoPress & Foil machine in house and have been having a fabulous time playing with it.
Disney Quick Disney Birthday Card Here is a short video blog on assembling a quick and delightful birthday card using Donald Duck. The Disney dies are so multi-dimentional, they can be used outside of a Disney theme, can certainly be used for scrap booking your Disney vacation ...
Paper Decoupage Paper! They say necessity is the mother of invention ... in my case, so often, I don't have the decorative paper that is right for a project I have in mind. I have hundreds of pounds of paper ... and still that perfect fit for a card design eludes me!!
Christmas Micro Fine Glitter with Creative Expressions Stained Glass Robin We have class in store with this Sue Wilson inspired card using the Creative Expressions Stained Glass Robin Redbreast from the Festive Christmas Collection. But I get asked quite fequently how to create
Fall Fabulous Fall I love fall, it's my favorite season. So when it's time to start with fall cards, I'm all in.
Out of Africa ... my adventures in stamping Set out to make use of the Cosmic Shimmer ink colours that came in a couple of months ago. I used a full A4 sized sheet of paper and painted new colors the
Easy Quick and easy makes for beautiful cards For me, part of the joy of paper crafting is the long, laborious task of the design. It is at least 2 hours to design a card but more like 3 hours. I love this time.
Stamping Scenes with stamps from Frog's Whiskers Our friends at Frog's Whiskers practically spoon fed me a blog topic! I recieved an email from Frog's Whiskers this week with some lovely card samples attached. And it got me thinking, aside
Summer Having Fun With Some Summer Dies! Had myself a bit of fun with some of the summer dies from Marianne and Joy (well mostly Marianne). Using my favorite "box card die" (CR1374), I went to town with the background sheet from Marianne ....
Stained Glass Stained Glass Revisited I blogged the other day about the Stained Glass Bonsai using PVA glue and having to improvise. I mentioned that I needed to look for fine-tipped plastic bottles to use for putting the
Stained Glass Stained Glass Technique An entry from Sue Wilson's Particraft blog, using the Stained Glass Bonsai Tree, came up in my newsfeed and it caught my attention: So I thought I'd give it a try. As with
Easy One Crafty Cardmaker! Quick Cards with Decorer Papers One of our card designers is so quick to be able to come up with card ideas. Virginia whipped together these adorable cards in minutes ... all without the use of dies, emobssing folders,
