Crafting

A collection of 33 posts

studio light

A Creative Adventure - Journals.

A journal of samples of different mixed media products, how they work and what they look like on paper. I use the term "mixed media" loosely because I am not a mixed media person rather a person who applies different textures to my card making designs.

Cosmic Shimmer

Cosmic Shimmer Opal Polish

Cosmic Shimmer has come out with a line of polishes that have two different colors in them to give a great effects when you use them.

Cosmic Shimmer

Slimline Card Using Woodware Stamps and Shimmer Shakers

Woodware comes out with some great long stamps that are perfect for slimline cards and for this card I wanted to use the long stamp that has a stack of cute bugs .

Crafting

Paper Piecing Card Designs

Paper piecing is a great way to get new and beautiful looks from your dies. For this project I am using Lynda Chapman's World of Paper Kaskad Folio colored cardstock. This cardstock is smooth and has a colored core perfect for craft projects like this.

Designer Paper

Designer Paper

Some of our cutest critter designer papers are now hitting the shelf's and I have to say ... they are cute.

Aladine

New Aladine Stampo Clear Stamps

There are a few different sets to choose from and they all have several images within each set.

backgrounds

Cosmic Shimmer Airless Misters

The airless bottle prevents air/bubble blockage in the nozzle, and can be sprayed from any angle for ease of use. The more force used when pumping the product, the finer the mist created.

card kits

Unique Card Kits for Men

Card Kits are an easy way to get into card making or something different for seasoned card makers. These kits include everything you need to assemble a bunch of cards at once or one at a time, whatever you prefer.

patterned paper

Making your own background patterned paper.

There are so many ways you can make the most of your stamp sets and for today's blog I wanted to show you how to use any image in a stamp set to create a patterned background of your own. You'll create a one of a kind image that you can customize any way you like.

virtual open house

Save the Date - Virtual Open House May 29 2020

Ecstasy Crafts will be holding their very first Virtual Open House. Join us for a day full of make and take craft alongs and LIVE draws on our Facebook page.

card making

Cross Stitched Popsicle Card

First an introduction to cross stitched dies. Marianne Design has come out with a line of dies that are quite fun. These dies come in a variety of shapes all with tiny holes that you can stitch thru. They also have downloadable patterns to make this even more fun because

card making

Marianne Design Collection #88

Marianne Design has come our with a new line for spring and it includes some really nice dies and stamp sets. Inspired by the tulip season in Holland this collection has some spring time flowers as well as elements to compliment them.

Background

Mix and Match Old and New

There are some really great new background dies from Creative Expressions that were just released and for today's blog I'm going to pair them with some of my favorite classic spring dies.

IndigoBlu

Designing Outside Your Creative Box

Sometimes you just need that little bit of encouragement to try something out of your comfort zone and I'm hoping this is just that push you need. I recreated a couple of cards they had in the magazine and then I was inspired to create my own designs

Background

Watercolor backgrounds.

I really find it useful when I'm card making if I have some finished backgrounds on hand and for today's on line craft along I'm showing you easy ways to make some watercolor backgrounds. These can be finished off easily with silhouette stamps, stamp and die sets or simple sentiments.

blending

Light Bulb - IndigoBlu Card Prep List

List of required items and things you need to prep for class April 8th

Izink dye ink

How to Use Your Large Stamps

Hello and welcome back my friends. Large background stamps, so many of us have these in our stash, and they are a great way to make many cards quickly, but they can also be intimidating to say the least.

birthday card

Pink Ink Designs

Pink Ink Designs has come out with some great images that can be used on card or fabric. As a card maker I tend to use them on cards but plan to try other mediums in the near future.

Gilding Flakes

Gilding Flakes Merry & Bright

Recently we revisited the world of gilding flakes, and the results were stunning. This simple to make shimmery card is done using simple products like double sided tape and the flakes.

free card ideas

Craft Open House Make & Takes

Thanks to everyone who came out and made our Fall Open House Spectacular. We really hope that everyone had a great time and are looking forward to the other events we'll be having in the store for you soon. Our talented designer really hit it out of the

stencils

1 Stencil 4 Backgrounds

Welcome back today I'm playing with my stencils and let me tell you I have more than I know what to do with. Although, today I wanted to challenge myself and make 4 background with only one stencil. This is a great way to make the most of your stencils.

distress oxide

Distress Oxide Blending Card

I'm just loving working with Distress Oxides and I can't get enough of them. The color combinations you can create are endless and they blend into each other so well. I am no expert at using these inks but as I'm discovering it's quite easy.

Paper

Layered Background Dies

How to use the Nellie's Choice Layering Background dies to get the most out of them.

Paper

How I designed my scrapbook page.

When I was first reading about this contest I had so many subjects for my page running thru my head, from special occasions to my dog to my family, so many choices to scrap about, this was by far my biggest challenge of this competition to choose a topic.

Marianne Design

Penguin Easel Card

Winter is here and how better to spend some time all cozy in your craft room making cute shaker cards. I have recently been infatuated with easel cards so I thought to myself why not combined the two card designs into one.