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A collection of 15 posts

How to Use Your Large Stamps

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.

Craft Open House Make & Takes

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

Inspired by great weather

Inspired by great weather

Hi there and welcome back to our blog. Today's blog is about the fun cards you can make with summer time themed die sets. I'll feature the Flamingo die set form Marianne design in my cards today.

Distress Oxide Blending Card

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.

Layered Background Dies

Layered Background Dies

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

Paper Boutique One Sheet Wonder Challenge

Paper Boutique One Sheet Wonder Challenge

Introducing the One Sheet Wonder Challenge. The idea behind this is to use every inch of your "special" paper so that you can get your monies worth ! For the 12 x 12 paper I used for this blog you can make 11 different cards.

Crystal Tints Flower Card

Crystal Tints Flower Card

Perfect for Birthdays, sympathy or thank you cards, you can easily make these ahead of time and have them in your stash and when you need a card simply add a sentiment.

How I Designed My Scrapbook Page Part 2

How I Designed My Scrapbook Page Part 2

I decided to do a page about a special place that my husband and I frequent often. Starting with some research on how others laid out their page an idea quickly came to mind and I took to sketching out what I had imagined in my mind.

How I designed my scrapbook page.

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.

A Birthday Smash

A Birthday Smash

There's a long running joke in my friend group about me showing up to a special occasion with a store bought card. This is pretty bad considering I've been involved with the family business of Ecstasy Crafts since I was running around the warehouse as a toddler.

3 Backgrounds with IZINK Pigments

3 Backgrounds with IZINK Pigments

This week we were inspired to do a bit of experimenting with IZINK Pigments to see how many different effects we could create using the same combination of colours. We are so pleased with the way it turned out!

Mixed Media Reversed Canvas

Mixed Media Reversed Canvas

Mixed Media Reversed Canvas using various products to create a cherished keepsake

Making 3D Flowers

Making 3D Flowers

there are some lovely pre-made flowers on the market but as it stands now, I make all of my own. Here's a way to have a bunch ready for any project.

The Subtleties of Paper

The Subtleties of Paper

I'll admit, I am a self-confessed paper-aholic!! There may be a support group but I probably wouldn't attend meetings, I'd be busy making cards.

Pinspiration! Getting the Most Imaginative Ideas from Pinterest

I don’t know about you, but Pinterest can be a pretty overwhelming corner of the internet. There’s just so much to see! Board upon board of celebrities, fashion, home décor, food, photos, cocktails, more food, more fashion... It’s equally a wonderland and a terror.