This is my first advent calendar of the year! I’ve been thinking about this design for a couple months now, so it’s nice to finally see it come together. I do have a video tutorial on YouTube if you are more of a visual learner, but I have some written step-by-step instructions below as well.… Read the rest
I’m excited to be part of this amazing blog hop to celebrate and inspire using some of Jane Davenport’s mixed media supplies! Hop along for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Spellbinders (details below). Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 4th 11:59 pm EDT.
I chose to work with the following products:
JUST A NOTE: These products were provided to me by Spellbinders to create inspiration for this blog hop.… Read the rest
Did I just totally date myself? LOL. I’m sort of crazy for craft kits these days and I just ordered another one.
For a year or so, I researched craft kits – sampling past kits here and there. After a lot of research, I took the plunge and subscribed to the Tonic Studios Kit.… Read the rest
I’ve been using products designed by Stephanie Barnard since she was a designer for Sizzix and I love her stuff! Mostly, I like that her die sets are for interactive cards. A lot of those card styles can be made without dies, but boy are the dies great time savers! Well, she now sells her designs under her own company – The Stamps of Life (TSOL) and they have various monthly clubs.… Read the rest
I mentioned in my previous post that I submitted an entry to the Time for Tea Designs (T4TD) May Challenge. I decided I’d go ahead and create another card to improve my chances of getting a gift certificate (or even better a guest design spot). This time I wanted to show how you can foil your Digi Stamp to make it even more unique.… Read the rest
I used to scour the Internet for free Digi Stamps all the time. Mostly I was looking for images to color in my down time. I didn’t really do anything with them more than that and after a while I sort of forgot all about them… until now.
Recently, I became a premium member of Craft World, and as a perk, you get free Digi Stamps every month.… Read the rest
I’ve been subscribing to the Tonic Studios Craft Kit since June 2020 (#33). It’s been nearly a year, and I’m still a subscriber! Since starting my subscription, I’ve only skipped one box and that’s next month’s kit (#43). That surprised even me! I fully expected to skip maybe 2-3 boxes a year, but there’s just so much to love in each box, it’s hard to skip any of them.… Read the rest
This craft box was the first set of word edge’able dies I got from Crafter’s Companion. I love the look & effect these offer. It’s a great way to make the sentiment really special. Since using this box, I’ve tried the F.L.I.P. of Crafter’s Companion Box Kit #27 Modern Word Edge’ables as well, which I really loved.
This Motion Crafts Animated Tag kit is really fantastic! It’s useful well beyond the animated image feature. I got it directly from the Motion Crafts website, but I don’t know if it’s still available for sale.
The kit comes with everything you need to create fun, interactive, animated tags. There are a lot of things I love about it:
I’ve been traveling visiting family since October and I’ll be honest, I’ve been doing a LOT of crafty shopping online. There were some great sales from Black Friday to Cyber Monday to end-of-year warehouse clearances, etc. I’m waiting for Tonic’s Jan 1 sale (they’ll be opening their vault) and then I’m going to give the credit card a well-deserved break.… Read the rest
