Paper Craft Card Ideas- Origami Dress

Card made with dress design from a Klutz Origami kit and general card stock.

Paper Craft Card Ideas- Origami Embellishments (Shirt)

Rather than spending oodles of dinero to purchase three-dimensional embellishments for your card crafts, consider making your own with a few simple origami folds. You can use thin scrapbook paper and find instructions online to begin, or create origami shapes using a kit. Whatever you choose, the results will be one-of-a-kind fabulous!
The shirt [...]

Stringing 101

If you’re new to beading and jewelry making, stringing is probably one of the easiest techniques to try. You don’t need a lot of special equipment and the possibilities for creative design are endless.

Spring Flowers with Corrugated Cardboard Stamp

Continuing my quest to find uses for corrugated cardboard in my paper crafts, I rolled up a piece of cardboard (to achieve a “floral” effect) and pulled out a stamp pad and flower stamp (pictured.)
After dabbling on scrap paper for a bit, I finally settled on a pattern and carried it out on [...]

Knit and Crochet for Valentine’s Day

Knit or crochet a heart for Valentine’s Day!

Ideas to spark your paper craft Valentines Day muse

Valentines Day is near and our cupid muse is calling us to create expressions of love. Here are a few ideas to help get you started with your Valentines Day paper crafts:
Easy Valentine’s Day Treat Bag (pictured) Easy-to-make paper craft treat bags to fill with love.
Friendship Blossoms Paper flowers [...]

Got fabric, felt, & brads? Make flowers!

I have two main philosophies for card making:

 1) Recycle and/or use what I already have on hand
2) Keep it simple (fancy is fun, too… I’m referring to simplicity in design and function.)
 
In the spirit of this, my latest creation utilized scraps of fabric, felt, colored brads, and a “Thank You” sticker.  This flower design can easily be transferred to any [...]

Vintage Vinyl Record Bowls

This simple craft that allows you to recycle an old warped record into a useful, versitile, and nostolgic bowl.

Learn to Cross Stitch in 5 Minutes

Counted cross stitch is easy to learn! Print out this graph and instructions and share it with others. You can also download the instructions in .pdf format (158K). You will need Adobe Acrobat to view and print. The .pdf format page prints on a single sheet of paper and is great for classes!

Counted cross stitch [...]