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Crafting with Rustic Charm: A Sky-Inspired Project

Hello, fellow crafters. This is another post for A Place to Start‘s challenge. This one if for February, 2025. As always, ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: THINGS IN THE SKY. I was doing some reorganizing in my craft room, and I found a bunch of background panels I had made and set aside. I decided itContinue reading “Crafting with Rustic Charm: A Sky-Inspired Project”

Explore Press Plate with Foil

Hello, crafters! Now that it’s the new year, and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, I can get back to creating more projects. We start the month with another A Place to Start project challenge. January, 2025 – Anything Goes W/Optional Twist: Include A Balloon This is one of my favorite projects.Continue reading “Explore Press Plate with Foil”

Altenew Educators Video Hop + Giveaway – Anything Goes

Hello, all. Welcome to Altenew’s Educators Video hop. For this hop, anything goes! In this video, I’ll share my project using die sets and stencils instead of stamps.I’ll demonstrate various techniques including ink blending and foiling, and create a beautiful wreath and bird design. I’ll review the ease of assembling the bird using numbered dieContinue reading “Altenew Educators Video Hop + Giveaway – Anything Goes”

A Leafy Affair – Altenew Educator IG Hop

Hello, all. Welcome to my blog. This post was created as an extension to Altenew’s Educator Instagram Hop. Altenew Certified Educators are joining a fun Instagram Reel Hop, and the theme is “𝐀 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫” The hop starts from @altenewllc on Instagram, so make sure you start from the beginning! Altenew is giving away aContinue reading “A Leafy Affair – Altenew Educator IG Hop”

Do More With Your Double Sided Tape

Hello! Welcome. For this post, I wanted to show that you can do more with double sided tape than just hold things together. I created some beautiful backgrounds with double sided tape, embossing powder and foil. Scroll down to watch the linked video. For this first panel, I used multiple sizes of double sided tapeContinue reading “Do More With Your Double Sided Tape”

Same Challenge New Card

I had a flex-day and did a little crafting and made another card for Altenew’s September challenge. You can check it out the challenge here. My other card is here. I have a hot foil machine, but I’m not very good at it. I got it earlier this year and have used it a fewContinue reading “Same Challenge New Card”