Looking through Issue 39, February 2009 issue of ReadyMade and they offer on page 58, four exclusive valentine designs to clip out or download. They come from designers from all over and offer some interesting sentiments, perhaps not so conventional? The publication says you can find the designs online at readymade.com/valentines but as of today [...]
I found a lovely paper cutting pattern online from Little Acorn’s blog and decided to make it into a cool handmade card. I had also seen the spotlight on this pattern from Craft Magazine’s blog as well, so had to give it a try. It was great to do a bit more paper cutting with [...]
The latest Caardvarks challenge is all about hearts and although I love all the girly lovey dovey red and pink hearts designs during the Valentine season, I decided to do something a bit unconventional for my handmade card today. As you can see, I used Milton Glaser’s classic “I *heart* NY” design and created a [...]
Today, I followed a tutorial on MarthaStewart.com to make some cool origami valentine fold-out cards. This is a really nice design to make a cute and original card for your loved ones. I like that it is a bit different from a normal Valentine card and the unfolding of it for the recipient makes the [...]
I just happened upon the Papertrey Ink Online store that specializes in clear stamps and a custom line of exclusive paper crafting embellishments and accessories. I was pleasantly surprised to realize that they offer paper samples online as downloadable PDFs that you can print out. Of course, these are just swatches of the paper you [...]
If you look creatively for materials around the house you can definitely save a lot of money and make your own greeting cards at home. Before you groan and say that you are not artistic enough, don’t have the time or that handmade cards are too cheap to use, please give me a chance to [...]
Today I started up with the Thing-a-Day.com challenge. The basic idea is that in the month of February (this is a yearly effort), you are challenged to create something new every day and post about it. There certainly aren’t any punishments if you don’t do it or miss a day, but it’s more of a [...]
