Tag: Handmade Cards
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Valentine Party Ideas: Pinks and Drinks Invitation
As you might have seen in my Instagram feed, we are decorated for Valentine’s Day! Each February, I look forward to pulling out treasured Valentine’s I’ve received from family and friends over the years. I came across an invitation I sent out nearly 4 years ago and couldn’t resist sharing it with you. The inspiration…
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Create Inspiration Party: Winter Wishes
Welcome to the Create Inspiration Team’s January Blog Party! The temperatures might still be below freezing, but I have a cozy project to share today that will warm your heart. If you are looking for a fun gift to share this winter season, consider crafting a fun snowman note and tag from the Winter Wishes…
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In the Workshop: Santa Cheer
This month for the Create Inspiration Team at JessicaSprague.com, I crafted a Santa Cheer package. This DIY festive wine bottle served as a a perfect focal point to highlight two darling digital tags from the Aspen Frost collection. Here’s a peak at the process of making these simple paper cuties: Start with mini red wine…
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In the Workshop: Fast Christmas Card
I am having so much fun working mixing digital and traditional paper elements. Here’s a peak at a super easy card that can be created in under 10 minutes after you’ve gathered all your supplies: Steps to making this card: Print out the Santa card from the Very Merry Christmas Element Pack #2 featured on…
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In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking
As I mentioned in this post, I created 2 scrapbooks to savor the season and preserve some of our first Halloween memories with Olivia. I just love how these turned out! I followed Kathy Orta’s instructions from her Interactive Mini-Scrapbooks guide to transform a mixture of photos, papers, and embellishments into a treasured keepsake. I…
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In the Workshop: Congrats Card
Remember this post on my favorite new glitter technique? Here is one of the cards I made using this inspired process: The glittered leaves were the perfect addition to the background of this card. For a step-by-step guide on achieving this look, visit my post In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques!
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In the Workshop: Handmade Halloween
I’m so excited to share that I’ve been selected as a member of Jessica Sprague’s new Create Inspiration Team! Since joining The Dating Divas team over a year ago, I’ve really worked on my photography skills. Jessica’s amazing digital classes have been such a blessing to start learn the ins and outs of Photoshop to…
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In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques
Remember this teaser post? As promised, here is the scoop on one of my favorite new crafting processes: A Bit of Background Info When I was at the stamp convention in August, I spent quite a bit of time at The Stamp Doctor’s Booth. Mechele Rudd, the owner, demonstrated how to achieve this gorgeous result…
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Glitter Sneak Peak
So, I might have spent the last week covered in glitter. I am absolutely thrilled with this new technique- stay tuned for the details!
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DIY High Contrast Books for Babies
During our first visit with the Parents as Teachers program, our coordinator emphasized how fascinating black and white images were to infants. She recommended this popular board book to help stimulate Olivia’s brain development. It features a total of 10 large and familiar shapes for babies to study. I loved the concept of this simple…