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How To: Make a Christmas Cut Out Poinsettia Card
It is never to early to start making Christmas cards, after all its the most magical time of the year and there is nothing worse then leaving everything until the last minute!.. like me!! In this project I show you how I make this stunning Christmas card, and explain about using a cutting knife, I also show you how I use the cutting knife, I wanted to make it easy for you to see what I do when cutting out a pattern however it seems I make it look too easy, so practice on straight lines until ...
How To: Make a Textiles Modern Flower Card
In this project I make a glorious card from the DCWV Textiles paper stack. I walk you through how to make the flower and the insert. Taking it from a blank card to a fully finished project. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Fancy Rose Paperfolding Card
This project is all about paperfolding and making a 3D card using gorgeous papers, this project is not the quickest to make however it is one of the most effective. I show you how to paper fold and make the background as well as the card.
How To: Make a Floral Fancy Wedding Photo Card
I have made this stunning Photo Card project and it is gorgeous, ideal for any kind of photos, simple and yet so pretty. In this project I show you how I have put it all together to create a great keepsake. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Lattice Background for Your Paper Crafting
In this project I have use a die from the Tim Holtz range of Frameworks dies, in the standard lattice style and I show you how I use the Lattice and the throwaway pieces to make a great background for your cardmaking, scrapbooking and paper projects. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Lattice Background Floral Art Card
This cardmaking project uses the lattice background that I made in technique 138 The card is a really pretty project using pink floral embellishments and embossed card to create a stunning backdrop to a sentiment and flowing ribbon. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make an Embossed 3D Floral Frame Card
This project is so pretty and using a collection of techniques and products from Anna Griffin however it could be made using items you might have already from other suppliers. The card stands out due to the easy embossed frame and just the overall look of the card. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Happy Day Vintage Doily Card
This cardmaking project is created from DCWV Happy Stack and it is such a pretty card, using lot lots different elements from the stack to create this gorgeous card. This is a easy card to make and looks awesome. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Box Pleated Nifty Nested Layers Card
This cardmaking project shows you how I have used box pleating to create a beautiful card and using the Nifty Nested layers from Anna Griffin, this card is a papercrafters dream.
How To: Make Full Floral Paper Tricks Card
This card is totally gorgeous, it has a bit of everything and I can't say it is going to be a quick card but I can say it is a 'Humdinger!' and anyone who receives it will keep it forever.. The card has a paper folded quilt style background made from the Anna Griffin Paper Tricks2 kit and this creates something stunning for the 3D flowers and sentiment to sit on, as well as the glitzy bow & embellishment.. perfect for something large and if you ever wanted a card to make a statement, then thi...
News: How to Make Ocean Breeze Adventure Card
I have used the DCWV Ocean Breeze stack to make this gorgeous card.I have used a couple of the card sheets from the stack and the borders as well as one of the sentiments.
How To: Paper Weave a Background for Your Craft Projects
This technique goes with a project that I have already made - This shows how to make a paper weaved background for your cards, scrapbook books etc as shown in the picture below.
How To: Make Old Floral Black & Cerise Card
This cardmaking project is all about using some of the gorgeous products of old. So lets turn back time and go through all the old kits we have a make a few new items. This card is from a Botanical cardmaking kit and I show you how I have put it all together to make this beauty. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make Paper Weaved French Floral Card
In this gorgeous project I make this card using some French Floral paper collection and die cuts from the Fretwork 1 die set. Everything combined with a sentiment this is a stunning little card that is easy to make and very effective with a paper weaved layer. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make Paper Fan Bows for Your Crafts
This fun and simple technique shows you how to use up your scraps making the prettiest paper fan bows to use on your scrapbook pages, cardmaking or paper projects. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Fancy Madison Hen Night Scrapbooking Page
In this demonstration I show you how I have created a really pretty scrapbooking page using papers from the Madison Collection from Anna Griffin and a great photo of me from my Hen Night.
News: How to Make a Hello Darling Stack Decoupage Card
In this cardmaking tutorial I make a glorious card from the DCWV Hello Darling cardstock stack. It is a easy to make card but it looks so impressive, ideal for anyone that likes a little bit of fussy cutting and decoupage, all from the stack.. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Black & Cream Fancy Without Flowers Card
In this cardmaking project I show you a card that I create using items that are featured in popular cardmaking kits. This particular card has no flowers no it, because hard as this maybe to believe some people do not like them... I know I know!! but we have to cater for all !! so this card is fancy without flowers, however still just as pretty. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
News: 50 FREE Papercraft Robot Downloads
One of the greatest things about the internet? Free papercraft downloads. Enjoy Botropolis' collection of 50 fun robots. Just download, print, and assemble. My top ten favorites below. Wall-E. Robocop. Optimus Prime. R2-D2. The Terminator. Poseable Toy Robot. Retro Bot. Godzilla. Poco Bot with 6 rotation points. Robot Owl.
How To: Make a Traditional Pretty Pink Floral Card
In this cardmaking project I make a pretty pink floral card that has embossing and floral embellishments. The items are mainly used from Anna Griffin Floral Impressions card kit, which is a impressive kit full of gorgeous florals and there is more then enough to make over 48 cards with so many embellishments left for other projects.
News: How to Make a Peacock 3D Butterfly Embossed Card
In this cardmaking tutorial, I make a gorgeous peacock green butterfly card with an embossed background using lots of Anna griffin products, old and new. If you do not have the old products you could substitute them with products you do have already in your stash. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
News: Make a Black Floral Magic Cerise Card
In this cardmaking tutorial I show you how I make a cute and quick card using the DCWV Jet Black Stack and I show you that just because it is all black that you can add some colour to make your card pop. This is a really great card project that is easy to make and could be made with any of the stacks that are available or many of the supplies that you probably already own. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Colour Your Embossed Vellum for All Crafts
This amazing technique is so quick and easy, you will love how you can change the colour of your embossed vellum.
How To: Make Pretty Paper Ribbon Sentiments
This technique is great for using up scraps and making any sentiment stamp or sticker even better. This is a simple technique that you can make in advance for any paper, card or scrapbook project. In this demonstration I show you how to make the same paper ribbon sentiment that I have used in the Vellum Rose Wreath Card Project. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make an Embossed Vellum Rose Wreath Card
This card is awesome, there is no other words for it! It is pretty, eyecatching and just so gorgeous, using cardstock and vellum to create a wreath made of embossed roses. There are a few different techniques in this tutorial to make the wreath but they are all easy when you see how. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Make Your Own Lattice for Your Crafts
In this demonstration I show you how to make card/paper lattice for your cardmaking, scrapbooking and paper projects.
How To: Make Madison Mega Mix Special Day Card
In this card tutorial project I create a mega mix of lots of layers and different textures and papers to make a great card.
How To: Make Vintage Showstopper Floral Frame Card
This gorgeous card is so easy to make and here I show you how, using some fabulous floral papers, however you could use any on hand, this card is a showstopper. Step 1: Items Used
Technique: How to Make Card Corners for Your Paper Projects
In this Technique Demonstration I show you how I make card corners in both plain and embossed card for all your card, scrapbooking and paper projects. Easy and quick to make, and once you make them, you will be wanting to add them to everything.
News: How to Make Gorgeous Pink Flourish Rubber Stamped Card
This demonstration show how to make this card that looks like it could be quite time consuming and complicated but after watching this you will see how easy it is. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Make a Box Out of Scrap Paper
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category which will show you how to make a box out of scrap paper. Take a piece of square paper and fold it across both the diagonals to get an intersecting crease. Now fold all the points to the middle of the sheet and unfold them. Now take any point and fold it to the furthest away intersection point. Repeat with the other three sides. Then fold all the four points to the closest intersection point. Now you will see a square in the middle of the s...
How To: Make a Scrapbook Shaker Box Easily
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a scrapbook shaker box at home. You will need: square card stock shape, another square card stock shape with a hole in the middle, and a piece of acrylic. First, place the acrylic along the piece of card stock with a hole on it and glue them down together on all four sides. Next, attach a journal entry to the center of the other card stock square. Now, line adhesive to the acrylic piece on three sides and stick the card stock to the adhesive. You can now...
How To: Make Paper Flower Poinsettias for Christmas
First, cut out pattern pieces. You will need 8 leaf patterns in total. Now, put two leaf patterns together and attach to a leaf with glue. Add a wire in the middle of the wire and glue it closed. Now, stretch your petals to give fullness, you should have 13 petals in total. With your finger, smooth glue onto the petal, then clip wire off of the petals.
How To: Make a Peony Decoupage Gold Embossed Card
In this cardmaking tutorial, I make a 7x7inch square card using the Pink Peonies from a decoupage collection kit. I also use embossed card and some gorgeous corners to create a really pretty card. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Make a French Collection Pretty Banner Card
In this cardmaking demonstration I make a really pretty card using a range of pretty papers. The card is a 6x4in card and I go through the layers building up a beautiful card that could be made using any range of papers and any stamps for a multitude of occasions. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Ink, Blend & Stamp to Make a Poppy Card
This tutorial is quite an epic, so get a cuppa, kick off your slippers, sit back and relax as we go through a few great inking & blending techniques.
How To: Make a A5 Ivory Elegant Fretwork Card
This cardmaking tutorial shows how to make a truly elegant and quick card, that could be made for so many special occasions. The card looks amazing in the Ivory tones and has the look for being embossed, however it is a simple die-cut. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Make an Unusual Anna Griffin Papercraft Technique Card
In this cardmaking demonstration I make a very unusual but beautiful card using a paper technique from the Anna Griffin Paper Tricks 2 Kit and with papers from the Anna Griffin Madison Paper kit. The card is 3D is style and very easy to make even though it looks complicated, when you see the steps to make it, I am sure you will agree its easy.. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Make a Paper Flower with Ease
This video shows us how to make paper flower with ease. Here are the following steps: Step 1: Gather paper, glue, scissors.
How To: Make Quick & Cheap Crafting Rubber Stamp Storage
We all need to store our rubber stamps somewhere and somehow, in a small amount of space with little effort and at low cost, well this is how I store mine.