Happy Valentine’s Day All
Well, now that the day is finally there:
Happy Valentine’s Day
And Happy Chinese New Year to you all!
(image: Valentine Cards Garland)
Wrapping Up Gifts with Unusual Recyclables
I wrote this post with bulk Valentine’s day gift wrapping in mind. However, then I realized that gift wrapping with unusual recyclables is something to do AT ALL TIMES. Green gift wrapping is not only good for the environment, it’s good for the soul. Creativity soars and whimsy emerges.
It is amazing what you can [...]
Original Valentine Cards
Oh, the pressure of Valentine, year after year…. Most men dread the day or rather the implied obligation, I think.
Looking beyond the social obligation, however, I think all want to do something kind and ideally, we’re all looking for some real originality? Something really NON-frilly, yet romantic? This is tough to find this, [...]
How to Cut a Paper Heart Doily
Who said a doily has to be round? Want a heart instead & wonder how to cut a paper heart doily? Easy. Just do as you’d normally do with a circular paper doily.
Step-by-Step Paper Doily Making Tutorial
1. Fold a rectangular piece of paper over (resulting 2 long rectangular blocks). Cut the outside of the [...]
Let’s Design a 3D Butterfly ‘Painting’
We all know the symbolic meaning of butterflies to be Spring and transformation. Well, I feel for me, Spring, as well as Transformation is in the air. When butterflies flutter in your belly, you’re in love. Such lovely symbolism…
I thought today to craft a lesson plan tutorial for classroom use. Needless to say, you can [...]
Download Free Love Book Template for Scrapbooking
Yep. You get to create your own book of love….
That is: you can use it as a Valentines Book with love verses, lovely Baby Album for photos, or Affirmation Book with notes.
No matter how you’ll use it, I ‘m sharing with you the ‘how to’ for a craft a lovely scrapbook project!
I started working with [...]
Handmade Valentine Cards Ideas
Need to whip up an easy Valentine greeting card, or clean and simple stamped note cards? Good. What I want to show to day is how easy it is to make lovely cards with minimal tools.
Easy Valentine Craft
These rubber stamped cards with hearts, squares & rectangles will do the trick for you. They cost less [...]
Handmade Valentine Card for Friends
Ah, Valentine’s Day’s coming, and as I now live far from some of my North American friends, I better start early making some lovely cards.
Yesterday I took the Scrapbooking books, tools and tootles out and look what I found that I had:
a lovely illustrated tutorial on
How to scrapbook a Friendship card.
It’s [...]
Paper Art Inspiration ~ Yulia Brodskaya
Quilling Artist Yulia brodskaya Inspires Me Today.
She is a London-based but Russia-born graphic designer & illustrator. Of late, Yulia has been real popular with advertising agencies and the media, who have shown loads of her work. If you live in London, no doubt you will have seen the gorgeous commercials she has created. She [...]
