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, [...]
Wooden Heart Frame
Sunday and … nothing to do??? Well, you don’t need to bring the ‘Cat in the Hat’ in the house for entertainment. You can just embellish a wooden heart frame.
What you’ll need for this Valentine frame:
Foam hearts
sequins
white glue
a picture of yourself, a lovely photography, or some Valentine verses
(photo credit: paul segal)
30 minutes, if that.
Step [...]
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 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 [...]
Free Calendar 2010
Free Funky Calendar 2010 on a zero $ budget? Yes, here are 4 fun & crafty calendars that you only have to … print! How lovely a start of the new year is that!
Craft Calendars 2010
It’s January 1. Time for a new calendar.
While I’m all for recycling old calendars and creating your own calendar (In fact, I have an article on how to make your own desk calendar, and will soon post some new scrapbooking page layouts for this calendar), I could not help it but just needed to whiz [...]
Handmade Gifts: Easy Picture Frames Decorations for Kids
Wonder what your kid could give grandma for Christmas? Well, that’s easy. Any craft shop, dollar store (& IKEA) has these inexpensive blank wood picture frames. They are so easy to decorate, and they look really good when embellished.
How to Decorate Picture Frames
Have your kids decide on a color-scheme and a theme, and then, let [...]
Make Your Own Andy Warhol Christmas Card
Did you know that Andy Warhol made some other kind of artwork than that ‘4 images in different color scheme’ kinda thing?
In the beginning of his art career, Warhol was a commercial graphic designer for retail. For this job, he created fun, whimsical artwork, particularly for the Christmas holidays.
This image here is of [...]
Scrapbooks As Gifts
I just came across this little article by NatureMom, Tiffany Washko, and as I haven’t written about scrapbooking lately other than in relation to back-to-school craft, I thought to post it here, as it is time to think about creating XMAS gifts. If you have a long list, you have to start early. And I [...]
12 Back-to-School Crafts
I aimed for 50 good back-to-school craft ideas this year. Well, we did quite a lot of crafts, albeit not anywhere near 50 projects.
In fact, we spent so much time on the crafts, that I’ve ran out of time to write articles about our own back-to-school craft projects.
So instead, here are some of [...]
Golf Dad Greeting Card for Father’s Day – Puzzle Template
Wish Happy Fathers Day to your ‘Golf Pro’ dad with this personalized golf puzzle template / Fathers’ Day greeting card, which reads: “You swing being my Dad really well.”
Simply click on the thumbnail to download your free template. Print the page and sign it with your name and a personal message for your [...]
Asian Fathers’ Day Card
This lovely teal and sand -coloured card says all, and does so in a simple way: ‘I love dad’. The paisleys and the design are somewhat oriental, however, they probably appeal to Texan dads as well…
Happy Fathers Day! To get your free downloadable greeting card, click on the thumbnail here.
Complementary Fathers Day Ideas
Simple [...]
