In keeping with my latest obsession of making boxes and stationary, here is an idea for something you can make for a college-bound kid. I made the card resemble the Duke “D” by cutting out part of the fold and by rounding the corners. The cards are perfect for college […]
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I have been on a roll making stationary and decorative boxes. It’s so much fun, and you’ll love doing it, too. See how to make a faux suede box HERE, and a fun baroque box HERE. My aunt owns a horse farm that she calls “Magnolia Farm.” During these lazy and […]
Lately, I have been obsessed with making boxes and filling them with stationery. I ordered a custom stamp for Sharon and made her her very own box of personalized stationery. I’m hoping that because it’s handmade, she’ll forgive me for being so forgetting her birthday. (If you look closely at […]
Alas, here is another mishmash masterpiece. Let me just say that making mishmash cards has been so liberating for me. I am so OCD. The fact that these colors don’t really match seems to work for me, though. Try it! Throw all of your scraps and stuff into a big […]
Mishmash is actually a word. Did you know that? It really is. It’s in the dictionary, so it must be legit, right? It’s spelled “mishmash” or “mishmosh,” however you prefer. Either way, it means the same thing. “A hodgepodge of stuff.” (That’s a HODGE podge, not a MOD podge…hee hee […]
(You can find the tutorial for the faux suede box HERE.) Now that you’ve made the stationery box, you need to fill it! The box makes a great gift. Not only will your friends love this, but teachers will love it, too. The box and cards that I made are for […]
Below is a tutorial on how you can turn an ordinary box into a really cool faux suede box that you can use to hold handmade stationery. This is a multi-step project, so today I’ll show you how to make the box. Coming up I’ll show you how to make the […]
I finally forced myself to re-enter the danger zone that is aka my craft room. This is just one of the many piles of stuff that needed to be sorted. (Just wait until you see what I have planned for that Hannah Montana box. Ultra-cool project coming…) It wasn’t all […]
I made about 80 of these cards to swap this weekend at the Stampin’ Up regional meeting in Orlando. To add the glitter to the center of the flowers, I mixed fine cosmo glitter and crystal effects and dabbed the potion on with a paintbrush. I can’t wait to swap! I’ll […]