Cards
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:16pm
Under Cards+ Valentine's Day
Valentine’s day is on its way so get started on your Valentine gifts and cards. The best way to go is to make your own Valentine’s day cards to send your friends, they’ll love getting it in the mail. One of our guest contributors, Marty Shipley of Paper Artistry, sent in a really cute Valentine’s [...]
Continue Reading Valentine Hugs and Kisses Card
Tags: Cards, papercrafts, Valentine's Day crafts
By Christine
August 28th, 2009 at 05:19pm
Under Cards+ Christmas+ Gifts
In the difficult economic climate, people are looking for meaningful gifts that won’t break the bank. While it can be difficult to maintain the balance between cost and quality when looking to purchase great presents for family and friends, why not cut costs in other areas, like that of Christmas cards? I found this great [...]
Continue Reading 119 Days Till Christmas: Tips for a Cost-Effective Christmas
Tags: Cards, Christmas, Christmas Crafts, Holiday, Quilting, scrapbooking
By Audrey
July 14th, 2009 at 02:27am
Under Book Reviews+ Cards
Love making homemade cards? Whether you need to say Thank You, Merry Christmas or just wave hello, homemade cards are always that much more impressive and touching. The Card Art book includes over 50 homemade card projects for seasons, special occasions, holidays and more. Best of all, this book tells you how to create homemade [...]
Continue Reading Book Review and Giveaway: Card Art
Tags: book, card, giveaways, holidays, papercraft
By Caley
May 22nd, 2009 at 04:04am
Under Cards+ Paper Craft+ Product Reviews
Magnetic Embellishment
Cardmaking set with Magnetic Embellishment blanks
Gray Duck Art
We are giving away the magnet embellishments kit for free with extra magnets and finished cards. To read a review of this kit from one of our crafting experts and enter to win, visit the Magnet Embellishments Giveaway Page.
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Continue Reading Product Review and Giveaway: Magnetic Embellishments
Tags: Cards, giveaways, magnets, papercraft
By Caley
May 5th, 2009 at 04:17pm
Under Cards+ Collage+ DIY+ Painting+ Paper Craft+ Valentine's Day+ Wedding+ scrapbooking
So my fiance and I are looking at getting our first home together. We haven’t gone to any open houses yet, but we’ve been looking online. Our friend has his own house and is re-doing his bathrooms. So we went into Home Depot the other day and came across the paint area. Of course I [...]
Continue Reading Paint Swatch No Longer for Painting
Tags: Cards, Collage, DIY, Holiday, Painting, papercrafting, scrapbooking, unexpected crafts, Valentine's Day, wedding decorations
By Christine
February 10th, 2009 at 09:19am
Under Cards+ Christmas+ Etsy Picks+ Holiday+ Kids+ Valentine's Day
After several unsuccessful visits to Target, Walgreens, Dominick’s and CVS to find acceptable Valentine’s, I find these offbeat cards by ShopGibberish quite refreshing. They are casual, fun and hilarious. Oh, and they look good too! ShopGibberish is new to Etsy (she joined in January) so her shop is still small, but in addition to cards, [...]
Continue Reading Etsy Pick: ShopGibberish
Tags: Cards, ShopGibberish, Valentine's Day
By Mindy
February 5th, 2009 at 09:49am
Under Cards+ Green Crafting+ Holiday+ Sewing+ Tutorials+ Valentine's Day
As I mentioned last week, I love pop-up cards. After several failed attempts at making my own pop-up cards, I resigned myself to searching online for a good tutorial. RobertSabuda has an entire gallery of simple pop-up card tutorials, complete with printable patterns. The pop-up-cards-for-dummies-type tutorials include simple step-by-step instructions with photos that anyone can [...]
Continue Reading How to Make a Pop-Up Valentine
Tags: pop-up cards, tutorial thursday
By Mindy
February 3rd, 2009 at 01:40pm
Under Cards+ Etsy Picks+ Valentine's Day
In honor of my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers winning their SIXTH Super Bowl (that’s a record people), I picked out my favorite Etsy products that come in sets of six or are related to the number six. (In case you were wondering, there aren’t very many Steelers-related or Super Bowl-themed Etsy items)
This beautiful card from laura [...]
Continue Reading Etsy Pick: Pick Six
Tags: Cards, Etsy, Valentine's Day
By Mindy
January 29th, 2009 at 03:41pm
Under Cards+ Charity+ Paper Craft
There is something about receiving an unsolicited card that always makes me happy. It’s just nice to know that someone is thinking of you when it’s not your birthday, anniversary, graduation or a holiday. Also, being a big fan of paper crafts in general, I will take a beautifully made card over a cheesy e-card [...]
Continue Reading Charity Feature: Love Letters, Random Cards of Kindness
Tags: Cards, Charity, Love Letters, Paper Craft
By Mindy
January 27th, 2009 at 09:09am
Under Cards+ Etsy Picks+ Holiday
I’ve never met anybody who doesn’t love a good pop-up book or card. I am always so impressed by the thought process required to conceptualize and execute the creation of a pop-up, which is why I chose tracychong for today’s Etsy Pick. tracychong creates beautiful pop-up cards for birthdays, weddings, Valentine’s Day or just because. [...]
Continue Reading Etsy Pick: Pop-up Cards
Tags: Cards, Etsy, Holiday, Valentine's Day
By Mindy