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FAST personalized tags with minimal supplies

FAST personalized tags for your holiday gifts, using minimal supplies! Short process video: https://youtu.be/CQMQ5SJkS-0 Resist tag – use a white crayon to write the recipient’s name on a white tag, then add a little watercolor paint. This will work best on heavier paper like a 3 x 5 index card rather than thin copyContinue reading “FAST personalized tags with minimal supplies”

Let’s make ephemera!

I made this group of ephemera as part of the challenge of #dephemerember2023, hosted by @49dragonflies and @luiseheinzl. Short process video: https://youtu.be/L_EUl5I5rQg The prompts are: 11. Halloween meets Christmas 12. Kintsugi houses 13. Magical creatures 14. Mushroom robots HALLOWEEN MEETS CHRISTMAS AND KINTSUGI HOUSES I removed the tabs since I’m not building the 3-D versionContinue reading “Let’s make ephemera!”

Fun bubble technique

This is a project following the prompts for #dephemerember2023 hosted by @49dragonflies and @luiseheinzl. 6. Selfie in a bubble 7. Clocks and wings Bubble: Combine water-based colorant (watercolor, dye reinker, a little acrylic paint, coffee, whatever you’re going to use) with water and a few drops of dish detergent and water. Use a straw to blowContinue reading “Fun bubble technique”

Masterboard Ephemera

This is a project following the prompts for #dephemerember2023 hosted by @49dragonflies and @luiseheinzl. 4. Butterfly and 3 torn things 5. Salvaged birds I started with a letter-size master board. For the master board just start gluing stuff down. Don’t worry too much about how it looks. If you have some blank spots, add moreContinue reading “Masterboard Ephemera”

Recycled wine cork place card holders

Holiday place card holders – a recycled wine cork craft Short video showing all the corks up close: https://youtu.be/hVCm4YbmnnQ  Straight corks are from still wine and bulbous corks are from sparkling wine. If you are not a wine drinker, many liquor stores collect corks for recycling and are happy for you to have a handfulContinue reading “Recycled wine cork place card holders”

Tim Holtz Stamp Collector

Last page of my all Tim Holtz art journal, using Stamp Collector and Correspondence. Thank you for joining me for this series! I printed the Great Wave onto copy paper to use as a base, covered the wave with a mix of used postage stamps and stamped & fussy-cut stamps, and used vellum for theContinue reading “Tim Holtz Stamp Collector”

Personalized Gift Tags with Stamping and Die Cuts

I love gift bags for the convenience, but I want to dress them up a little. People love personalized items, and that’s something you can’t easily buy. Look through your own holiday stamps and dies to create fun tags. I’m using a very old Sizzix Originals steel rule die (Tag, Super Scallop) to cut tags,Continue reading “Personalized Gift Tags with Stamping and Die Cuts”

Shaker tag for gift of blu-rays

This is a fun themed gift tag for some blu-ray discs, using the Tim Holtz Retro TV die. Short process video: https://youtu.be/RT5SbqyQRhA First tag, using the purchased dome: I cut the steel rule die using a variety of paper in dark shiny silver, gray, brown, and black. Next, I assembled the pieces of the TV. Continue reading “Shaker tag for gift of blu-rays”

Tim Holtz Paper Village

I’m making some Tim Holtz Paper Village houses, including a comparison of the Paper Village houses to the original Tim Holtz Bigz Dwelling and Bigz Townhouse. Short process video: https://youtu.be/opoXuNwB20w There are three house pieces, three roof pieces, and a bunch of door and window accessory dies. The packaging shows five houses to display theContinue reading “Tim Holtz Paper Village”

#Dephemerember Fabric Bowl

#Dephemerember preparations – making the fabric bowl for junk journal scraps Short process video: https://youtu.be/zBr6HubSMpM @49dragonflies fabric bowl video with link to free Ephy download: https://youtu.be/SUBdt-giJbY?si=4DID0tLfQMBbHWzc Barbara built her bowl with fabric layers and PVA glue over an existing bowl as the base. There’s a lot of drying time and not much rigidity in theContinue reading “#Dephemerember Fabric Bowl”