I love making little Artist Trading Cards, but often I want to use clip art or collage images that are too big to fit on them. Here is a simple guide to how to resize your digital clip art to
No-line watercolour stamps – an experiment
I have been doing the Watercolor for Card Markers course from Online Card Classes. I particularly enjoyed the videos on using watercolor markers to colour in stamped images, a technique called no-line watercolour stamping. Whilst I have painted stamped images,
Hints and Tips for Last Minute Christmas Card Making
Argh! Christmas is so nearly here and you haven’t finished making all those lovely handmade Christmas cards you promised yourself you would do this year! Don’t panic. There is still some time, and these handy hints and tips could help
10 Little Extras to Add to a Greeting Card
When you send a birthday, anniversary, good luck or similar card, you may want to include a little extra to make the greeting card into a mini-gift. Obviously you will need something that is quite flat, quite light and not
Preparing for the Christmas and Holiday Rush
This post is a short version of preparing for the Christmas rush. For a more in depth article, and podcast you can listen to, click here – Preparing for Christmas Time Craft Selling – Craft Seller Success Podcast Episode 013.
Disney Create and Craft Range – Angel Policy Now says Personal Use Only
This is an update to my post of 27 June about the confusion over Create and Craft’s usage policy/s for their new range of Disney themed dies, stamps and papers. Many Create and Craft customers had expressed confusion over the
Fun With Fonts – A Video History of Typography
A fantastic introduction to the history of typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest It took him an amazing 140 hours of work. Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest © Forrest Media – 2013 http://www.forrestmedia.org http://www.facebook.com/forrestmedia http://twitter.com/benbf
10 Tips for Using Your Silhouette Cutting Machine
Here are ten tips for getting more out of your Silhouette cutting machine, whether the Cameo, Portrait or Curio. 1 Pesky Little Leftovers A Silhouette cutting machine is brilliant at cutting very intricate designs. But removing all the teeny
Assembling a Storage Box by Jamie Cripps from A4 card
Since getting my Silhouette Portrait cutting machine I have been very busy making storage solutions for some of the things in my craft room. I purchased one of the subscription options from the Silhouette Store, which meant that the individual
Cheap and Simple Stamp Storage Video
Over the years I have tried many different ways to store my rather large collection of stamps. I have put them in drawers, and albums. I have stuck them on sheets and hung them on racks. But I was just