Do You Need Ribbons to Match your Projects?

Have you ever wanted a piece of ribbon that exactly matched your project? If you haven't found out the secret to ribbon colouring, despair no more! Lol! Here's the secret for you :)

Making your own backgrounds

I played with making my own backgrounds for this series of ATCs. I used alcohol inks, watercolour crayons and words written by hand. I didn't want to over whelm the backgrounds so kept the subjects small. Many of them are stamped images though the little boy is from some advertising material I found and the duck is from some designer paper I was using for making a gift card :)

I'm entering these in Hel's competition fro blog candy. She is after 100 comments so go on over and add to her joy today!

Tissue Paper Craft

Do you have a sweet tooth? Do you dislike throwing out perfectly good durable plastic boxes like this Ferrero Roche box? On PaperCraftCentral I show you how to alter boxes like this with tissue paper and a few other items.

C'mon over!

Garden Fairies with chalks

At Chris' blog The Artist Trading Club the March challenge was to make some Garden Fairy ATCs to swap. This is my interpretation of the challenge. I dressed them all in Stampin' Up! pastel chalk dresses and gave them 3d Dragonfly wings from the Stampin' Up! Organic Grace stamp set. Torn and inked edges gave them a little ethereal quality, I thought.

You can see more of my ATCs at PaperCraftCentral.

Dotto!

I just found out how to make a background with Dotto. I plan to make one in the next day or so and will put it up here for you to see. In the meantime, find out how to make one yourself!

Looking after your paper craft tools

Have your scissors got adhesive on them and you're not sure how to remove it? Are your punches dull? How about your papaer guillotine?

Lots of people ask about these things so I put together a few tips and ideas for taking care of your paper crafting tools.

If you have any more ideas for how to maintain your tools in top condition, I'd love to hear about them and will incorporate them to share with other visitors to PaperCraftCentral.com ;)

Sticky Strip

Do you like to know about various adhesives and how they work in paper crafting? If you would like to know more about the virtues of Sticky Strip, it just so happens I wrote a bit about that last night so thought I would share it with you :) You may find this product can provide solutions for you that ordinary double-sided tape may not.

Happy Paper Crafting!

New Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue

I just have to tell you - there is a new Autumn/Winter mini catalogue available from Stampin' Up! Australia! Check out the new Big Shot machine and the new dies and folders, the new clear stamps (they are cheaper than wood mounted ones and so much easier to store) AND the new punches. They are so cute and you can now store them in a smaller space too as they can be stored locked down. I love the new stamp sets too.

I'd be happy to help you order something from the catalogue if you live in Australia. Feel free to contact me about that of I can enable you there. Lol!

Banksia Easter

I trust your Easter was a happy and holy one. For me Easter is a time of reflection, gratitude and remembrance of what Christ did for us all. Today is His resurrection day and the living banksia in this little card is a symbol for the eternal life He gives to believers. Here is information about how to get to heaven if you would like to know more.

To make my card I used Stampin' Up!

- cardstock - Bashful Blue and Kraft
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Bloom Away stamp set
- Linen thread

If you would like more detailed instructions for making this card you can find them on PaperCraftCentral.com.

Happy Easter!

Birthday Surprise

See? I really have been crafting! I made a birthday card to surprise someone with.

This card was made using Stampin' Up!'s Happy Moments stamp set and I set it in the 1 3/4" punched circles. I used Stampin' Write Bold Bright markers to enhance the image and then used the little jewelry tag punch and a word window punch for the sentiments. The sentiments are from an older Stampin' Up! stamp set...I can't remember the name of it right now. I must be getting old!!

I doodled around the edges with a black Stampin' Write marker and enhanced the tag with gold ink and linen thread.

The border was cut from some scrapbooking paper I had on hand.

The cardstock used is Lovely Lilac, So Saffron and Whisper White.

I hope you like it!

A Thinking of You Card

I've been crafting today. I made a couple of ATCs, some cards and a layout! Maybe I can share some with you over the next few days. It was my craftiest day in a long time :)

Tonight I decided to show you a card I made for a friend who is going through some hard times. I love that Organic Grace set from Stampin' Up! The little dragonfly is so pretty and I love to stamp one then cut one out and pop it up as I did here.

I used Mellow Moss, Rose Red, and Whisper White cardstock and inks.

Papercraft Bears!

I was playing with my Stampin' Up! punches (as you do) and somehow a little teddy started to take shape. I decided to go with it and wound up with a boy and a girl version that I turned into cards. They were quick and easy to make.

If you would like to see how I made these and maybe make some yourself, I created a tutorial on PaperCraftCentral. Let me know if you do make some! I'd love to come and see how they turn out.

Decorated Pringles Tin

Do you like those potato chips that come in a can? Ever feel guilty about throwing the perfectly good container away after? Why not decorate it and use it as a container for your own desk or as a container for gifts?

I decorated this one and show how I did it at PaperCraftCentral. I hope you will have a look!

New Video on my Home Page

I've been meaning to make a video to welcome people to PaperCraftCentral for ages. Today was the day I actually did it!

If you have time to watch a 54 second video, please do let me know what you think. I know it's a little rough but I a hoping to get better at this video thing!

Spiral Rose Layout

OK here is the layout that goes with the rose close ups I gave you sneak peeks of. I love how the roses turned out and how the layout did too. Thanks gain, Chelle!

Spiral Roses

Look what I learned to make tonight! Chelle thank you for the special class :) I attended a class run by Chelle to learn how to make spiral roses, and she also threw in a layout design for us to use so we could attach our roses right then and there. It was a great class and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I took a photo of the layout but it really doesn't look good enough to post as it is night here and you all know how night photos of craft items turn out, even when you have 'daylight' lamps. This one just wouldn't come out so I will have to take a picture in the morning.

Meanwhile, I hope you like the sneak peek of my roses :)

Zettiology Take 2 -Spot the Difference

After looking at all those amazing Zetti ATCs at Chriss' blog, I just had to change up my own a little. Can you see the difference? As if it isn't obvious! Now my perplexed boys have Zetti legs, of course! I feel much better about sending them off to the swap with their legs properly in style.

PS You are not seeing things - there are five ATCs in the bottom picture and six in the next as I forget to put all of them together for the 'before' shot.

Zettiology

Have you heard of Zettiology? Chris over at the Artist Trading Club challenged readers to make some ATCs this month using a Zettie theme. (She is having a wonderful third birthday party over there today, by the way! Happy Birthday to the Artist Trading Club!) I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone and try making some Zettie ATCs. Do you recognise the SU! stamp that makes up the bottom half of the perplexed boy?

He he!

EDITED: After seeing all the brilliant ATCs on Chriss' site, I think my little fellow needs a bit more Zettiology about him. I'll be back later with some small additions to his situation.

Valentine's Day Album

Last year I started an album for my sweetie to commemorate our first date - on Valentine's Day. It's about time I added another page :+) so I am thinking about it. I don't think I showed you these pages last year - I think I just shared the one I put up for PaperCraftCentral so this year I added all three there as well. I hope you enjoy these.

Quilled Wedding Card

Awhile back I made a wedding card fro someone who is like a daughter to me :) I decided to use quilling to do this and was delighted with the 3-d effect it gave to the card.

If you would like to know more about quilling or have a quilled card to show me, please do visit PaperCraftCentral. I also have more pictures of the wedding card and envelope on that page :)