Winter greetings! I know the weeks before Christmas are a very hectic time of the year. So here is how to make an easy but elegant DIY Pop-Up Christmas Tree Card for this year’s winter greetings. The materials and tools that you will need are: 1 sheet of white paper (it can be either US […]
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Making cards with tissue paper scrunchies is fun and easy. This idea involves making small balls or wads from pieces of tissue paper and gluing them onto a card in whatever way you like. Below, I will describe how I made a card decorated with tissue paper scrunchies. But, you can use tissue paper […]
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We had some fun experimenting with calligraphy the other day. It is a refreshing way to appreciate the art of handwriting, which unfortunately, we do less and less nowadays. Writing with dip pens (a dip pen is basically a fountain pen that does not have a reservoir for the ink) was not easy, but it […]
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This is a free tutorial on how to make paper cut-out cards. This project is suitable for children and grownups alike. The idea of this paper cut-out card is very simple, but I think that the symmetry makes the cards look rather elegant. And as you can see in the photo above, the […]
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I have fond memories of working on woodblock printmaking at school. The usually noisy classroom would become soothingly quiet during art class, while everyone concentrated on their carving. I think it was in third grade that we first made woodblock prints. So, recently I decided that my daughter was old enough to work with […]
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I just prepared a new downloadable freebie: An easy template for making pop-up cards. For this free template and step-by-step instructions on how to make pop-up cards, please go to the Easy Pop-Up Card Template page!
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