Paper Crafts: Scrapbook and Greeting Card Basics
Aside from scrapbooking, creating personal greeting cards is a popular pastime that goes hand in hand using supplies already assembled for any paper craft. While scrapbooking is a fun way to display pictures and chronicle family history, making greeting cards is an innovative and personal way to share your skills and extra photos with friends [...]
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Although people often get together to craft – it all started when we were kids crafting in school – most crafts are individual projects. Sometimes though, it is nice to work together as a team, to learn and to have a creation at the end that was a group effort.
Although this craft is better suited [...]
Wedding Craft Ideas
ven though our wedding was in February, on Valentine’s Day to be specific, and it was a night wedding, I do recognize that the vast majority of women in North America like the princess June styled weddings, where everything is white and lace and fluffy.
Unfortunately for most people on average incomes, those weddings are [...]
Wood Crafts for Country Living
One of my favorite wood crafts (and you can even do this with school aged children if you cut the wood pieces out ahead of time), is to make bird houses.
This is a great country craft that you can do with kids, teaching them about measuring, wildlife, co-operation and more in the process.
On the other [...]
Buy Scrapbook Supplies Wholesale – Save $
This is a quick page just to show off some of the current products available in our Country Store within the wholesale scrap-booking supplies category.
I placed this page here as an extra resource for readers coming from other scrap booking pages, for readers who were interested in crafting but were a little timid due to [...]
Scrapbook Photos
Photographs are key pieces in home made scrapbooks, but there is much more that you can do with a photo than most people realize!
Don’t stifle your creative juices when creating a personal scrapbook for a friend or family by pasting in perfectly square or rectangular photos straight from the printers into ready made paper frames!
That’s [...]
Introduction to Scrapbooking
"Presenting a homemade scrapbook to a friend or family member is one of life’s most touching moments." – Laura Childs
If you’ve heard about the scrap-booking craze, seen all the products available at the craft stores, or perhaps even seen a few of these hand-made treasures – you likely understand what all the fuss is about. [...]
Paper Crafts – Scrap Books
If you’re into scrap booking at all you likely found out fast how expensive this hobby can be! This is especially for the truly beautiful designs available in the paper craft section of your favorite store.
The art of scrap booking has now officially captured the hearts and wallets of the crafting community. But many equally [...]
Crafting with Rubber Stamps
Rubber stamp craft designs can be as simple or complex as you’d like to make them. Crafters who are ’stuck’ on stamping are some of the most creative type of hobby artists I’ve seen.
Sure, you can buy some rubber stamps, pick up some fancy inks and embossing powders, and make some pretty neat designs, but [...]
Making Your First Quilt
Many experienced quilt makers will have made quilts by both machine and by hand. Some may have a preference, while others are happy to switch between the two methods intermittently. Although machine quilting is popular for quick results, it can be difficult to handle the material and may or may not provide the effect [...]
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