My dear friends just had a baby boy, and I wanted to make a little something for the little guy. Well, it just so happened that this month for Eileen Hull's design inspiration team, we got to play with Kunin Felt, and I thought how fun it would be to make ...
Clay pots (or terra-cotta pots) are a staple of outdoor gardening, but let’s face it, they can be a little dull. While there are many ways you can dress them up, here is a painting technique that creates a marbleized pattern thanks to good ol’ shaving cre ...
It's allergy season, and as one who is allergic to all vegetation except for eucalyptus leaves (yes, I was tested), I've been sneezing a lot lately. So when I got a hold of Eileen Hull's Journal die for Sizzix, I decided to make a portable tissue holder t ...
My craft wife Eileen Hull's new journal die is about to come out, and to help preview it at the recent Creativation show, I made this receipt journal. I don't journal, and I don't put photo albums together, but I do collect a lot of receipts. I especially ...
I love artificial flowers made from paper. They are so stylized, they are more of an art piece than quote unquote fake flowers. The fact that they are obviously not real makes them glorious. One of my favorite flowers to make are giant cabbage roses ma ...
I love making roses out of ribbon. I've made a video of the process, and a video on how to make a ribbon rose topiary. Each time I make these roses, I vary the method a bit, mainly in the type of tape I use. My latest way to make these roses is with Scotc ...
This weekend is the Oscars, and I'm always looking for fun party ideas. I saw this idea for Popcorn Cupcakes on Tikkido.com, but I wasn't getting a good internet connection so I couldn't load the instructions. Therefore, I did it my own way. And if you tr ...
This month, Eileen Hull's design inspiration team worked with her fun line of Colorbox Blends from Clearsnap. If you've ever used an ink pad upside down to color, you know how hard it can be. But with these Colorbox blends, you get maximum control because ...
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi Eileen Hull, you're my only hope — to make a R2D2 card for Valentine's Day. As a member of Eileen's inspiration team, our assignment this month was to create a card using her Sizzix dies. Looking through my stash, I picked up the S ...
I volunteer with JoyCatchers, a great nonprofit organization that decorates and donates miniature holiday trees to seniors, veterans and hospice patients. Now that it's Chinese New Year, which is all about joy and luck, how appropriate then to decorate a ...
