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    DIY: Coloured Modeling Paste
    • Nov 13, 2018

    DIY: Coloured Modeling Paste

    Hi everyone, today I’m on the Colourstock blog with a “how to“- tutorial on creating you own coloured modeling paste. And while at it we’re creating a Christmas card (because you can’t have enough of those!). Let ‘s get started! Step 1: To get started you need “Clear Modeling Paste“ (I used The Crafter’s Workshop brand) and some colours of acrylic paint. I choose two colours of GelliArts Acrylic Paint: “Chili Pepper“ and “Deep Jungle“. Because you want to use the mixture late
    Sparkly Christmas Cards
    • Sep 6, 2018

    Sparkly Christmas Cards

    Hi everyone, today I’m on The Crafter’s Workshop blog with my first Christmas cards for this year! CHRISTMAS you say! Yes! When you make about 40 Christmas cards each year, with different designs, you have to get started pretty early otherwise they won’t be done when you need them! So, to get you started with some fun idea’s I’m showing you these sparkly cards in traditional Christmas colours! -------------------------------- The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some produ
    Elegant Cards with Spellbinders Dies
    • Apr 15, 2018

    Elegant Cards with Spellbinders Dies

    Hi everyone, today I have an especially fun card project to show you! Not that long ago I received some of the fabulous Spellbinders dies to create a project with. Spellbinders has lots of gorgeous and elegant dies in their collection, but also some fabulous stamps, if you haven’t checked them out already then you totally should! Today I created a set of cards that has an elegant feel to them and using the same supplies on both cards to show you the versatility of them! Card
    Reindeer Christmas Cards
    • Dec 15, 2017

    Reindeer Christmas Cards

    Hi everyone, today I’m on the Crafter’s Workshop Blog with a set of fun Christmas cards that I feel are very suitable for the men in your life. I created three different colour/material options so that you can choose the one that you like best or the one that fits the materials that you already own. -------------------------------- The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own. -----------------------------
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