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Hold onto those good times by transforming your latest celebration into a creative keepsake! The Eco Green Crafts board book works as a great scrapbooking base to display pictures and can be displayed on coffee tables, mantels, or right on your desk! The...

Altering your own spice jars is a great way to creatively organize your herbs and spices. The culinary herbs and spices in my kitchen were looking a little messy with various brands in various sized bottles, so a little reorganization and revamping was...

Don’t miss these three fantastic project ideas courtesy of Claudine Hellmuth! Each project highlights creative ways that you can use her layering stamps in your projects. Both the whimsical bird and haunted house stamps so are fun and versatile...

Treat yourself to a favor or two with these new bitty bags! They are adorable on their own, but you can always make them more festive by adding embellishments. We decided to make some "girls' night in" gift bags to show you just how easy it is to create...

These lovely boxes by Kristen Robinson are perfect for packaging gifts and storing treasures. Begin by painting some ATC boxes with either white or cream acrylic paint, and allow them to dry. While the paint is drying, you can stamp designs from the...

This whimsical tote bag by Claudine Hellmuth features the new layering stamps and paints from her namesake collection! Also featured are some fun new stencils by Julie Fei-Fan Balzar. Try using any of the ready-to-alter craft totes available at The...

Every party MUST have pretty (and tasty) cupcakes displayed on a cupcake tier with cute little flags! Elysa made the most adorable flags for her homemade cupcakes using minimal supplies. Start by printing or handwriting the name of the treat onto...

Favors—no party would be complete without them! And edible favors (in my opinion) are always a hit. For these lovelies, I placed some sweet sugar cookies into glassine sleeves. However, before you add the cookies you will want to attach the...

Use these adorable cards as needed. Try adding a "mini menu" inside the card or simply a sweet sentiment. Using your favorite designs from the Blissful collection cut out the cardstock to 3.5" × 4" inches in size, fold in half and score with a bone...

Some of my favorite things to store everyday items in and alter are apple baskets. They come in various sizes and can hold a generous amount of things from apples to cookies or craft supplies to utensils and napkins! You can find apple baskets at most...

Sometimes less is more. We have a wonderful selection of altered jar projects in the studio, but jars are projects that we never seem to grow tired of! Dressing them up is a fun, yet inexpensive way to create gifts and the many different versions are...

Holiday décor is a must in our house, and so is repurposing. Recently, a good friend of mine gave me a bunch of old wooden pieces from some old planter boxes in her backyard, and they were full of artistic potential! I love how weathered and...

Sometimes searching for the right holiday (and home) décor isn’t as easy as it should be. The best thing about wire forms is that you can paint or alter them to suit your own color palette and style. For painting, you have two options:...

The Idea-ology tissue wrap is great for incorporating into mixed-media but it also comes in handy when you need to artfully wrap a gift! Combine with some rich seam binding ribbon and pretty label sticker from Papaya Art you can artfully wrap a small...

Guest Artist and Stamp designer Dina Wakley brings you more inspiration with these colorful mixed-media canvases using her cling mount stamps. Art Canvases Project Directions Prime your canvas with gesso if necessary. Using your favorite colors of...

Use this fun tote to carry some daily essentials or present it as a gift bag to loved ones! It’s sew easy to create and can be completed in almost no time. To begin, paint red or pink acrylic paints over some Claudine Hellmuth canvas sheets. Then...

Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t require a ton of effort to dress up a gift package. In little to no time at all, you too can turn an ordinary present into an extraordinary one for those loved ones on your list this year. Our glassine sleeves...

This Christmas, start a new family tradition of documenting your favorite shared memories with friends and family on a Somerset-esque Christmas tree! Our wire form trees are perfect for creating unique home décor for the holidays. I began by...

Start by spraying some white cardstock sheets with red and green color washes and then allow the sheets to dry. Ink up a Claudine Hellmuth dots foam stamp from the Dwelling set with green acrylic paint and stamp the dots design onto half of the red wash...

A while back, we featured an Alice Art Girl Softie project in which I used a mini dress template from Ruth Rae’s book Layered Tattered and Stitched. Ruth’s work is always an inspiration to me; I have been wanting to try another mini dress...

A quick and easy monthly ephemera book is the perfect way to store your ephemera on the go, while simultaneously engaging in some “mini” journaling. We recently showed a calendar journal project, but this one is more for quick notes and...

Begin by giving the tins a light sanding with sandpaper. This scratchy surface with allow paint to adhere better. Paint the outside of the tins with pink acrylic paint and allow to dry. Then paint roughly over some of the pink with crackle paint and set...

Inspired by a calendar journal project that was featured on the Design Sponge blog, I wanted to use the same concept (because it’s simply an amazing idea,) but decided to adapt it by using the 7gypsies library drawer to store my daily journal pages...

These altered tins are the perfect containers to store your "junque" or crafting supplies in or both! Start by cutting strips of the Daily Junque Paper to fit the base of the tins. Glue the strips onto the tins using Collage Pauge Adhesive. Once the...

Valentine’s Day is of course one of my favorite holidays. Full of romance and delights, it is a special day not only full of iconic charm, but moments to share our feelings with those we love. To say I am truly addicted to these charming wee houses...

It has become a new tradition for me to host a Valentine Swap and while this includes sharing lots of delightful baked goods with those in attendance, we also spend a bit of time creating Valentines to share with one another. A basket full of glassine...

Begin by painting a few ATC boxes with white or cream acrylic paint and let dry. Using the Love Lines stamp sets, stamp messages directly onto the boxes or on separate pieces of paper to embellish later on. Kristen used a blank fabric label that she...

Adding artistic collage images is all too easy with the papers in the Lynne Perrella paper kit. To create this project, start by cutting out the solid papers and gluing them to a large tag. Ink the edges with brown ink. Stamp a script design onto the...

Whether it’s trying new recipes or making new versions of classic dishes, the kitchen serves as a wonderful outlet for our imaginations and we’ve come up with a few ways to artfully enhance that work space! These spice vials are perfect for...

Create a mini Christmas village using our new wooden house forms! To begin, I painted each house with a coat of white acrylic paint. Then I used some scrap pieces of vintage sheet music and glued the pieces to the front of each house. To add some festive...