We love to do exchanges, support our team and do fun things that keep us creating. In 2018 we want to push our dear Creative Crew into new creative adventures. We want them to push their limits, try new things and evolve their creativity. We decided to create a serie of out of the box challenges…
With no idea what to expect when the big 50 birthday is here, will I feel sad, will I feel glad, will the day be like any other or will it be a day to remember? Well, to be honest, it was all of these and more, but the most amazing part of the entire…
Hi CCB Fans! With Christmas in the past….it’s time to move onto the holiday of LOVE.. Valentines Day! I began my project by creating a sheet of Mixed Media paper. Mixed Media paper you ask….??? I took a piece of 7gypsies ~ Gypsy Seamstress Collection: Bias and applied layers of cheese cloth, torn muslin, gesso…
There’s nothing more relaxing than a lazy morning with your favorite hot beverage. The recipe for perfection is simple: kick back, breathe deep, and take a sip. If your cup is a little too warm for your fingers you’ll want a coffee cozy to protect them. If you have more than one favorite cup you’ll…
A junk journal is typically made with craft supplies, recycled paper, junk mail and other found materials. Do you see where we are going with this? Yes? YES! We all have plenty of those! Craft supplies, scraps of paper, found fabrics and other cartable elements. Now, instead of proudly hoarding them in boxes hidden all over our…
Easy canvas envelopes for any occasion – sounds good, right? But… canvas??? Yeah. Why not? They are just like the paper envelopes but made of canvas. With both sides blank, you can dye them, paint them, mist them, ink them, stamp them, stencil them, iron-on them, monogram them, screen print on them or do whatever…
The Architextures™ Parchment Rub-Ons is a great item to use in many of your craft projects. Crew Member Marie Johansson used elements from the “Build” Parchment for a simple, yet eye-catching Art Journal spread about her creative goals for 2018. Let’s start with describing what you get in just one pack of the Parchment Rub-ons and…
It´s time for the first challenge of the year! Janary is a month of festivities, parties & events. But also a month filled with lazy moments just chilling Indoors. Incorporate lace and lazy in your Project this month! The How to: To enter this challenge you need to link up your entry Blog…
We love being on the right side of the creative process. Right where the ideas begin, hearing what our customers are asking for, that they cannot find, watching colors trend up and down, trying new things to see what catches on and helping to translate fashion and color trends into the creative markets. Here is…
There are plenty of ready made chipboard or cardboard shapes but what if you’re looking for something simple and you cannot find it? The answer is simple – you’re a crafter, right? Do it yourself! Our Crew member, Ilana Polakiewicz cut a big sheet of thick cardboard into small house shapes and using collage technique embellished…