Crew Member Jaine Drake caught the swapping fever after our recent ATC swap and decided to keep up the momentum with a postcard swap. Take a look at how she created a faux wood background then protected it and the other decorative elements before sending her art on its snail mail journey. After Canvas Corp…
Marie Johansson loves the versatility of the 7gypsies paper collections and embellishments. It’s amazing how just a few scraps of paper, ephemera or decorations can take your project from finished to WOW! 7gypsies has been a part of my scrapbooking journey since the beginning. I remember the first thing I bought was a kit from…
We love Betsy Skagen’s off-the-wall cards she made by combining vintage photos with hilarious captions a la MikWright or Anne Taintor. If you don’t have family photos of your own to use, you can find plenty of free downloads online or pick up some originals at your local antique store, flea market or charity shop….
Our paints from Tattered Angels are already so versatile they can be used on wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper, and more! We want to show you another creative way they can be used. Marie Nicole used her Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist to tint Dreamweaver’s Embossing paste and then used it on these adorable little ice cream…
We love being by the sea, thinking about the sea and sea themed crafts. With summer here, beaches filling up, people traveling to their beach houses, cabins and other places near the water, we thought it would be fun to share some nautical inspirations throughout the summer. The water has a calming effect on most of us…
Let us just stop a minute and talk about our Crew. They are a group of the most amazing designers, crafters, diy’ers and artists and we love working with them. We have Crew members in over 25 countries and each year that expands, bringing more personal styles, cultures and ideas to the team. Everyday the Crew interacts behind the…
We have done our second week of a series of challenges for the Creative Crew called Quick & Quirky – a quick challenge where we share one commonly found object from our homes or studio and the Crew has one week to make something, anything and upload to instagram, facebook using the #ccbquickquirkyproject. The challenge…
Today on the blog we introduce you to BCFs (Best Creative Friends) Dana Sanchez and Nancy Gaines, better known as the Yourdori Girls. Their story is creative to the bone and their friendship is filled with support, laughs and of course crafting and when they are together there is no shortage of ideas. This creative duo live in the northwest…
Have you had your coffee yet this morning? If not, we have a cute coffee-themed card here for you that might just pep you up! Crew member Marie Nicole wanted to show off how well our Beans and Bags papers match-up with Lawn Fawn’s “Love You A Latte” stamp set. This stamp set is full…
The Fourth of July marks the beginning of summer for some and the middle for others, no matter where it falls in your summer calendar we hope you get a chance to exercise your creative freedom this holiday weekend. We are thankful that we have the freedom to create, even when we may not have the freedom to do all the…