Today is National Inspire Your Heart with Art Day! We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to celebrate this day by sharing some projects from the Crew that will hopefully give your heart a smile and some inspiration. We think art is a beautiful way to create, to heal, to inspire, to spread kindness, and to…
From time to time we like to invite crafters to be our Guest Designer/Blogger for a month to challenge us to see things in a different way and so that we may learn more about our products through the eyes of a new designer. Today we want you to meet one a lady that with her…
Delicate, feminine Valentine gifts are easy to find. But what about the more masculine and less traditional? What about the retro and the urban? There are so many more styles! Our Crew members, Karla and Monica, share with us their take on the street art inspired Valentines.. We hope you like it just as much as…
Valentine’s Day brings to mind hearts, sparkles, red glitter and LOVE being written everywhere we turn. How about taking an alternative approach and stepping away from all the traditional symbolism? Our Crew member, Ilene McInnes, shows you how to make an amazing reverse canvas project with a little language twist on the usual Valentine sentiment….
Creative Crew Member, Evelyn Walter, created a funky Art Journal spread using a selection of her favorite Tattered Angels mediums together with bits & bobs from her stash. The inspiration behind this project is our January Challenge. This month our challenge is based on a popular topic – Word of the Year! Facebook captured your top…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and a bit of decor might just be in order. Crew member Robin Woodward shows us this sweet little banner that is perfect for a small wall or part of a bigger Valentine Decor set up. The touch of burlap and ticking gives it a rustic Valentine feel that…
We are exploring a trend we are seeing in making unique frames or covering a frame base in very creative ways. Making the frame, the art, and what is inside can be a simple saying, photo or paper letting the frame take center stage. Crew Member Tammy Brackett shows us a fun way to make a rose…
Each week there are different themes, words, colors and icons to inspire the CCB Crew. This week we thought it would be fun to throw out the word typewriter and see what happens. Maybe a project with type written words, maybe a love letter, but we were blown away with an actual handmade typewriter created by Crew Member, Agnes Kieler….
Winter is here for many of us around the world – a time for snow, ice, hot cocoa, snowmen, sledding, icicles, ice skates, snow plows and snow angels. When the temperatures travel across the phone or television screen to alert us of cold days ahead, many shiver at the thought but the wonder that winter brings is so inspiring for winter-time…
Who is ready for Spring? We are with both hands up. It has not been cold for that long, but we are just ready for the birds to start singing, the flowers to start blooming and the grass to be green again. Crew Member Chris Pozzi wows us with a fun painted and fussy cut project that is…